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Beyond the Beach
Reading Material(see website for course)
“Ocean Basins”, from “Oceanography”M.G. Gross, Prentice-Hall
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Who Cares?
Japan earthquake landslide tsunamiNew Orleans hurricane wind storm surge
Oil & GasMinerals (metals, fertilizer)Sand and Gravel for concrete
Fate of contaminated sedimentsHarbor siltationBeach erosionSea-level riseCarbon burial, greenhouse gases, global warming
History of Earth recorded by marine sedimentary deposits
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Ocean Basins
What creates the Earth’s surface?
What is the shape of the surface below sea level (the seafloor)?
What types of sediment are burying the seafloor?
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Hypsographic CurveFraction of Earth area above a certain height
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Earth’s Surface
Hypsographic Diagram30% land10% continental margins (boundary)60% deep sea
Two distinct levels for Earth surface0-1000 m above sea level4000-5000 m below sea level
These represent two distinct types of crust (Earth’s rigid upper layer)continental crust – thick, granite, not so denseoceanic crust – thin, basalt, denser
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Plate Tectonics – mechanism that moves crust
Platesseparate pieces of crustmove due to convection of heat in underlying layer (Mantle)plates can move in different directions, and collide
Collisionsa) two continental plates collide, form high mountain ranges
e.g., Himalayasb) two ocean plates collide, form island arc and submarine trench
e.g., Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Trenchc) ocean and continental plates collide, form mountains and trench
e.g., Andes and Peru-Chile TrenchSubduction
occurs when ocean crust carried down into Mantle (e.g., b and c above)
basalt and sediment heated to form volcanic magma
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Convective motions are focused in the upper Mantle, with divergence in cells under mid-ocean ridges and convergence in subduction zones
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Opening of new ocean and formation of mid-ocean ridge
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Plate Tectonics – mechanism that moves crust
Platesseparate pieces of crustmove due to convection of heat in underlying layer (Mantle)plates can move in different directions, and collide
Collisionsa) two continental plates collide, form high mountain ranges
e.g., Himalayasb) two ocean plates collide, form island arc and submarine trench
e.g., Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Trenchc) ocean and continental plates collide, form mountains and trench
e.g., Andes and Peru-Chile TrenchSubduction
occurs when ocean crust carried down into Mantle (e.g., b and c above)
basalt and sediment heated to form volcanic magma
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Subduction of oceanic plate beneath continental plate
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Collision of two continental plates
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Bathymetry (water depth)
Mid-Ocean Ridges (underwater mountain ranges)water depth – 2000-4000 mcan be less – where islands occur (e.g., Iceland)volcanic eruptions create new ocean crusthot basalt, thermal expansion creates elevationmoves away from ridge axis in both directions
Abyssal basinsolder, colder ocean crustwater depth – 4000-6000 m (only trenches are deeper)abyssal hills, include rough relief from volcanic formationabyssal plains, smooth surface due to burial by sediment
Continental marginscreated by sediment from land that builds into ocean
basins
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Sub-Environments on Continental Margins
Continental shelfsmooth, gently dipping (less than 0.1 degree)land surface during lowstand of sea levelglacial ice melted and flooded portion of continent
Continental slopesteep (more than 4 degrees), rough topographyedge of continental crustsubmarine canyons, larger than canyons on landnot eroded by rivers directly (too deep), but by slurry of
sediment
Continental risemore gentle gradient and reliefsediment from land piled on ocean crust
Trenches (collision of plates, deepest places in ocean)Abyssal plains (sediment from land buries abyssal hills)
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Trailing-Edge Margin
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Sub-Environments on Continental Margins
Continental shelfsmooth, gently dipping (less than 0.1 degrees)land surface during lowstand of sea levelglacial ice melted and flooded portion of continent
Continental slopesteep (more than 4 degrees), rough topographyedge of continental crustsubmarine canyons, larger than canyons on landnot eroded by rivers directly (too deep), but by slurry of
sediment
Continental risemore gentle gradient and reliefsediment from land piled on ocean crust
Trenches (collision of plates, deepest places in ocean)Abyssal plains (sediment from land buries abyssal hills)
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Trailing-Edge Margin
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Central California area of Monterey Canyon
