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How does one acquire rock samples of the ocean floor?
Deep ocean floor samples can be obtained by submersibles.
What is the term used to describe ocean floor sinking into a deep-ocean trench?
Subduction
What is a crack in the ocean floor called?
Oceanic trench.
Submarine fans reefs and the deep ocean floor all belong to which type of sedimentary depositional environment?
The deep ocean floor and submarine sand reefs are all made up of limestone environment. Limestone is a sedimentary type of rock that can be found in many places. It falls to the ocean floor when tides rise and fall.
What are Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor known as?
Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor are known as seamounts. The deepest parts of the ocean are long, narrow features known as deep ocean trenches.
Are Sea mounts deep cuts in the ocean floor true of false?
No they are not.
Are Sea mounts are deep cuts in the ocean floor?
Are trenches caused from tectonic activity.
What happens to the ocean floor at the deep ocean trenches?
what happens is the ocean floor does not just keep spreading.instead, it sinks beneath deep underwater canyons called deep- ocean trenches
Where in the ocean do deep currents flow?
In the ocean floor.
Is an ocean trench twice as deep as the ocean floor?
probably..
What is the definition of deep-ocean trench?
Deep Trench in the ocean floor. It can sometimes be mistaken for a mid-ocean ridge.
What are the three regions of the ocean floor?
the continental Margin, Ocean Basin Floor and Mid-Ocean ridge :D
Where do deep currents flow along in the ocean?
deep ocean currents form by the differences in the density of ocean water
What is the floor of the deep ocean?
It is the Abyssal plain.
What is a deep hole in the ocean floor?
an abyss
How does one acquire rock samples of the ocean floor?
Deep ocean floor samples can be obtained by submersibles.
Where does subduction of ocean floor takes place?
deep-ocean trench
