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abyssal fan
(redirected from Deep-sea fan)

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abyssal fan [ə′bisĀ·əl ′fan]
(geology)


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The Leg 96 program confirmed extremely rapid rates of deposition on the mid fan (11 meters per thousand years at a distance of nearly 500 kilometers from the river mouth) and that large-scale landsliding also provides major contributions to deep-sea fan sequences.
Migration of deltaic lobes and the associated deep-sea fan deposits result in a complex lateral and vertical distribution of sandstone bodies of the Forbes Formation in the Sacramento Basin.
 
 
 
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