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ocean 4
final term set
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
07/12/2010
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surrounds the earth and protects it from the solar wind
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magnetosphere
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how salt is transported in water
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solution
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term for sea floor volcanoes that extend for less than 1000m above the sedimentary cover
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knolls
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deepest part of the sea floor
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trench
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name for coraline-algal structure separated from the mainland by a lagoon
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barrier reef
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term to describe transport of sediment by icebergs
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ice rafting
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how rapidly sediment sinks in fluid
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settling velocity
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