Thursday, September 8, 2011

30 Degrees South Pacific Ocean

Our line runs through the Australian, Pacific, Nazca, and the South American Plate. The continental shelf lasts for about 200 miles. Then the continental slope drops down 1000 ft and runs for about 400 ft. The continental rise drops down about 500 ft and runs for 300 ft. then there is a conversion trench that goes as deep as 5419 feet deep. It is about 4000 feet wide. There is not much of a continental slope, shelf, or rise when we hit South America. I think I combined what I was supposed to talk about into one paragraph.

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