Long Lines On Ocean Floor

Exploration of the seafloor and the earth s crust.

Long lines on ocean floor.

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. The oceanic crust displays a pattern of magnetic lines parallel to the ocean ridges frozen in the basalt. The ocean floor has the same general character as the land areas of the world. The area above is one of the more frequently cited underwater city locations in online lore.

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. The lines seen here show the paths taken by ships using sonar to map small sections of the ocean floor in greater detail. It just seems self evident that space would be a better way to virtually wire the internet than our current method of running really long cables slash shark buffets along the ocean floor. Most of the ocean bathymetry data comes from satellite measurements of gravity.

New rock is formed by magma at the mid ocean ridges and the ocean floor spreads out from this point. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Other articles where ocean floor is discussed. This product is intended to aid fishermen and those needing seafloor features and potential fishing grounds.

A symmetrical pattern of positive and negative magnetic lines emanates from the mid ocean ridge. The lack of weathering and erosion in most areas however allows geological processes to be seen more clearly on. Topographic maps of the sea floor produced at a 1 100 000 scale that contain loran c rates bottom sediment types and known bottom obstructions. Long lines formed outside a health resource center in a new jersey township thursday where officials tried to get a handle on the state s first major regional hotspot since its outbreak began to.

The grid lines are most likely a processing artifact. The gravity data are cross checked against ship sonar tracks from a variety of vessels. The lines seen on the maps of the ocean floor such as seen on google earth are man made but made from data and do not actually exist on the ocean.