ocean floor lecture - jack & katie...ocean floor lecture slide 1 “seeing” the ocean floor...
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OceanFloorLecture
Slide1“Seeing”theOceanFloor
• Lightdoesn’tpenetratetotheoceanfloorsowemustuseothermeansto“see”theoceanbottom
• Alvinisamannedsubmarinethatcandiveupto4,000mtocollectdataonrocktemp,chemicalcomposition,&geographicfeatures
Slide2EchoSounders
• Sentoutanunderwatersoundpulse&listenedforanecho
Slide3Satellites
• Cannotdirectlymeasureoceandepthsbutcanmeasurevariationsinelevationofsurfacewater
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Slide4Topography
Studyoftheshapeandfeaturesofthecrust,specifcallyonland.
Slide5Bathymetry
• Thediscoveryandstudyofoceanfloortopography/landfeatures.
• Ancientmethodsusedropeswithstonestiedtotheend.
• Modernmethodsechosounders&satellites
Slide6ContinentalShelf
Slide7ContinentalSlope
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Slide8ContinentalRise
Slide9ContinentalMargin
Slide10AbyssalPlain
Slide11AbyssalHills