the deep oceans. take-away points 1.the earth has two kinds of crust 2.continents have thick, light,...
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The Deep Oceans
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Take-Away Points1. The earth has two kinds of crust2. Continents have thick, light, granitic crust,
Oceans have thin, dense, basaltic crust3. How we probe the sea floor4. Features on the sea floor and edges of
continents are products of plate tectonics5. Submarine landslides are important on
continental margins6. Deep ocean sediment comes from the
continents and marine organisms
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The Two-Story Planet
1. The earth has two kinds of crust
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Earth Has Two Kinds of Crust
2. Continents have thick, light, granitic crust, Oceans have thin, dense, basaltic crust
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Continental and Oceanic CrustContinental Crust (Granitic)• Residue of Long-Continued Partial Melting• Thick and Light• Ancient: > 2.5 b.y.Oceanic Crust (Basaltic)• Derived Directly From Mantle• Thin and Dense• Young: < 200 m.y.
2. Continents have thick, light, granitic crust, Oceans have thin, dense, basaltic crust
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Investigating the Sea Floor
• Coring• Deep-Sea Drilling• Sonar• Seismic Refraction• Gravity Surveys• Magnetic Surveys
3. How we probe the sea floor
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Piston Coring
3. How we probe the sea floor
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Deep Ocean DrillingProject Mohole• Original Intent: Drill to Earth’s Mantle• Drill in Oceans where Crust is Thinnest• Hidden Agenda: Complete History of Oceans• Challenge: Replacing Drill Bits in 5 km of Water• Plate Tectonics Showed that Mantle is
Exposed in a Number of Places
3. How we probe the sea floor
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Deep Ocean Drilling
• Original Objective Abandoned• Renamed Deep Sea Drilling Program• Now Called Ocean Drilling Program
3. How we probe the sea floor
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Sonar
3. How we probe the sea floor
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Seismic Refraction
3. How we probe the sea floor
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Makeup of Ocean Crust
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Anatomy of a Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Continental Margins• Shelf• Slope• Rise• Active: Subduction Zones. Sometimes Called
Leading Edge• Passive: No Subduction. Sometimes Called
Rifted or Trailing Edge
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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A Continental Margin
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Evolution of a Passive Margin
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Anatomy of a Passive Margin
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Features of the Deep Ocean• Mid-Ocean Ridges• Abyssal Plains• Fracture Zones• Oceanic Trenches• Seamounts• Submarine Canyons• Submarine Fans
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
4. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Sea-Floor Spreading,
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
1. Features on the sea floor and edges of continents are products of plate tectonics
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Turbidity Flows – Grand Banks, 1929
5. Submarine landslides are important on continental margins
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Where Sediment Comes From
6. Deep ocean sediment comes from the continents and marine organisms
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Atlantic Sediments
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Deep Ocean Sediments
6. Deep ocean sediment comes from the continents and marine organisms
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Take-Away Points1. The earth has two kinds of crust2. Continents have thick, light, granitic crust,
Oceans have thin, dense, basaltic crust3. How we probe the sea floor4. Features on the sea floor and edges of
continents are products of plate tectonics5. Submarine landslides are important on
continental margins6. Deep ocean sediment comes from the
continents and marine organisms