canyon: Global distribution of large submarine canyons

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Global distribution of large submarine canyons

Description

Global distribution of large submarine canyons from Harris and Whiteway (2011)

Format

A SpatialLinesDataFrame

Details

This dataset has compiled 5849 separate large submarine canyons in the world ocean.

Source

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.05.008

References

Harris, P.T., Whiteway, T., 2011. Global distribution of large submarine canyons: Geomorphic differences between active and passive continental margins. Marine Geology 285, 69–86.

Examples

# VME-associated canyons
# Shelf-incising canyons or canyon heads shallower than about 1500 m
# The depth of 1500 m is an approximate limit for commercial bottom trawling
as well as the lower limit of the aragonite carbonate compensation depth in most of the world ocean (CCD).
library(plotKML)
plotKML(subset(canyon, gt1500m!="none"), colour_scale = c("red", "blue", "green"), colour=class, raster_name="canyon.png")

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