Geology of Ocean Floor

A small elevated landform that rises from the great depths of the ocean

• Seamount

• Ocean Floor

• Abyssal Hill

• Guyot

A large submerged volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor

• Seamount

• Ocean Floor

• Abyssal Hill

• Guyot

A submerged volcanic mountain with a flat top

• Seamount

• Ocean Floor

• Abyssal Hill

• Guyot

Long narrow, steep-sided depressions found on the ocean floor

• Ocean floor

• Ocean trench

• Continental rise

• Continental slope

A shallow, gently sloping part of the continental crust

• Seamount

• Continental rise

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

A feature that extends from the continental shelf

• Continental rise

• Continental shelf

• Continental slope

• Mid-Ocean ridges

Hot molten rock

• Guyot

• Magma

• Ridges

• Seamount

A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

• Ocean trenches

• Continental rise

• Continental Shelf

• Mid-ocean ridges

Formed by emerging accumulated deposits at the mounts of many submarine canyons

• Ocean trenches

• Continental rise

• Continental Shelf

• Mid-ocean ridges

Found at the base of the continental rise in water

• Ocean floor

• Ocean trenches

• Continental rise

• Continental shelf