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Fig. 6.50. A 200-m-wide swath from a high-resolution side-scan sonar image of sand waves on the Rockall bank (North Atlantic Ocean) at a depth of
about 500 m. There are two wavelengths present, at about 100 and 15 m. They are formed by strong along-slope thermohaline currents. (Courtesy of
N. Kenyon and the UNESCO-IOC Floating University Programme.)
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Fig. 6.50. A 200-m-wide swath from a high-resolution side-scan sonar image of sand waves on the Rockall bank (North Atlantic Ocean) at a depth of
about 500 m. There are two wavelengths present, at about 100 and 15 m. They are formed by strong along-slope thermohaline currents. (Courtesy of
N. Kenyon and the UNESCO-IOC Floating University Programme.)