1. Ocean Zones and Basins

3. Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Northern - 61% Ocean
Southern - 81% Ocean

4. Volumes of the Ocean Basins

5. Single Ocean Concept
- Antarctic circulation

6. Seas of the World
1 - Mediterranean

7. Seas of the World
2 - North Sea

8. Seas of the World
3 - Caribbean

9. Seas of the World
4 - China

10. Seas of the World
5 - Sea of Okhotsk

11. Seas of the World
6 - Bering Sea

12. Topographical Features of Ocean Basins

13. Pelagic Benthic Topographical Features of Ocean Basins Neritic Oceanic
Photic(200 m)
Epipelagic
Mesopelagic
Disphotic(1000 m)
Littoral
(intertidal)
Sublittoral
Bathypelagic
Bathyl
Aphotic
(1000 m)
Abyssalpelagic
Abyssal
Benthic
Hadal

14. Topographical Features of Ocean Basins
continental shelf
shelf break
continental slope
abyssal plain

15. Topographical Features of Ocean Basins
continental shelf
shelf break
abyssal plain
continental slope

16. Abyssal Plain

18. Depositional Material in the Oceans
1. Terrigenous - Components
Clay
Quartz

19. Depositional Material in the Oceans
1. Terrigenous - Methods of Deposition
Wind Erosion
Sediment Transport
Volcanic Activity

20. Depositional Material in the Oceans
1. Terrigenous - Methods of Deposition

21. Depositional Material in the Oceans
1. Terrigenous - Methods of Deposition
Fans can be extensive

22. Depositional Material in the Oceans
2. Biogenous
CaCO3 from Corals and Molluscs
Silica (Si) from Diatoms

23. Depositional Material in the Oceans
3. Hydrogenous
- Precipitated directly from seawater
4. Cosmogenous

24. Benthic Zone

25. Benthic Zone