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) ) Fig u re 1. 1 2. 1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 LIST OF FIGURES Bathymetry of the Greater Antilles Outer Rid g e and vie i n i ty. . .. .... Echo-sounding profiles on the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . . . . . . . . Bathymetri c map of the Greater Anti 11 es Outer Ridge showing locations of the seismic profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seismic reflection profile on the crest of the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . . . Map showi ng domi nant sedi ment type and sediment thickness above Datum A. Map showing distribution of Datum A and basement peaks. . . . . . .. ... Seismic reflection profile on the far eastern sector of the Greater Antilles Outer Ri dge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Idealized profile along the topographic axis of the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . Sei smi c refl ecti on profi 1 e across the Caicos Outer Ridge and Greater Antilles Outer Ri dge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seismic reflection profile showing Datum A outcrop near southern end of the Si 1 ver Abys s alP 1 a in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seismic reflection profile across the Nares Abyssal Plain and Greater Antilles Outer Ri øge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10 Seismic reflection profile across the Hatteras Abyssal Plain and northwest secti on of the Greater Anti 11 es Outer 3. 11 Ridge . .. ............ Seismic reflection profile across the Silver Abyssal Plain and the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . . . . . . . . 8 Page 16 23 30 32 36 38 42 44 47 51 55 58 60
Figure 3.12 Echo-sounding profile (12 kHz) illustrating layered valley formation. . . . . . . 3. 13 4. 1 4.2 Seismic reflection profile across the G rea t e r An till e sOu t erR i d 9 e show i n g migration of sediment swells. . . . General lithology of cores from the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . Grain size distribution in cores from the Greater Anti 11 es Outer Ri dge and Nares Abyssal Plain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Organic carbon in cores from the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge and Nares Abyssal Plain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Bottom photographs taken on the fl anks of the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . . 4.5 Distal turbidite sequences in a core from the Nares Abyssal Plain. . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 General lithology of cores taken from a layered valley. and adjacent sediment swell 4.7 Graph of carbonate factors for core KN25-4GPC. . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Curves of carbonate content in cores from the Greater Anti lles Outer Ri dge . . . . . . . . 4.9 Chlorite abundances in samples from abyssal depths in the western North Atlantic Ocean 4.10 Chlorite abundances in sediment samples from the continental margin of eastern North Ameri ca and from the Greater Anti 11 es Outer Ridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 5.2 Abundance of the Globorotalia menardii complex in cores from the Greater Antilles Outer Ridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ages and general lithology of cores from the north slope of the Puerto Rico Trench. 9 Page 62 64 68 70 73 75 78 81 84 86 96 98 110 118 'i :/ \ . )
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