Western North Atlantic Ocean<subtitle>Topography, Rocks, Structure, Water, Life, and Sediments</subtitle>

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Abstract

The Atlantic coast of North America was the first part of the New World to be described by maps and texts; its exploration begain with the Vikings nearly a thousand years ago. Since then, the pace of exploration of both land and ocean floor has increased steadily. The concern during the 1960s was with details of geology, water, and life that largely were bypassed during earlier stages of discovery and exploration. The accumulation of knowledge was expressed approximately by the publication of charts, articles, and tabulations of data. This publication is concerned with the Atlantic continental margin of the United States, and it necessarily includes some information about the adjacent land and ocean areas. It is a summary of the existing knowledge of the ocean floor, the water above it, and the life that is in the water or at the bottom. The chapters contained within the publication fall into seven categories: Physiography, Rocks, Structure, Water, Life, Sediments, and Origin of Continental Margin.

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