The average depth of the oceans is about 3,500 m/ 11,482 ft. However, the depth of the oceans varies widely depending on the location on the tectonic plates. Ocean trenches are deep depressions on the ocean floor that are found in all ocean basins and the places where tectonic plates me...
The Ocean Twilight Zone Project is a group of scientists trying to understand this oceanic zone’s secrets. The twilight zone showcases nature’s ingenuity. Since there is so little light, many creatures create their own light to attract food, like inFinding Nemo. While others use bioluminescenc...
The Atlantic Ocean isexpandingat a rate of approximately 4 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year due to seafloor spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where new oceanic crust forms as tectonic plates diverge. Atlantic Ocean Temperature The Atlantic Ocean's water temperature varies significantly by regi...
Four major oceanic zones Oceanographers divide the oceans into oceanic zones. Most plant and animal life live in one specific zone. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami was the deadliest tsunami known to occur on our planet....
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Ocean Floor Features Tampa Bay Online; Underwater Robots Aid Stricken Japan; Keith Morelli; April 2011 Cite This Article MLA Whitmore, Deanne. "Fun Facts On The Ocean Floor"sciencing.com, https://www.sciencing.com/fun-ocean-floor-8696815/. 22 Nove...
As the rift widened with time, it led to the expansion or the spreading of the sea floor. Magma welled up along this rift and formed a new oceanic crust, ultimately forming the Red Sea. The Gulf of Suez is an extension of the Red Sea and gradually took shape due to rifting and seafl...
The Pangea later broke up into various plates, which dispersed outwards and ended up taking up the form and position of the continents we have today. The collision of two of these plates – the oceanic Nazca Plate ant the continental South AmericanPlate– resulted in the orogenic activity that...
Writing inMesopotamian civilizations, called cuneiform, developed around 3400 BC, while Egyptian hieroglyphs extant fromroughly 200 years later. The native languages of Oceanic civilizations, on the other hand, weren't written down for centuries. In New Guinea, for example, the written accounts...
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Oceanic Crust If you travel to the bottom of the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, you will find the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Earth's whole crust is made up of several large plates, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is where two plates meet. ...