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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the outer edge of each shelf, the sea floor plunges precipitously down into the depths.
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Distinguishing between active sonar returns from mines and returns from rocks and debris on the sea floor is difficult.
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He knows that most of his bottles will become encrusted with algae and settle to the sea floor .
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Later still it was found covering extensive areas of the sea floor south of Ireland.
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This creature, shaped like a slim leaf about 6 centimetres long, lives half-buried in the sand of the sea floor .
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Though they cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, the rocks of the sea floor are virtually inaccessible.
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Tiny oceanic microorganisms solidify carbon and oxygen gases dissolved in sea water to produce a salt which settles on the sea floor .