. The Earth beneath the sea : History . DISTANCE IN NAUTICAL MILES Fig. 12. Nine topographic profiles across the Gulf of Mexico. (After Ewing, Ericson and Heezen, 1958.) The Gulf of Corinth, a small slit of ocean separating the Peloponnisos from the mainland of Greece, is floored by a small abyssal plain 1-2 mi wide and 10-12 mi long. Judging from the distribution of sediments in the floor of the Black Sea, one would predict a fairly extensive plain. However, no detailed sounding is available for this area. Zenkovich (1958) has reported numerous abrupt changes in depth off the mouths of variou
. The Earth beneath the sea : History . DISTANCE IN NAUTICAL MILES Fig. 12. Nine topographic profiles across the Gulf of Mexico. (After Ewing, Ericson and Heezen, 1958.) The Gulf of Corinth, a small slit of ocean separating the Peloponnisos from the mainland of Greece, is floored by a small abyssal plain 1-2 mi wide and 10-12 mi long. Judging from the distribution of sediments in the floor of the Black Sea, one would predict a fairly extensive plain. However, no detailed sounding is available for this area. Zenkovich (1958) has reported numerous abrupt changes in depth off the mouths of various rivers of the eastern Black Sea coast. Tur- bidity currents generated in this area would be expected to supply sufficient sediments to produce an abyssal plain seaward of the Caucasus. b. Gulf of Mexico The Sigsbee Abyssal Plain lies in the center of the Gulf of Mexico at the foot of the Mississippi Cone (Figs. 11 and 12). It is virtually level in the central part 12—s. Ill
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