ocean 3 April 27, 2019 admin Term indicating that sediment is lifted by water wind or ice erosion flooded edge of the continent, not the body of water above it continental shelf these merge and form the continental rise submarine fans type of flow incapable of eroding or transporting sediment lamellar flow shallow water, non evaporite authigenic deposit that forms only on the shelf phosphate nodules about 80% of the pacific sea floor and 50% of the Atlantic sea floor are classified as this abyssal hills orientation of a magnetic field polarity magnetic record trail that can be used to determine movement of a plate over time polar wandering curves name for the temperature below which magnetism in a rock does not change curie point said of a sedimentary deposit in which all particles are about the same size well-sorted Related posts: Oceanography Doing Business in UAE Test 2 Chapter (Thompson, 1991). Chapter 2. Convergent plate boundaries