. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. Fig. 6. 43° 31..5'X, 12° 3fi'W. Depth 5200 m. Head of Biscay-Iberia inlerplain channel. (Photo by N.I.O.) Semi-consolidated sedimentary rocks exposed on the cliffs of an eroded channel cut into the Biscay abyssal plain by turbidity currents. These may represent the degree of lithification of abyssal-plain sediments buried some 100 m deep.. Fig. 7. 11°51'N, 164° 55'E. Depth 1730 m. Sylvania Tablemount near Bikini. Area of picture 1^ by U m. (U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory photo by C. J. Shipek.) Manganese-encrusted volcan

. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. Fig. 6. 43° 31..5'X, 12° 3fi'W. Depth 5200 m. Head of Biscay-Iberia inlerplain channel. (Photo by N.I.O.) Semi-consolidated sedimentary rocks exposed on the cliffs of an eroded channel cut into the Biscay abyssal plain by turbidity currents. These may represent the degree of lithification of abyssal-plain sediments buried some 100 m deep.. Fig. 7. 11°51'N, 164° 55'E. Depth 1730 m. Sylvania Tablemount near Bikini. Area of picture 1^ by U m. (U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory photo by C. J. Shipek.) Manganese-encrusted volcan Stock Photo

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. The Earth beneath the sea : History. Ocean bottom; Marine geophysics. Fig. 6. 43° 31..5'X, 12° 3fi'W. Depth 5200 m. Head of Biscay-Iberia inlerplain channel. (Photo by N.I.O.) Semi-consolidated sedimentary rocks exposed on the cliffs of an eroded channel cut into the Biscay abyssal plain by turbidity currents. These may represent the degree of lithification of abyssal-plain sediments buried some 100 m deep.. Fig. 7. 11°51'N, 164° 55'E. Depth 1730 m. Sylvania Tablemount near Bikini. Area of picture 1^ by U m. (U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory photo by C. J. Shipek.) Manganese-encrusted volcanic boulders and rippled Globi(/eriita ooze. Similar boulders were dredged near by, showing these rocks to be olivine-basalt boulders coated by a thick crust of manganese.. 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 work.. Hill, M. N. (Maurice Neville), 1919-. New York : Interscience Pub.

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