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7-8a Sed Enviro
Sedmentary Enviroments
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2010

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"lagoon", a body of water that is surrounded by land

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Tidal Flats

A tidal flat is created when water is over flowed a muddy land.

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Coral  Reef

A reef is a large slab of rock near the shore, where corals grow from

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Continental Shelf

A continental shelf is the distance of the land mass before it drops down to the abyss.

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Continental Slope & Rise

The slope part of the shelf that dips down to the abyss. The rise is  when the slope touchs the floor. 

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Abyssal Plain

The abyssal plain is the edge of the trench in the ocean. It is connected to the rise and it pushes up on the slope.

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