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The Ocean Floor
Objectives
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 After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 14, you should be able to:
- Discuss the extent of the world ocean.
- Describe the differences between passive and active continental margins and the features associated with each.
- Diagram a typical passive continental margin, showing the continental shelf, shelf break, the continental slope, and the continental rise in their proper locations.
- Discuss submarine canyons, turbidity currents, and turbidites.
- List, describe, and illustrate the features of a typical deep-ocean basin.
- Describe the formation of coral reefs and atolls.
- List and describe the general types of seafloor sediments.
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