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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT THICKNESS

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SEDIMENT THICKNESS  

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  • The sediment thickness at any location on the continental margin is the vertical distance from the sea floor to the top of the basement at the base of the sediments, regardless of the slope of the sea floor or the slope of the top basement surface. (en)

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  • 2012-06-26 15:17:11.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add broader relation (SEDIMENT THICKNESS [6fb40553-a2ef-465a-b7d2-3401e3bfceac,40063] - SEDIMENTS [b3764016-0b5d-48fb-be3e-4f1082cf13e7,40061]);
  • 2012-07-26 12:06:08.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: The sediment thickness at any location on the continental margin is the vertical distance from the sea floor to the top of the basement at the base of the sediments, regardless of the slope of the sea floor or the slope of the top basement surface. language code: en);

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