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Scripps Canyon

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Smith, Joshua G.; Lindholm, James (15 August 2016). "Vertical stratification in the distribution of demersal fishes along the walls of the La Jolla and Scripps submarine canyons, California, USA".
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Focusing on the sand plain between the heads of the La Jolla and Scripps canyons, SIO's Dr. Edward Fager continued to collect samples at depths of 5–10 fathoms (9.1–18.3 m) from 1956 to 1973.
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Fukushima, Yusuke; Parker, Gary; Pantin, H.M. (September 1985). "Prediction of ignitive turbidity currents in Scripps Submarine Canyon".
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were spotted in Scripps Canyon. Due to the cold waters of the canyon, mass dying of the crabs led to many washing up on beaches.
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Inman, D L; Nordstrom, C E; Flick, R E (January 1976). "Currents in Submarine Canyons: An Air-Sea-Land Interaction".
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Two branches extend from Scripps Canyon pointing east towards the coastline, known in literature as the
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Early exploration of the canyon by Haymaker in the late 1940s revealed a number of organisms through
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Shepard, Francis P. (1949). "TERRESTRIAL TOPOGRAPHY OF SUBMARINE CANYONS REVEALED BY DIVING".
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research institution, and as a result is one of the best-studied underwater canyons.
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in a rowboat by Scripps Pier. The Scripps Canyon was first extensively explored by
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research in the 1970s and 1980s to look at water-sediment interactions such as
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Brueggeman, Peter (2009). "La Jolla Canyon and Scripps Canyon Bibliography".
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This article about a specific oceanic location or ocean current is a
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arrived at SIO in the 1950s, surface-supplied dives were replaced by
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Probing the Oceans 1936 to 1976
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A 2016 study of the canyon found differences in the distribution of
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due to its vertical walls and high density of marine life.
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10.1130/0016-7606(1949)60[1597:TTOSCR]2.0.CO;2
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The first measurements at Scripps Canyon were in 1937 by
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Index

Submarine canyon
A stripedfin ronquil (Rathbunella hypoplecta) photographed in Scripps Canyon
stripedfin ronquil
Scripps Canyon is located in the United States
32°52′N 117°16′W / 32.867°N 117.267°W / 32.867; -117.267
submarine canyon
Pacific Ocean
Southern California
La Jolla Canyon
scientific
recreational diving
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
oceanographic
lead-line soundings
Francis Shepard
Frank Haymaker
helmet-and-airhose
aqualung
SCUBA
physical oceanography
turbidity currents
erosion
underwater photography
Gorgonia corals
bivalve pholad borings
kelp
Blacksmith
sea cucumbers
sand dollars
demersal fishes

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