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Bathymetry (underwater topography)
The ocean floor
Continental shelf
A
B C
D
E F
Global continental shelves
Beyond the shelf
Continental shelf
Continental slopeShelf break
The ocean floor
Continental shelf
Continental slopeShelf break
Continental rise
Sediment
Sediments can be classified as lithogenous or biogenous.
The ocean floor
Continental shelf
Continental slopeShelf break
Continental rise
SedimentAbyssal plain
Abyssal plains…misleading term
Mid-oceanic ridges
Ocean exploration
Early ocean exploration: HMS Challenger Expedition
1872-1876
Figure 01_07
Sonar
How do different seafloor features and sediments form?
Earth from space (©NASA)
The earth is dynamic.
The processes that have shaped the earth as we know it today are perpetual on a geologic time scale.
Geologic history• Continental drift
Layers of the earth
Divergent boundaries
Mid-oceanic ridges
Convergent boundaries
Transform boundary
Geologic features and events
Plate boundaries and movement
Plates and plate movement
Hydrothermal vents