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Science 12 March 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3663, pp. 1291 - 1294
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3663.1291
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Suspended Matter in Deep Ocean Water

Maurice Ewing 1 and Edward M. Thorndike 2

1 Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
2 Lamont Geological Observatory, and Queens College, New York

A nepheloid layer has been observed by optical means in the lower part of the water column on the continental slope and rise. By sampling it has been found to be a suspension of lutite, apparently in sufficient quantity to induce downslope flow. Sediment transported in the nepheloid layer may be a major component of deep-sea sediment bodies.


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