Sea Floor Morphology Submarine Canyons

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Sea Floor MorphologySubmarine Canyons
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Sea Floor MorphologySubmarine Canyons
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Sea Floor MorphologySubmarine Canyons
Mosher, et al., 2004
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Sea Floor MorphologyThe Continental Rise
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Sea Floor MorphologyThe Abyssal Plain
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Sea Floor MorphologyPelagic Sedimentation
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Sea Floor MorphologyPelagic Sedimentation
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Morphological FeaturesReefs and Atolls

• Fringing Reefs
• Barrier Reefs
• Atolls

Bora-Bora
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Morphological FeaturesGuyots and Seamounts
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Morphological FeaturesGuyots and Seamounts
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Fracture Zones
• Trenches
• Continental Margin Classification

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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
Ridge
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
Ridge
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
Ridge Features

• Rift Valley
• Pillow Basalts
• Gabbro Dikes
• Axial Volcanoes
• Hydrothermal Vents

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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor Mid-Ocean
RidgeRift Valley
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor Mid-Ocean
Ridge Pillow Basalts
NOAA
Wadi Jizzi, Oman B. Parsons
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor Mid-Ocean
Ridge Gabbro Dikes
Sheeted Gabbro Dikes Zabyah, Oman B. Parsons
Wilson, et al., 2002
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
Ridge Axial Volcanos
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute http//ww
w.mbari.org/data/mapping/seamounts/default.htm
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
RidgeHydrothermal Vents
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
Ridge Fracture Zones
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorMid-Ocean
Ridge Fracture Zones
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorTrenches
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorTrenches
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorCrustal
Recycling
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorCrustal
Recycling
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorClassification
of Continental Margins

• Passive Margin
• Active Margin

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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorPassive
Continental Margins
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Plate Tectonics and the Ocean FloorActive
Continental Margins