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... Indian oceans , which result primarily from a combination of two phenomena : climate ( terrestrial and oceanographic ) , and ocean basin physiography . Climate dictates the quantity and relative proportions of terrigenous , biogenic ...
... Indian oceans , which result primarily from a combination of two phenomena : climate ( terrestrial and oceanographic ) , and ocean basin physiography . Climate dictates the quantity and relative proportions of terrigenous , biogenic ...
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... Indian Ocean has its origins in a more complicated plate tectonic history than the less cluttered south - east Atlantic Ocean . This , coupled with a high sediment accumulation rate results in physiographic differences between the two ...
... Indian Ocean has its origins in a more complicated plate tectonic history than the less cluttered south - east Atlantic Ocean . This , coupled with a high sediment accumulation rate results in physiographic differences between the two ...
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... Indian Ocean . Unpubl . Ph.D. thesis , University of Southern California . WALTERS , N. M. & SCHUMANN , E. H. 1985. Detection of silt in coastal waters by NIMBUS - 7 CZCS . In : SHANNON , L. V. ed . South African Ocean Colour and ...
... Indian Ocean . Unpubl . Ph.D. thesis , University of Southern California . WALTERS , N. M. & SCHUMANN , E. H. 1985. Detection of silt in coastal waters by NIMBUS - 7 CZCS . In : SHANNON , L. V. ed . South African Ocean Colour and ...
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SOUTHERN AFRICA SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC AND SOUTHWEST | 2 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Vereeniging 1930 South Africa Department of Geology Vanderbilt University Nashville | 31 |
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AABW erosion Agulhas Bank Agulhas Basin Agulhas Current Agulhas Drift Agulhas Passage Agulhas Plateau Agulhas Ridge allochthonous Atlantic and south-west authigenic authigenic sediments Bathymetry Benguela Current benthic berg winds BIRCH BREMNER Camden-Smith 1979 Cape Basin Cape Canyon Cape Town Marine carbonate sands Cenozoic Central Terrace cm/sec coastal continental margin continental shelf continental slope deposition detritus Diester-Haass Dingle & Camden-Smith Dingle & Robson east coast Emery erosion surface Flemming Goodlad Indian Ocean Joint Geological Survey/University Kolla late Miocene Marine Geology Marine Geoscience Unit modern Mozambique Basin Mozambique Ridge NADW Natal Valley Neogene ocean basins Oceanography Oligocene outer Pleistocene Pliocene Port St Johns Quaternary region ROGERS sea-floor sediment shelf sediment SIESSER slumps South Africa south-east Africa south-west Indian oceans steady-state Survey/University of Cape terrigenous terrigenous input Town Marine Geoscience Transkei Basin Tucholke & Embley turbidites University of Cape Walvis Ridge water depth west coast West Transkei Drift Westall