Ocean Floor Profile

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Ocean floor profile. Gently sloping beneath sea level 200m biologically rich photosynthesis possible because of sunlight. Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced. Ocean floor the bottom of a sea or ocean davy jones davy jones s locker ocean bottom sea bottom sea floor seabed abyssal zone the deep sea 2000 meters or more where there is no light bed bottom a depression forming the ground under a body of water. We know very little about the vast expanse of our oceans.

In recent years satellite images show a very clear mapping of the seabed and are used extensively in the study and exploration of the ocean floor. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as. From land the ocean all looks the same.

Plot each data point listed on the table. Other articles where ocean floor is discussed. The ocean floor is sometimes called the final frontier of the modern era. He searched for treasure on the ocean bed continental shelf the.

The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Back in 1977 a very interesting discovery was made on the deep ocean floor where no light penetrates. Mountains plains channels canyons exposed rocks and sediment covered areas. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet.

Exploration of the seafloor and the earth s crust. Each station was along the 39 north latitude from new jersey to portugal. Collection of sediment at the bottom of the slope. But underneath that surface there s a lot of stuff hidden at the bottom.

Set up your graph with depth meters on the y axis and distance east of nj km on the x axis. While most life on this planet requires sunlight to live there is an. The lack of weathering and erosion in most areas however allows geological processes to be seen more clearly on. Seabed contains several hundred years worth of cobalt and nickel.

The ocean floor has the same general character as the land areas of the world. Though people have traveled on the ocean for millennia people have explored only a tiny fraction of the ocean floor. Steep slope off the shelf 3000 4000m. It s flat blue and honestly it s kind of boring.