Transect Letter (circle one): A

Starting Point Coordinates: 42˚N, 144˚E Starting Point Landmark: Kushiro, Japan
End Point Coordinates: 58˚N, 156˚W End Point Landmark: Bethel, Alaska

Major Sea Floor Category (continental margin [active/leading or passive/trailing], abyssal plain, mid-oceanic ridge or rise)	Features by Category (shelf, slope, rise, trench, canyon, abyssal hills, rift valley, seamounts, hot spots, island arc systems)	Bedrock (Basaltic or Granitic)
(0.5) Continental Margin (0.5) (active) *there is subduction; has a trench and no cont rise	(0.5) Cont Shelf *pt between shelf & slope is shelf break	(0.5) Granitic (overlain with sediments from continental sources)
	(0.5) Canyon *Is a sediment sink	(0.5) Same as above
	(0.5) Slope	(0.5) Same as above
	(0.5) Trench *Is a sediment sink	(0.5) Granitic on continental side, (0.5) Basaltic on oceanic side (overlain with sediments from continental sources or scraping of subducting plates)
(0.5) Abyssal Plain *Within abyssal plain in Pacific have a lot of seamounts & guyots. Not really present in Atlantic abyssal plain	(0.5) Seamounts, (0.5) guyots, (0.5) abyssal hills	(0.5) Basaltic (overlain with pelagic sediments)
	(0.5) Trench *Is a sediment sink	(0.5) Same as trench above
	(0.5) Seamounts/Island Arc System (Aleutian Islands)	(0.5) Same as seamounts above with (overlain by some terrestrial sediment)
(0.5) Continental Margin (0.5) (Passive) *there is no plate boundary; has a cont. rise and no trench	(0.5) Rise	(0.5) Granitic on continental side, Basaltic on oceanic side (Size-graded beds of continental sediments = “turbidites)
	(0.5) Slope	(0.5) Same as slope above”
	(0.5) Canyon * Bering Sea contains the Zhemchug submarine canyon, largest in the world (Yukon R.)	(0.5) Same as canyon above
	(0.5) Shelf	(0.5) Same as Above

Transect Letter (circle one): B

Starting Point Coordinates: 26˚N, 80˚W Starting Point Landmark: Palm Beach, Florida

End Point Coordinates: 52˚N, 0˚ End Point Landmark: London, England

Major Sea Floor Category (continental margin [active/leading or passive/trailing], abyssal plain, mid-oceanic ridge or rise)	Features by Category (shelf, slope, rise, trench, canyon, abyssal hills, rift valley, seamounts, hot spots, island arc systems)	Bedrock (Basaltic or Granitic)
(0.5) Cont margin (0.5) (passive) * there is no plate boundary; has a cont. rise and no trench	(0.5) Cont shelf *pt between shelf & slope is shelf break	(0.5) Granitic (overlain with sediments from continental sources)
	(0.5) Slope	(0.5) Granitic
	(0.5) Rise	(0.5) Granitic on continental side, (0.5) Basaltic on oceanic side (Size-graded beds of continental sediments = “turbidites)
Abyssal Plain	(0.5) Seamounts, (0.5) Guyots, (0.5) Abyssal Hills	(0.5) Basaltic
	((0.5 bonus) Hot Spot (Bermuda) *Inactive. Essentially, Bermuda is a sunken volcano with a limestone cap. Only the cap is visible today	Same as above
(0.5) Mid Ocean Ridge	(0.5) Rift Valley	(0.5) Basaltic
(0.5) Abyssal Plain	(0.5) Hot spot (Azores) [Students may list this b/c close to transect; Refer to Fig 3.34, Pg 79]	(0.5) Same as above
	(0.5) As above	(0.5) Same as above
(0.5) Cont margin (0.5) (passive)	(0.5) Rise	(0.5) Same as above
	(0.5) Slope	(0.5) Same as above
	(0.5) Cont Shelf	(0.5) Same as above

Transect Letter (circle one): C

Starting Point Coordinates: 16˚N, 99˚W Starting Point Landmark Acapulco, Mexico

End Point Coordinates: 13˚S, 172˚W End Point Landmark: Apia, Samoa

Major Sea Floor Category (continental margin [active/leading or passive/trailing], abyssal plain, mid-oceanic ridge or rise)	Features by Category (shelf, slope, rise, trench, canyon, abyssal hills, rift valley, seamounts, hot spots, island arc systems)	Bedrock (Basaltic or Granitic)
(1) Continental Margin (1) (active) * there is subduction; has a trench and no cont rise	(1) Continental Shelf *pt between shelf & slope is shelf break	(0.5) Granitic
	(1) Continental Slope	(0.5) Granitic
	(0.5) Trench	(0.5) Granitic on continental side, (0.5) Basaltic on oceanic side (overlain with sediments from continental sources or scraping of subducting plates)
(1) Abyssal Plain *Within abyssal plain in Pacific have a lot of seamounts & guyots. Not really present in Atlantic abyssal plain.	(0.5) Seamounts, (0.5) Guyots, (0.5) Abyssal hills	(0.5) Basaltic
(1) Mid-oceanic ridge (0.5) (East pacific Rise	(0.5) Rift valley	(0.5) Basaltic
(1) Abyssal Plain	(0.5) As above	(0.5) Same as above
	Plateau [not required] * Manihiki Plateau formed from a volcanic episode that was followed by a period of carbonate sedimentation on top of the Plateau.	Same as above
	(1) Hot Spot (Samoa) [Refer to Fig 3.34, Pg 79]	(0.5) Basaltic (as above)