Ocean morphology

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1. Sea Floor Morphology
Submarine Canyons

2. Sea Floor Morphology
Submarine Canyons

3. Sea Floor Morphology
Submarine Canyons
Mosher, et al., 2004

4. Sea Floor Morphology
The Continental Rise

5. Sea Floor Morphology
The Abyssal Plain

6. Sea Floor Morphology
Pelagic Sedimentation

7. Sea Floor Morphology
Pelagic Sedimentation

8. Morphological Features
Reefs and Atolls
Bora-Bora
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Fringing Reefs
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Barrier Reefs
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Atolls

9. Morphological Features
Guyots and Seamounts

10. Morphological Features
Guyots and Seamounts

11. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Fracture Zones
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Trenches
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Continental Margin Classification

12. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge

13. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge

14. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge Features
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Rift Valley
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Pillow Basalts
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Gabbro Dikes
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Axial Volcanoes
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Hydrothermal Vents

15. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge:Rift Valley

16. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge: Pillow Basalts
Wadi Jizzi, Oman
B. Parsons
NOAA

17. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge: Gabbro Dikes
Sheeted Gabbro Dikes
Zabyah, Oman
B. Parsons
Wilson, et al., 2002

18. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge: Axial Volcanos
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
http://www.mbari.org/data/mapping/seamounts/default.htm

19. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge:Hydrothermal Vents

20. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge: Fracture Zones

21. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Mid-Ocean Ridge: Fracture Zones

22. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Trenches

23. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Trenches

24. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Crustal Recycling

25. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Crustal Recycling

26. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Classification of Continental Margins
•Passive Margin
•Active Margin

27. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Passive Continental Margins

28. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Passive Continental Margins

29. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Active Continental Margins