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Page 1: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Ocean floor features

Page 2: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents.

Page 3: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Continental Margin

Thick layers of undisturbed sediment.

Why?

Atlantic margin wider than pacific.

Why?

Page 4: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Continental shelfImportant mineral deposits including oil and gas/sand and gravel

Page 5: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Continental slope-submarine canyonsHow do you think they might form?

Page 6: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Continental rise-slope decreases until the abyssal plain is reached

Page 7: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Deep sea trench

Page 8: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Mid Ocean Ridge

Page 9: Ocean floor features. The ocean floor is as diverse as the topography of the continents

Sea floor sediments

Terrigenous sediments

Biogenous sediments

What is the difference between the two?

What is sediment?

Where do you think the sediment might be thickest


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