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Oceanography
The scientific studies of the ocean.
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Abyssal fan
Earth science; Oceanography
Fan shaped accumulation of sediment from rivers that is deposited at the base of a submarine canyon within an ocean basin.
Advection fog
Earth science; Oceanography
Fog generated when winds flow over a surface with a different temperature. Two types of advection fog exist. When warm air flows over a cold surface it can produce fog through contact cooling. ...
Convection
Earth science; Oceanography
Fluid motion which results from the action of unbalanced buoyancy forces.
Ice
Earth science; Oceanography
Frozen form of the water molecule. Ice has a specific gravity (0. 9166) which is slightly less than water. This difference in specific gravity causes ice to float on water.
Permian
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 280 to 225 Million years, representing the last pert of the Palaeozoic era.
Jurassic
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 195 to 135 Million years ago, representing the middle of the Mesozoic era.
Cretaceous
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 136 to 65 Million Years ago, representing the last part of the Mesozoic era.
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