This map combines cloud free satellite images on land with detailed ocean depth measurements bathymetry for the oceans.
Atlantic sea floor topography.
Blue 4 000 m to 5 000 m.
Green less than 3 000 m.
Pdf version 1 2 september 2002 the atlantic ocean 231.
Blue 4 000 m to 5 000 m.
Bathymetry the shape of the ocean floor is largely a result of a process called plate tectonics.
A marine gravity map of the north atlantic.
The data table shows a record of the depth of the atlantic ocean measured by a research vessel travelling on course due east along 39on latitude.
And purple greater than 6 000 m.
Just as in the pacific ocean it is interspersed with eastward flow both at the surface and below the thermocline.
We examined the topography of the sea floor from the perspective of plate tectonics in chapter 10 but here we are going to take another look at the important features from an oceanographic perspective.
Correcting for waves and tides creates a picture of sea surface topography.
Green less than 3 000 m.
Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor.
Blue 4 000 meters to 5 000 meters.
Suppose you took a trip across the atlantic ocean and were able to check the depth of the water under your boat at regular intervals.
Red and yellow colours indicate less than 2 000 m depth.
The outer rocky layer of the earth includes about a dozen large sections called tectonic plates that are arranged like a spherical jig saw puzzle floating on top of the earth s hot flowing mantle.
Red and yellow colors indicate less than a 2 000 metre depth.
Sea to the antarctic continent.
The topography of the northern atlantic ocean is shown in figure 18 2.
And purple greater than 6 000 m.
Atlantic ocean sea floor topography satellite image.
Pdf version 1 2 september 2002 the atlantic ocean235 sec again a region of broad and uniform westward flow with similar speeds extends from about 3 n to at least 15 s.
Figure 18 2 the topography of the atlantic ocean sea floor between 0 and 50 north.
Green less than 3 000 meters.
Atlantic ocean floor topography lab.
Ocean depth is colour coded from blue white at sea level to dark blue in the deep ocean plains and trenches.
Figure pageindex 1 the topography of the atlantic ocean sea floor between 0 and 50 north.
The 1000 3000 and 5000 m isobaths are shown and regions less than 3000 m deep are shaded.
And purple greater than 6 000 meters.
Topography of the atlantic ocean.