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Monterey Canyon
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Sub-Environments on Continental Margins
Continental shelfsmooth, gently dipping (less than 0.1 degrees)land surface during lowstand of sea levelglacial ice melted and flooded portion of continent
Continental slopesteep (more than 4 degrees), rough topographyedge of continental crustsubmarine canyons, larger than canyons on landnot eroded by rivers directly (too deep), but by slurry of
sediment
Continental risemore gentle gradient and reliefsediment from land piled on ocean crust
Trenches (collision of plates, deepest places in ocean)Abyssal plains (sediment from land buries abyssal hills)
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Trailing-Edge Margin
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Formation of Submarine Fan
Sediments accumulate at base of canyon, on oceanic crust
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Abyssal hills and abyssal plains
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Sub-Environments on Continental Margins
Continental shelfsmooth, gently dipping (less than 0.1 degrees)land surface during lowstand of sea levelglacial ice melted and flooded portion of continent
Continental slopesteep (more than 4 degrees), rough topographyedge of continental crustsubmarine canyons, larger than canyons on landnot eroded by rivers directly (too deep), but by slurry of
sediment
Continental risemore gentle gradient and reliefsediment from land piled on ocean crust
Trenches (collision of plates, deepest places in ocean)Abyssal plains (sediment from land buries abyssal hills)
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Trailing-Edge Margin
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Collision Margin
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Continental Margins
Two types:
Trailing-edge marginscontinental and oceanic plates move in same direction at same
speedexamples – margins around Atlantic Oceancontain: coastal plain (was continental shelf during
higher sea level)broad continental shelfcontinental slope and rise
Collision marginscontinental and oceanic plates move toward each otherexamples – margins around Pacific Oceancontain: coastal mountain range, volcanoes, earthquakes
narrow, steep continental shelfcontinental slope and submarine trench
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Trailing-Edge Margin
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Continental Margins
Two types:
Trailing-edge marginscontinental and oceanic plates move in same direction at same
speedexamples – margins around Atlantic Oceancontain: coastal plain (was continental shelf during
higher sea level)broad continental shelfcontinental slope and rise
Collision marginscontinental and oceanic plates move toward each otherexamples – margins around Pacific Oceancontain: coastal mountain range, volcanoes, earthquakes
narrow, steep continental shelfcontinental slope and submarine trench
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Collision Margin
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Materials filling ocean basins
Dissolved chemicalsespecially from rivers, some from mid-ocean ridges (volcanic
eruptions)some remain dissolved (e.g., producing salt water)some precipitate inorganically (e.g., producing Manganese nodules)some precipitate organically (e.g., producing biogenic oozes)
Solid particles, from:winds (aeolian) – dust blown from land, only important in deepest
ocean forms “red clay”rivers (fluvial) – most important source
90% mud (silt, clay), 10% sandglaciers (glacial) – greatest impact at high latitudes
supplies wide range of sizes (boulders to rock flour)
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Classification of marine sediments
Lithogenic – from disintegration of rock on landaeolian, FLUVIAL, and glacial sources
Biogenic – organic precipitation of dissolved components dominated by single-celled plants and animals (create oozes) calcium carbonate (limestone) = calcareous silicon dioxide (opal) = siliceous
Authigenic – inorganic precipitation of dissolved components seawater becomes supersaturated with regard to some
chemicals
Cosmogenic – from outside Earth meteorites, usually very small (tektites)
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Biogenic Sediments, microscopic in size
(single-celled plants and animals)
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Animals
Plants
CaCO3
SiO2
Biogenic Sediments
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Authigenic Sediments
(manganese nodules)
and red clay
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Cosmogenic Sedimentstektites (micrometeorites)
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Classification of marine sediments
Lithogenic – from disintegration of rock on landaeolian, FLUVIAL, and glacial sources
Biogenic – organic precipitation of dissolved components dominated by single-celled plants and animals (create oozes) calcium carbonate (limestone) = calcareous silicon dioxide (opal) = siliceous
Authigenic – inorganic precipitation of dissolved components seawater becomes supersaturated with regard to some
chemicals
Cosmogenic – from outside Earth meteorites, usually very small (tektites)