What explains why the ocean's sedimentary "memory" does not correspond to the reasoning of W. J. Sollas?
A) Samples cannot be attained in deep water.
B) Deep sea sediment records are unable to survive subduction.
C) Oozes proliferated along the mid-Atlantic ridge.
D) All of these choices
B
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A. remains unchanged. B. decreases. C. increases. D. cannot be estimated.
What type of stream is shown in this photograph?
A) Meandering stream
B) Braided stream
C) A stream whose main channel has high sinuosity
D) An esker
The infant mortality rate for a country is defined as:
A. the percentage of infants who perish at birth. B. the number of female infants killed, due to preference for males. C. the number of abortions, stillbirths, and accidental deaths in a given year. D. the number of infant deaths per 1000 live births during the first year of life.
The ________ province extends from the spring high tide shoreline to a depth of 200 meters
A) bathyal B) littoral C) sublittoral D) subneritic E) supralittoral