BIO-240 FA5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Gravity Current, Turbidite, Pillow Lava

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Abyssal hill - a volcanic peak rising less than 1 kilometer (0. 6 miles) above the ocean floor. Abyssal hill province - a deep-ocean region, particularly in the pacific ocean, where oceanic sedimentation rates are so low that abyssal plains do not form and the ocean floor is covered with abyssal hills. Active margin - a continental margin marked by a high degree of tectonic activity, such as those typical of the pacific rim. Types of active margins include convergent active margins (marked by plate convergence) and transform active margins (marked by transform faulting) Bathymetry - the measurement of ocean depth. Black smoker - a hydrothermal vent on the ocean floor that emits a black cloud of hot water filled with dissolved metal particles. Continental arc - an arc-shaped row of active volcanoes produced by subduction that occurs along the convergent active continental margins.

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