What is the slope of the U.S. continental slope?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-6

  Pratson, Lincoln F ^a   Haxby, William F ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS; BATHYMETRY; EROSION; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FREQUENCY GRIDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOCAL SCALE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC SETTINGS; NEW JERSEY; DIP DIRECTION; TECTONICALLY ACTIVE SLOPES;

BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEPTH DETERMINATION; SEDIMENTATION; EROSION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SLOPE ANGLE; STEEPNESS; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALIFORNIA SLOPE; FLORIDA SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SLOPE; MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY MARGIN; OREGON SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; NEW JERSEY; OREGON; USA;

EID: 0029659153     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0003:WITSOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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