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Deep shelf and slope terraces off northern Labrador

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SUB-BOTTOM profiling with a 3.5 kHz hull-mounted sounding system was conducted along 49 closely spaced north-east–south-west orientated lines over the southern two-thirds of Saglek Bank (Fig. 1) and on the adjacent slope. The echo sounding profiles reported here reveal a striking series of terraces superimposed on what is otherwise a relatively smooth, acoustically reflective surface in water depths ranging from 130 to 400 m (Fig. 2).

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    RICHARD H. FILLON, R. ALLIN FOLINSBEE & RICHARD PALMER

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FILLON, R., FOLINSBEE, R. & PALMER, R. Deep shelf and slope terraces off northern Labrador. Nature 273, 743–746 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/273743a0

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