An international scientific team recently published a new map of the ocean floor based on Earth’s gravity field, and it is a particularly useful tool. Such seafloor maps can aid submariners and ship ...
Taken from the International Space Station by an astronaut, this is a view of Lake Van off Turkey, the largest soda lake on Earth. This region is prone to major earthquakes because of movement from ...
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Next-Generation Water Satellite Maps Seafloor From Space
More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...
Exactly how the turbulent mixing of ocean water relates to global overturning circulation has been little understood by oceanographers, but an international research team, including an Earth system ...
Global map showing gravitational variations caused by topographic changes. In purple higher features like seamounts and in green lower features like rift zones. There are better maps of the Moon’s ...
Seafloor topography estimation using gravity data has emerged as a crucial technique for mapping the undersea landscape and enhancing our understanding of marine geodynamics. By measuring minute ...
Outgrowth of the 2007 GeoHab meeting held in Noumea, New Caledonia. Cf. pref. Why map benthic habitats? / Peter T. Harris and Elaine K. Baker -- Habitat mapping and marine management / Elaine K. Baker ...
More accurate maps of the ocean floor are crucial for a range of seafaring activities, including navigation and laying underwater communications cables. “Seafloor mapping is key in both established ...
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