Dives into outer Coronado Canyon System |
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Authors: | Francis P Shepard Neil F Marshall |
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Institution: | Geological Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, Calif. U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Dives in Lockheed's submarine “Deep Quest” followed the floor of the fan valley and outer gorge of Coronado Canyon, southwest of the California—Baja California border. Both the fan valley and outer gorge have meandering courses. Basin depressions and intermittent steep descents characterize the outer gorge. No indications were found of recent activity of turbidity currents at either location, but a sand layer 30 cm below the surface is interpreted as related to a lower stand of sea level at the close of the last ice age. Abundant organisms were seen on the valley floor and in the overlying water. |
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