The Floors of the Ocean: 1. The North Atlantic / Text to accompany the physiographic diagram of the North Atlantic
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BY Bruce C. Heezen, Marie Tharp, and Maurice Ewing
Lamont Geological Observatory (Columbia University) Palisades, New York
April 11, 1959
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Bruce C. Heezen
W. Maurice Ewing
Marie Tharp
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FOREWORD
NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ABSTRACT
PART 2. PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
INTRODUCTION
NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DEEP-SEA RELIEF
UNITS OF DEPTH AND SLOPE
CONTINENT AND OCEAN
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
DEFINITION AND GENERAL CATEGORIES
REGIONAL DESCRIPTION OF CONTINENTAL MARGIN
BENCHES AND TERRACES OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS OF CONTINENTAL MARGIN PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
OCEAN-BASIN FLOOR
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
ABYSSAL PLAINS
ABYSSAL HILLS
OTHER MAJOR FEATURES OF THE ABYSSAL FLOOR
OCEANIC RISES
SEAMOUNTS OF THE OCEAN-BASIN FLOOR
SEISMICITY OF THE OCEAN-BASIN FLOOR
OCEAN-BASIN FLOOR PROVINCES AND CRUSTAL STRUCTURE
MID-OCEANIC RIDGE
DEFINITION
MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
PROVINCES OF THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS OF MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
SUB-BOTTOM REFLECTIONS RECORDED ON PRECISION DEPTH RECORDER RECORDS AND PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES
SUMMARY OF PROVINCE CHARACTERISTICS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
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