the hypsigraphic curve the submersible alvin echo sounding seismic profiling

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Page 1: The hypsigraphic curve The submersible Alvin Echo sounding Seismic Profiling
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The hypsigraphic curve

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The submersible Alvin

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Echo sounding Seismic Profiling

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As they cool down through the Curie point,

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The Formation of Magnetic Stripes

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The Ocean Floor Sinks as it gets older

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The rift valley of a spreading center has a horst and graen structure

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Structure of the sea floor

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Transform faults offsett segments of the mid-oceanic ridge

Abyssal Hills

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Pelagic sediment becomes thicker with increasing distance from the mid-oceanic ridge

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Evolution of a rift ocean

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A passive Continental margin

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An active Continental Margin

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Formation of an Island Arc

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An Andesitic Volcano on an Island Arc

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Volcanic island vs. Guyot

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Formation of an Atoll

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Spreading Rates vs Ridge Volume