A computer enhanced multibeam bathymetry map of the northwestern and northern gulf of mexico continental shelf and slope.
Map of atlantic seafloor.
Map of the northern gulf of mexico showing the nearly 4 000 active oil and gas platforms.
The results that let this new marvelously detailed map of the seafloor from nasa s earth observatory be made were actually first published last year as part of a paper in science from.
This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
These systems provided the databases to construct the first real maps of important features such as the deep sea trenches and mid ocean ridges.
Each consist of three sheets a base bathymetric map.
The colors on this reflectivity map describe the hardness of the seafloor surface.
In 1957 the publication of heezen and tharp s physiographic map of the north atlantic was the first map of the seafloor that allowed the general public to begin to visualize the ocean floor.
These include thousands of volcanoes and what could be the ridge where two.
This product is intended to aid fishermen and those needing seafloor features and potential fishing grounds.
Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet.
Unseen details of seafloor exposed in these maps of the atlantic ocean floor the detail of such submarine terrain as continental slopes abyssal plains and the mighty mid atlantic ridge is stunning.
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The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
The map has more than twice the resolution of previous seafloor maps and shows a plethora of never before seen features.