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Origin of the Hurd Deep, English Channel

Nature volume 227, page 828 (1970)Cite this article

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THE Hurd Deep, the largest deep in the English Channel, is a linear depression about 95 miles (150 km) long, 1–3 miles (1.5–5 km) wide and about 30–50 fathoms (55–90 m) deeper than the adjacent sea floor. The depression follows a relatively straight course WSW from near the north-west corner of Cherbourg Peninsula and runs parallel to the general structural trend of the western English Channel.

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  1. Department of Geology, University College, London

    A. J. SMITH

  2. Department of Geology, University of Bristol,

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SMITH, A., HAMILTON, D. Origin of the Hurd Deep, English Channel. Nature 227, 828 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227828a0

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