DE Oceanography - Ch 3 & 4

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1 fathom = ? feet

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6 feet

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Satellites map ocean floor because:

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Shape of ocean surface reflects large features on seafloor.

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Example of passive continental margin

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East coast of the United States

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Underwater avalanches of muddy water

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turbidity currents

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Order of seafloor features:

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shelf, slope, rise, abyssal plain

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Volcanic peaks below sea level with flattened tops

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Guyots

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Volcanic features < 1,000m on ocean floor

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Abyssal hills

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Techniques for ocean structure beneath sea floor

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Seismic reflection

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Does not fit the pattern:

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abyssal plains

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Majority of ocean trenches

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Pacific Ocean