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Seafloor Notes

Seafloor definitons

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contenental marginregion of seafloor the contains the shelf and slope
contenental slopewhere water deepens abruptly and the edge of the contenental land mass drops off
contenental shelfpart of the conenent that is underwater
OCEAN BASIN FLOORbegins where the slope ends, region made up of mountains, ridges, trenches, valleys, rifts, guyots, abyssal plains, and canyons plateau
ABYSSAL PLAINVast, smooth areas on seafloor
TRENCHEScracks on the earth’s crust, deepest part of the oceans
GUYOTSflat topped volcanic mountains
RIFTa valley that runs along the center of a ridge
SEAMOUNTisolated mountain that rises more than 3000 ft. above the sea floor
MID-OCEAN RIDGEgreat undersea mountain ranges characterized by frequent earthquakes and volcanoes
ISLANDseamount that rises above the surface of the water
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