Ocean Floor Features

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Ocean Floor Features
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Continental Margins

• Shallower portions of the ocean floor
• Is the boundary between the ocean floor and the
  continents

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Continental Shelf

• Edge of the continent that is covered by ocean
  water
• Varies in width
• Effected by sea level

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CONTINENTAL SHELF
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Continental Slope

• Steep incline at the edge of the continental
  shelf
• Features that are found on the shelf
• Canyons
• Turbidity currents currents that carry
  sediments and cause more sloping
• Continental rise raised edge at the base

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SHELF/SLOPE
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Deep Ocean Basin

• Ocean Floor oceanic crust

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Trenches

• Deep valley in the ocean basin
• Caused by tectonic features
• Deepest part on the ocean

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Abyssal Plains

• Flat floor in the ocean

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Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Underwater mountain chain
• New seafloor is created here
• Because of the making of new crust, the crust
  breaks into series of faults called Fracture Zones

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Seamounts

• Isolated volcanic mountain
• If they rise above the ocean surface it forms an
  island (Hawaii)

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SEAMOUNT
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Guyots

• Old seamounts that have sunk beneath the ocean
  surface

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SMOKERS
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SEA FLOOR
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submersible

• Underwater Research Vessel

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the Hard Suit 2000.

• A new suit that lets divers diver deeper, faster
  and stay longer

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Sonar

• Sonar is a device that is used to detect objects
  through sound waves.