R/canyon.R

#' Global distribution of large submarine canyons
#'
#' Global distribution of large submarine canyons from Harris and Whiteway (2011)
#'
#' @details
#' This dataset has compiled 5849 separate large submarine canyons in the world ocean.
#' @docType data
#' @keywords datasets
#' @format A SpatialLinesDataFrame
#' @source \url{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.
#' @name canyon
#' @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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