1. FIGURE 2.1 TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved Map of the world based on ship soundings and satellite altimeter derived gravity at 30 arc-second resolution. Data from Smith & Sandwell (1997); Becker et al. (2009); and SIO (2008).

2. FIGURE 2.2 Areas of Earth’s surface above and below sea level as a percentage of the total area of Earth (in 100m intervals). Data from Becker et al. (2009). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

3. FIGURE 2.3 Sea floor age (millions of years). Black lines indicate tectonic plate boundaries. TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

4. FIGURE 2.4 Seafloor topography for a portion of (a) the fast-spreading EPR and (b) the slow-spreading MAR. Note the ridge at the EPR spreading center and rift valley at the MAR spreading center. This figure can also be found in the color insert. (Sandwell, personal communication, 2009.) TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

5. FIGURE 2.5 (a) Schematic section through ocean floor to show principal features. (b) Sample of bathymetry, measured along the South Pacific ship track shown in (c). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

6. Mean slope of the ocean bottom, calculated from shipboard bathymetry and interpolated to a 0.5 degree grid. TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved FIGURE 2.6

7. FIGURE 2.7 Turbidity current evidence south of Newfoundland resulting from an earthquake in 1929. TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

8. FIGURE 2.8 Map of the Pacific Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

9. Map of the Atlantic Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved FIGURE 2.9

10. FIGURE 2.10 Map of the Indian Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

11. FIGURE 2.11 The Arctic Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

12. FIGURE 2.12 The Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). TALLEY Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved