| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | Sharing neritic and pelagic qualities. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HEMIPELAGIC
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hemipelagic sediments | Geophysics | Deep-sea sediment in which more than 25% of the fraction coarser than 5 microns is of terrigenous, volcanogenic, and/or neritic origin. Such deposits usually accumulate near the continental margin. (references) | |
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