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Canyon Processes
Additional References

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Normark, W.R., Gutmacher, C.E., 1988, Sur submarine slide, Monterey Fan, Central California, Sedimentology, v. 35, p. 629-647.

Oliver, J.S., 1972, The vertical distribution of infauna in a sublittoral sand-bottom, Moss Landing Marine Lab. Masters Thesis.

Shepard, F.P., Marshall, N.F., McLoughlin, P.A., and Sullivan, G.G., 1979, Currents in submarine canyons and other seavalleys, AAPG Studies in Geology, No. 8, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, 173 pp.

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