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<B><strong>Abyssal Plain </strong></U></P
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></B>Very flat surface forend in many of the basins - they vary in configuration and<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><U><FONT size="+1"><B>Abyssal Plain:</U></B> is a large depression - can be cut by a trench<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Submarine Canyons<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Elongate valley a depression of sea floor<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">(a) Broad floor and steep wall<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">(b) Shallow depth, elongate<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">(c) Small gullies thru deep sea deltas<FONT size="+1"> <br>
<FONT size="+1" color="#000000"></B>(d) Winding valleys thru slope (V-Shaped), Much controversy relative sub<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">canyons<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">La Jolla Canyons - Scipp works in California<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Camel, Monteny, Mouth of Congo, Corsica, French Riveria<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Scripps Canyon very close to shore - diverted from beach<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Scupps - 15 feet deep<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">High Walls-kelp &amp; eel<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Grass on floor<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">50 feet (rocky gorge)<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">100 feet (hanging valleys)<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">175 (danger) narrow<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Gorge (5 feet arde (shake))<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Sea fan end by valley &amp; levees sand &amp; mud large in cave<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">(Topography of sand similar to surrounding shore)<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Monterrey (Camel &amp; Monterrey) resembles Grand Canyon many Dentrites<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">(Cannel Pt Lobos)<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">H20 deep canyon comes 100 feet to shore - cut in granite Monterrey -sandy,<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">many turbulences joins camel canyon<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Sediment Rock Structured -Graded Bedding (mud, sand, pebbles)<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">(Cores similar to La Jolla)<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Cape St. Lueas (Gulf of California) granite wall, sand schusses<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">Mostly all Sub canyons on South California clustered around type of Gulf of<FONT size="+1"> </P
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><FONT size="+1">California<FONT size="+1">