. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. 486 SHEPARD [CHAP. 20 Scripps Institution aqiialungers found the sand moving along the axis untiJ it fell over a cliff as a sandfall (Fig. 5). Tracing the main canyon outward (Fig. 6) it continues for 20 miles as a winding steejD-walled V-shaped gorge and termi- SAN LUCAS CANYON SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SAN CRISTOBAL PT CABO FALSO. NAUTICAL MILES 0£PT»S IN FATHOMS Fig. 6. The deeply dissected slopes south of Cape San Lucas. The two canyons are cvit in granite and both terminate at about 1325 fm. Contour interval 50 fm, wit
. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. 486 SHEPARD [CHAP. 20 Scripps Institution aqiialungers found the sand moving along the axis untiJ it fell over a cliff as a sandfall (Fig. 5). Tracing the main canyon outward (Fig. 6) it continues for 20 miles as a winding steejD-walled V-shaped gorge and termi- SAN LUCAS CANYON SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SAN CRISTOBAL PT CABO FALSO. NAUTICAL MILES 0£PT»S IN FATHOMS Fig. 6. The deeply dissected slopes south of Cape San Lucas. The two canyons are cvit in granite and both terminate at about 1325 fm. Contour interval 50 fm, with 25 fm added at top and bottom. (From Scripps Institution surveys.) nates in an irregular fan at a depth of 1325 fm (2420 m). The canyon walls are granite or another type of resistant rock. The canyon floor contains only sand, and the sand continues at least out onto the head of the fan. Unlike the end of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, M. N. (Maurice Neville), 1919-. New York : Interscience Pub.
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