Article: L.B. biologist visits ocean floor

Article: The evolutionary puzzle of seafloor life: scientists are ...
Oceanus;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... century father of taxonomy, to Charles Darwin, up to E.O. Wilson, who coined the modern term "biodiversity." Until the latter ... along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which bisects the Atlantic Ocean floor. Both Pacific and Atlantic vents have mussels, but not the ...

Article: Charting Troubled Waters.(importance of ocean floor ...
Popular Mechanics;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...* At first, the scientists aboard the Bruce C. Heezen thought the blank spot on the mapping display was a computer glitch, something quite normal during a shakedown cruise of a new underwater survey ship. But when all the systems checked out and the anomaly still wouldn't go away, they decided to

The ocean floor.(THE PHYSICAL OCEANS)
The Handy Ocean Answer Book;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...What is the ocean floor? The ocean floor is the very bottom of an ocean basin. The ocean floor is a multi-level structure that "floats" on top of the denser and more viscous mantle (the part of the Earth that lies below the crust and above ...

Article: Ocean-Floor Bathymetry
Water:Science and Issues;      700+ words ...Ocean-Floor Bathymetry The term bathymetry is defined ... can determine the topography of the ocean floor, and have shown that the sea floor ... constantly destroyed), are unique to the ocean floor.* Bathymetric mapping involves the ...

Article: Ocean Floor
Earth Explorer;      470 words ... ... Explorer 02-01-1995 Ooze and Mud on the Ocean Floor The scientific name for the soft, gooey ... organic material that covers parts of the ocean floor is--ooze. And the scientific name ... inorganic material on other parts of the ocean floor? Mud, of course. These sediments ...

Article: Ocean floor "potholes" caused by lava ...
Environment;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the mid-ocean ridge, much of the ocean floor is pock-marked with jagged-edged ... from underground volcanoes onto the ocean floor. Sloshing along the bottom like blobs ... that reside on the deep, dark, cold ocean floor--they need heat, water, and space ...

Article: Hot Springs on the Ocean Floor
Water:Science and Issues;      700+ words ...Hot Springs on the Ocean Floor In many areas of the ocean floor, wherever magma nears the seafloor, or where lava ... Hydrothermal vents also are found in areas of the ocean floor that are spreading, such as at mid-ocean ridges ...