To the east of the island arc the 4000 m deep andaman sea figs.
Mapping the ocean floor graph island arc.
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Nearly 80 of the ocean floor has been accurately mapped using sonar from ships.
The ship is equipped with high tech depth sounding equipment.
Location map for the kermadec tonga arc showing the study areas covered by four cruises since 1999.
Smoothly connect the points and you will have a cross sectional map of the south atlantic ocean floor.
A method of mapping the topography of the ocean floor along a strip up to 60 km wide.
The problem with that approach is that our oceans are vast and ships are small meaning only a tiny percentage of the ocean floor between 5 15 percent nasa estimates was mapped.
Satellites can be used to determine the structure and composition of the sea floor.
The floor of the andaman sea is split along the ene wsw trending rift valley cut by a series of n s to nnw sse oriented right lateral strike slip faults kamesh raju murty amarnath mohan kumar 2007.
Of the following statements about mapping the ocean floor which is are true.
Island arcs can either be active or inactive based on their seismicity and presence of volcanoes active arcs are ridges of recent volcanoes with an associated deep seismic zone.
Esri s gis mapping software is the most powerful mapping spatial analytics technology available.
Mapping the ocean floor now that you have all of your data you will plot these depths on a graph.
Hr arctic expedition map.
On the mapping the ocean floor lab handout plot the distance from beach x axis vs.
Ocean depth y axis for the pacific profile graph.
Thunder bay map with side scan sonar tracklines.
They also possess a distinct curved form a chain of active or recently extinct volcanoes a deep sea trench and a large negative bouguer anomaly on the convex side of the volcanic arc.
To plot the profile of the ocean floor and identify its topographical features.
The research group will fly via chilean c 130 from punta arenas to king george island.
Far right mapping a section of the ocean floor.
16 1 and 16 2 b is a back arc basin.
The island of java is an example of a volcanic island associated with volcanic activity at a.
Once the points are plotted connect the points and shade in the profile of the ocean floor.
For this set of data the depth has already been calculated for you.
You are a research vessel with the purpose of mapping the topography of the ocean floor across the atlantic ocean.
Label the following ocean.
Only about 20 of the sea floor has been accurately mapped in detail.
