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Article: Oceanic lithosphere 2. The origin and evolution of oceanic lithosphere: Bathymetry and morphology of the ocean basins

TitleOceanic lithosphere 2. The origin and evolution of oceanic lithosphere: Bathymetry and morphology of the ocean basins
Authors
Issue Date1998
PublisherGeological Association of Canada. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.gac.ca/JOURNALS/geocan.html
Citation
Geoscience Canada, 1998, v. 25 n. 3, p. 128-138 How to Cite?
AbstractThe development of high-precision surveying instruments over the last 30 years has made possible the systematic mapping of the ocean basins, completely changing our view of the sea floor. What was once thought to be a featureless plain covered with sediment is now known to contain a variety of complex and intricate structures. Unlike terrestrial surfaces, which owe their shape largely to erosion, the sea floor preserves a much more continuous record of the volcanic and tectonic processes by which it was formed. The ocean basins are divided broadly into continental margins, abyssal depths, and mid-ocean ridges. Passive margins, such as those surrounding most of the Atlantic Ocean, typically have broad continental shelves underlain by great thicknesses of sedimentary rock, whereas active margins have narrow shelves and are characterized by subduction zones and volcanic arcs. Ocean basins adjacent to passive margins typically have flat abyssal plains underlain by turbidites, whereas those adjacent to active margins typically have a more irregular bathymetry broken by numerous abyssal hills. The morphology of the world-encircling mid-ocean ridges varies with spreading rate, and reveals a pattern of segmentation closely linked to the volcanic and tectonic processes associated with sea-floor spreading.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/72727
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.441
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dc.description.abstractThe development of high-precision surveying instruments over the last 30 years has made possible the systematic mapping of the ocean basins, completely changing our view of the sea floor. What was once thought to be a featureless plain covered with sediment is now known to contain a variety of complex and intricate structures. Unlike terrestrial surfaces, which owe their shape largely to erosion, the sea floor preserves a much more continuous record of the volcanic and tectonic processes by which it was formed. The ocean basins are divided broadly into continental margins, abyssal depths, and mid-ocean ridges. Passive margins, such as those surrounding most of the Atlantic Ocean, typically have broad continental shelves underlain by great thicknesses of sedimentary rock, whereas active margins have narrow shelves and are characterized by subduction zones and volcanic arcs. Ocean basins adjacent to passive margins typically have flat abyssal plains underlain by turbidites, whereas those adjacent to active margins typically have a more irregular bathymetry broken by numerous abyssal hills. The morphology of the world-encircling mid-ocean ridges varies with spreading rate, and reveals a pattern of segmentation closely linked to the volcanic and tectonic processes associated with sea-floor spreading.en_HK
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dc.titleOceanic lithosphere 2. The origin and evolution of oceanic lithosphere: Bathymetry and morphology of the ocean basinsen_HK
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