Ocean-Bottom Topography: The Divide between the Sohm and Hatteras Abyssal Plains
- 18 June 1965
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 148 (3677) , 1598-1599
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3677.1598
Abstract
A compilation of precision echo soundings has delineated the complex topography between the Sohm and Hatteras abyssal plains off the Atlantic coast of the United States. At present the divide between the two plains is a broad, flat area about 4950 meters deep; however, the configuration of channels and depressions suggests spillage of turbidity currents from the Sohm Plain into the Hatteras Plain and a shifting of the divide toward the northeast. Hudson Canyon terminates in the divide area and has probably fed sediment into both plains.Keywords
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- Atlantic Deep-Sea Sediment CoresGSA Bulletin, 1961