ocean acousticshydrothermal plumeGakkel ridge[1] Gakkel ridge is the slowest spreading mid-ocean ridge with full spreading rates <10 mm/yr. In 1999, a teleseismic earthquake swarm signaled the onset of an eruptive episode at 85°E. The Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge expedition in 2001 detected a ...
The Yellow River, 'Mother River of the Chinese People', is just behind the Yangtze, both flowing into the Pacific Ocean. The Yarlung Zangbo River belongs to the Indian Ocean water system, and the Irtysh River to the Arctic Ocean. On the other side, the interior rivers drain less area ...
While there are a few areas of Tundra in the Antarctic, as a climatic region the Tundra generally is located around the Arctic Ocean and above the timberline of highlatitude mountains ( Oliver and Hidore, 2002 ; Figure T43 ). Figure T43 The Tundra; cartographer T. Truckenbrod. Tundra ...
The pole is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, where the water is 13,400 feet (4,084 meters) deep and usually covered with driftingice6-to-10 feet (1.8 to 3 m) thick. About 434 light-years above the pole liesPolaris, the "North Star."During the course of the night, Polaris does not...
Towards, the north, it is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean at about 65 degrees and by the Southern Ocean at 60 degrees South. Is Atlantic Ocean saltwater or freshwater? All oceans are large bodies of saltwater. The Atlantic Ocean is the second-biggest ocean. Thus, it is a saltwater body. ...
The Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third vastest body of water on planet Earth. The Indian Ocean is defined as one of the five oceans found in the world. The other four are named Pacific Ocean (largest), Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and the Southern/Antarctic Ocean. It comprises...
The deepest place in each ocean are the Molloy Hole in the Fram Strait (Arctic Ocean; 5669 m, 79.137° N/2.817° E), the trench axis of the Puerto Rico Trench (Atlantic Ocean; 8408 m 19.613° N/67.847° W), an unnamed deep in the Java Trench (Indian Ocean; 7290 ...
It contains the geographic South Pole and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. The Last Desert starts from Ushuaia, at the very southern tip of Argentina. Competitors board an expedition ship that serves as both a home and base camp for the duration of the race. After a two-day voyage...
The ocean currents rule this land and shape its people’s ways. A general counter-clockwise current brings cold air southwest from the arctic above the pirate kingdoms down south within fifty miles of Setheria Isle, home of the archmages, which tower provides the marker for the shift in cour...
In Europe, the European Seafloor Observatory Network (ESONET) is in development and has nodes plannedforlocationsinthe Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian margin, the Nordic Seas, the Azores, the Iberian Margin, the Ligurian Sea, the Hellenic[...] ...