Another feature is that most of the variation of potential density is found near the upper surface, whereas theabyssalwaters are relatively homogeneous.
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Chromian spinel as a petrogenetic indicator inabyssaland alpine-type peridotites and spatially associated lavas.
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Abyssalrelies similarly on extended and unusual techniques for soloist and ensemble alike.
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Abyssalhills have relatively sharply defined edges and climb to heights of no more than a few hundred meters.
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It consists of 6 whorls, which glisten with that peculiar spun-glass or flossy luster noticeable in so manyabyssalspecies.
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Here, then, the termabyssalindifference takes on concrete meaning.
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It is anabyssalbook, hardly fully comprehensible by any but a few.
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The upwelling water dragsabyssalspecies to the surface and sometimes strands them on the shore.
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A region of theabyssalplain that is covered in such hill structures are termed anabyssal-hills province.
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Despite the low density, there is a fairly diverse community living on theabyssalplain.
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The modern xenophyophores are giant single-celled protozoans found throughout the world's oceans, largely on theabyssalplain.
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It has a muddy floor in the abyssopelagic zone and scattered rockyabyssalhills that rise into the bathypelagic zone forming seamounts and knolls.
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Major habitat types are identified: polar, temperate shelves and seas, temperate upwelling, tropical upwelling, tropical coral, pelagic (trades and westerlies),abyssal, and hadal (ocean trench).
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Snails can be found in a very wide range of environments, including ditches, deserts, and theabyssaldepths of the sea.
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Again,abyssalfauna and troglobites, living in deep water or caves as they do, are notoriously prone to adaptive loss of eyes and pigments.
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