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Science 29 September 1967:
Vol. 157. no. 3796, pp. 1552 - 1553
DOI: 10.1126/science.157.3796.1552
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Knoll and Sediment Drift near Hudson Canyon

Allen Lowrie Jr. 1 and Bruce C. Heezen 1

1 Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964

A parallel-bedded accumulation of sediments forms a low ridge on the upcurrent side of a partially moated knoll. These sediments were deposited beneath a southwestward-flowing current where it is locally decelerated by the obstructing knoll.


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