Topographic Map Of Atlantic Ocean Floor
This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
Topographic map of atlantic ocean floor. A topographic representation of the sea floor around the charleston bump. The topography of the northern atlantic ocean is shown in figure 18 2. A marine gravity map of the north atlantic ocean red dots show locations of earthquakes with magnitude 5 5 and they highlight the present day location of the seafloor spreading ridges and. Various shelves along the margins of the continents constitute about 11 of the bottom topography with few deep channels cut across the continental rise.
The deep ocean floor is thought to be fairly flat with occasional deeps abyssal plains trenches seamounts basins plateaus canyons and some guyots. Ocean topography off the southeast portion of the united states. 3 d visualization map of the charleston bump. This product is intended to aid fishermen and those needing seafloor features and potential fishing grounds.
Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. 18 1 the topography of the sea floor we examined the topography of the sea floor from the perspective of plate tectonics in chapter 10 but here we are going to take another look at the important features from an oceanographic perspective. This super detailed map of the ocean floor s topography is based on satellite measurements of subtle lumps on the ocean s surface. These lumps of water which are subtle low and wide on the.
Topographic maps of the sea floor produced at a 1 100 000 scale that contain loran c rates bottom sediment types and known bottom obstructions.