Sediment  Thickness

• Button on Main Program Toolbar
• Thicknesses range to 18000 m, but only at very specific locations
• To change color scale
  • Right click on the map
  • Pick Elevation colors
  • Option 1
    • Pick z Range
    • Set the maximum value to something reasonable (a few km in most cases)  so you can actually see variations
  • Option 2, change to a log scale, using checkbox on the form.

This map does an excellent job showing the differences between active and passive continental margins, and the locations of major rivers with huge deltas and submarine fans.

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Last revision 12/31/2018