Ocean Basins

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Ocean Basins
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The hypsigraphic curve
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The submersible Alvin
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Echo sounding
Seismic Profiling
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As they cool down through the Curie point,
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The Formation of Magnetic Stripes
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The Ocean Floor Sinks as it gets older
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The rift valley of a spreading center has a horst
and graen structure
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Structure of the sea floor
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Transform faults offsett segments of the
mid-oceanic ridge
Abyssal Hills
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Pelagic sediment becomes thicker with
increasing distance from the mid-oceanic ridge
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Evolution of a rift ocean
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A passive Continental margin
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An active Continental Margin
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Formation of an Island Arc
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An Andesitic Volcano on an Island Arc
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Volcanic island vs. Guyot
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Formation of an Atoll
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Spreading Rates vs Ridge Volume