| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Amazon Canyon ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Amazon Canyon
The Amazon Canyon is a submarine canyon within the Amazon Fan in the Atlantic Ocean, located approximately from the mouth of the Amazon River, near South America. It covers an area of .〔John E. Damuth, Naresh Kumar, GSA Bulletin; June 1975; v. 86; no. 6; p. 863–878; , available at ().〕 It was formed in the mid to late Miocene period.〔 The canyon is believed to have formed through mass failures, and subsequently evolved through underwater erosion.〔William R. Normark and Paul R. Carlson, "Giant submarine canyons: Is size any clue to their importance in the rock record?", Extreme depositional environments: mega end members in geologic time, Geological Society of America: Boulder, Colorado, 2003, p 184.〕 Because of its relatively small size, the canyon has been extensively mapped.〔
==See also==
* Submarine canyon
* Abyssal fan
* Amazon River
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Amazon Canyon」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|