Continental Margins and Ocean Basins

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Continental Margins and Ocean Basins
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Bathymetry

• Echo sounding
• Multibeam systems
• Satellite altimetry

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Topography of Ocean Floor

• Continental margins
• Passive margins
• Active margins
• Continental shelves
• Narrow
• wide

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Topography of Ocean Floor

• Continental slopes
• Shelf break
• Submarine canyons
• Continental rises

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Deep Ocean Basins

• Oceanic ridges
• Hydrothermal vents
• Abyssal Plains and Abyssal Hills
• Seamounts and Guyots
• Trenches and Island Arcs