The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor is seafloor spreading and the continental slope.
Very flat part of ocean floor.
Rift zone site of crust formationabyssal plain very flat part of ocean floorsubmarine canyon part of the continental marginguyot flat topped underwater mountain.
Though people have traveled on the ocean for millennia people have explored only a tiny fraction of the ocean floor.
They are among the earth s flattest and smoothest regions and the least explored.
In recent years satellite images show a very clear mapping of the seabed and are used extensively in the study and exploration of the ocean floor.
They are among the earth s flattest and smoothest regions and the least explored.
Abyssal plains generally lie.
The abyssal plains are flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean floor.
Seabed contains several hundred years worth of cobalt and nickel.
Plate tectonics and the ocean floor.
The ocean floor is sometimes called the final frontier of the modern era.
The ocean surface is vast and hides an entire world underneath it.