Ocean Geography Water bodies Persian Atlantic Indian Southern Bering California Mexico Mediterranean Pacific Caribbean South China North Arabian Caspian Black Red Arctic Baltic Coral
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
Shelf topography
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 Sediment Abyssal plain
Abyssal plains…misleading term
Mid-oceanic ridges
Seamounts
Ocean exploration
Early ocean exploration: HMS Challenger Expedition
Figure 01_07 Sonar
Multi-beam sonar
Side-scan sonar
SCUBA
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Figure 01_14
Figure 01_11
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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
Trenches
Plates and plate movement
Plate tectonics
Hotspots
Hydrothermal vents