Deep-sea deposits

Japanese: deep-sea deposits(英語表記)deepseadeposits
Deep-sea deposits

… Deep sea deposits are a fairly stable environment compared to shallow seas. The definition of deep sea deposits was given by J. Murray and AF Leonard in 1891, and includes bathyal and abyssal deposits in the narrow sense. It is a general term for deposits deeper than the continental shelf, i.e., the continental slope and deep-sea basins. In 1942, HU Sverdrup et al. published statistical tables and distribution maps of pelagic deposits that integrated previous data, and in 1950, PH Kuenen published statistical tables of hemipelagic deposits. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "deep-sea deposits" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… 浅海と比較すると深海はかなり安定した環境である。深海堆積物deep‐sea depositsの定義は,1891年のJ.マレーとA.F.レナードによると,半深海bathyalと狭義の深海abyssalの堆積物を含めたもので,大陸棚以深すなわち大陸斜面と深海盆の堆積物の総称である。1942年,H.U.スベルドルップらは従来の資料を総合した遠洋堆積物の統計表や分布図を,次いで50年,キューネンP.H.Kuenenは半遠洋堆積物の統計表を公表した。…

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