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Science 27 February 1981:
Vol. 211. no. 4485, pp. 935 - 937
DOI: 10.1126/science.211.4485.935
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Geomorphology and Sediment Stability of a Segment of the U.S. Continental Slope off New Jersey

JAMES M. ROBB 1, JOHN C. HAMPSON JR. 1, and DAVID C. TWICHELL 1

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

The morphology of complex deposits of Pleistocene sediments covering the upper continental slope between Lindenkohl Canyon and South Toms Canyon results from both depositional and erosional processes. Small slump or slide features were detected primarily on the flanks of canyons or valleys and were observed to occur only within Pleistocene-aged sediments. Eocene to Miocene sediments are exposed over much of the mid- and lower slope in this area.

Submitted on May 8, 1980
Revised on November 7, 1980


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