seafloor
11seafloor — noun The bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment …
12seafloor — n. seabed, floor of a sea or ocean …
13seafloor — sea·floor …
14seafloor — sea•floor [[t]ˈsiˌflɔr, ˌfloʊr[/t]] n. oce the solid surface underlying a sea or ocean Also called seabed • Etymology: 1850–55 …
15seafloor — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : seabed * * * /see flawr , flohr /, n. the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean. Also called seabed. [1850 55; SEA + FLOOR] …
16seafloor spreading — noun Date: 1969 the divergence at mid ocean ridges of the tectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earth s interior of magma which solidifies and adds to the spreading plates …
17seafloor spreading — Theory that oceanic crust forms along submarine mountain zones, known collectively as the oceanic ridge system, and spreads out laterally away from them. This idea, proposed by U.S. geophysicist Harry H. Hess (1906–1969) in 1960, was pivotal in… …
18seafloor, the — sea|floor, the [ si,flɔr ] noun the ground at the bottom of the ocean …
19seafloor spreading — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the divergence at midocean ridges of the tectonic plates underlying the oceans that is due to upwelling from the earth s interior of magma which forms new crust …
20SITAR — Seafloor Imaging And Toxicity Assessment Of Risks (Academic & Science » Ocean Science) …