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  • Sedimentation within the Cocos Gap, Panama Basin

    Creator:
    Dowding, Lynn Gretton
    Abstract:
    The Cocos Gap is a deeper portion, or saddle, of the Cocos Ridge and forms part of the western boundary of the Panama Basing It is probably typical of saddles within most submarine ridges, In order to determine the mechanisms controlling sediment dispersal, the nature and sources of the sediments...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    the Cocos Gap, Panama Basin by Lynn G Dowding A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • Late quaternary oceanic circulation along the Pacific Coast of South America

    Creator:
    Molina-Cruz, Adolfo
    Abstract:
    The distribution patterns of quartz and opal contents and the distribution patterns of radiolarian assemblages, in the sediments of the southeastern Pacific, are largely controlled by both the surface winds and the mixed-layer oceanic circulation. The distribution pattern of quartz is related to eolian and ice-rafted transport, as well as...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . g., Wyrtki, 1966, 1967; White, 1969; Stevenson and Taft, 1971; Pak and Zaneveld, 1973, 1974; Molina