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Chapter 3 Marine Provinces

Chapter 3 Marine Provinces. Essentials of Oceanography 7 th Edition. Bathymetry. Bathymetry is the measurement of ocean depths and the charting of the shape or topography of the ocean floor The ocean floor is a highly varied terrain that contains many interesting features

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Chapter 3 Marine Provinces

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  1. Chapter 3Marine Provinces Essentials of Oceanography 7th Edition

  2. Bathymetry • Bathymetry is the measurement of ocean depths and the charting of the shape or topography of the ocean floor • The ocean floor is a highly varied terrain that contains many interesting features • Early methods of determining ocean depths involved using a long weighted line (called a sounding line)

  3. Bathymetric techniques • Echosounders send sound through water to determine water depth and sea floor features Figure 3-1

  4. Bathymetric techniques • Side-scan sonar uses a “fish” towed behind a ship to give a more detailed picture of the sea floor Figure 3-2

  5. Bathymetric techniques • Low frequency sound is used to determine structure beneath the sea floor Figure 3-3

  6. Bathymetric techniques • Satellites measure sea surface elevation, which mimics sea floor bathymetry Figure 3D

  7. The hypsographic curve • The hypsographic curve shows the relationship between the height of the land and the depth of the oceans Figure 3-4

  8. Major regions of the North Atlantic Ocean floor • Continental margin • Ocean basin floor • Mid-ocean ridge Figure 3-5

  9. Passive versus active continental margins • Passive margin • No plate boundary • Shelf • Slope • Rise Figure 3-6

  10. Passive versus active continental margins • Active margin • Plate boundary • Convergent • Shelf • Slope (steep) • Trench • Transform • Continental borderland Figure 3-6

  11. Submarine canyons and deep-sea fans • Turbidity currents carve submarine canyons into the slope and shelf • Debris from turbidity currents creates graded bedding deposits and deep-sea fans Figure 3-8a

  12. Diver in the La Jolla Submarine Canyon Figure 3-8b

  13. Abyssal plains • Deep flat areas formed by suspension settling • Volcanic peaks poke through the sediment • Abyssal hills (seaknolls) • Seamounts • Tablemounts (guyots) Figure 3-9

  14. Ocean trenches • Deepest parts of the ocean • Formed by plate convergence • Most trenches are in the Pacific Ocean • Associated with volcanic arcs • Island arc • Continental arc Figure 3-10

  15. The mid-ocean ridge • Circles the globe like the seam of a baseball • Mostly traverses the middle of ocean basins • A topographically high mountain range • Entirely volcanic in origin • Associated with plate divergence • In the Pacific Ocean, called the East Pacific Rise • In the Atlantic Ocean, called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge • Internet flybys of portions of the mid-ocean ridge

  16. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge • Traverses the center of the Atlantic Ocean • Contains a central down-dropped rift valley • Comes above sea level in Iceland Figure 3-12

  17. Features of the mid-ocean ridge • Rift valleys • Form when plates split apart • Down-dropped areas associated with faults and earthquakes Figure 3-13

  18. Features of the mid-ocean ridge • Pillow lava • Forms when hot lava comes into contact with cold seawater and quickly cools • Basalt composition Figure 3-14

  19. Features of the mid-ocean ridge • Hydrothermal vents • Form when seawater is heated by magma • Black smokers emit hot water through chimneys • Associated with metal sulfide deposits and unusual lifeforms Figure 3-15

  20. Transform faults and fracture zones • Transform Faults • Occur between segments of the mid-ocean ridge • Transform plate boundaries • Movement in opposite directions Figure 3-16

  21. Transform faults and fracture zones • Fracture Zones • Occur beyond segments of the mid-ocean ridge • Not plate boundaries • Movement in the same direction Figure 3-16

  22. End of Chapter 3 Essentials of Oceanography 7th Edition

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