Image Gallery
Chapter 02
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FIGURE 2.1Map of the world based on ship soundings and satellite altimeter derived gravity at 30 arc-second resolution. Data from Smith & Sandwell (1997); Becker et al. (2009); and SIO (2008). -
FIGURE 2.2Areas of Earth's surface above and below sea level as a percentage of the total area of Earth (in 100 m intervals). Data from Becker et al. (2009). -
FIGURE 2.3Sea floor age (millions of years). Black lines indicate tectonic plate boundaries. Source: From Müller, Sdrolias, Gaina, and Roest (2008). -
FIGURE 2.4Seafloor topography for a portion of (a) the fast-spreading EPR and (b) the slow-spreading MAR. Note the ridge at the EPR spreading center and rift valley at the MAR spreading center. This figure can also be found in the color insert. (Sandwell, personal communication, 2009.) -
FIGURE 2.5(a) Schematic section through ocean floor to show principal features. (b) Sample of bathymetry, measured along the South Pacific ship track shown in (c). -
FIGURE 2.6Mean slope of the ocean bottom, calculated from shipboard bathymetry and interpolated to a 0.5 degree grid. Source: From Becker and Sandwell (2008). -
FIGURE 2.7Turbidity current evidence south of Newfoundland resulting from an earthquake in 1929. Source: From Heezen, Ericson, and Ewing (1954). -
FIGURE 2.8Map of the Pacific Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). -
FIGURE 2.9Map of the Atlantic Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). -
FIGURE 2.10Map of the Indian Ocean. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008). -
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FIGURE 2.12The Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Etopo2 bathymetry data from NOAA NGDC (2008).
