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Ocean Basins

Ocean Basins. The hypsigraphic curve. The submersible Alvin. Echo sounding Seismic Profiling. As they cool down through the Curie point, . The Formation of Magnetic Stripes. The Ocean Floor Sinks as it gets older .

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Ocean Basins

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  1. Ocean Basins

  2. The hypsigraphic curve

  3. The submersible Alvin

  4. Echo sounding Seismic Profiling

  5. As they cool down through the Curie point,

  6. The Formation of Magnetic Stripes

  7. The Ocean Floor Sinks as it gets older

  8. The rift valley of a spreading center has a horst and graen structure

  9. Structure of the sea floor

  10. Transform faults offsett segments of the mid-oceanic ridge Abyssal Hills

  11. Pelagic sediment becomes thicker with increasing distance from the mid-oceanic ridge

  12. Evolution of a rift ocean

  13. A passive Continental margin

  14. An active Continental Margin

  15. Formation of an Island Arc

  16. An Andesitic Volcano on an Island Arc

  17. Volcanic island vs. Guyot

  18. Formation of an Atoll

  19. Spreading Rates vs Ridge Volume

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