Dispersal Patterns of Pleistocene Sands on the North Atlantic Deep-Sea Floor

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Hubert, John F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1962
• Subjects: Hudson; Sohm; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.136.3514.383; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.136.3514.383

Glauconitic, quartzose sands previously modified on the continental shelf from feldspathic glacial detritus were transported through submarine canyons onto the Hudson deep-sea fan, the Hatteras abyssal plain, and the western and central Sohm abyssal plain. These feldspar-poor, quartzose sands contra...