Oceans and seas:Amundsen Abyssal Plain
Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: November 4, 2011, 3:13 pm
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The Amundsen Abyssal Plain is one of the three abyssal plains that comprise the Pacific-Antarctic Basin. The two other such plains are the Bellingshausen Abyssal Plain in the Bellingshausen Sea and the Mornington Abyssal Plain. The Amundsen Abyssal Plain, situated under the Amundsen Sea is located at approximately 150o W. As all abyssal plains, this abyssal plain lies at deep ocean depths in a depth zone referred to as the Abyssal zone.
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Peter Saundry. 2011. Seas of the world. Topic ed. C.Michael Hogan. Ed.-in-chief cutler J.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth.
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Steve Baum, Peter Saundry (Contributing Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Amundsen Abyssal Plain". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 29, 2010; Last revised Date November 4, 2011; Retrieved June 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Amundsen_Abyssal_Plain?topic=49523>
The Amundsen Abyssal Plain is one of the three abyssal plains that comprise the Pacific-Antarctic Basin. The two other such plains are the Bellingshausen Abyssal Plain in the Bellingshausen Sea and the Mornington Abyssal Plain. The Amundsen Abyssal Plain, situated under the Amundsen Sea is located at approximately 150o W. As all abyssal plains, this abyssal plain lies at deep ocean depths in a depth zone referred to as the Abyssal zone.
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Peter Saundry. 2011. Seas of the world. Topic ed. C.Michael Hogan. Ed.-in-chief cutler J.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth.
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