Zoom in enough to see that although the ridge is a topographic high it also has a valley the rift valley running along the middle of it.
Complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa.
The remnants of a former land bridge between africa and south america can be seen today on the floor of the atlantic ocean just south of the equator.
Take a digital photograph of your sketch to include in your lab report.
18 1 the topography of the sea floor 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.
South america africa atlantic ocean 9.
Points a b and x represent locations on the ocean floor.
Atlantic ocean topographic map.
Zoom in enough to see that although the ridge is a topographic high it also has a valley the rift valley running along the middle of it.
In the space below.
In the space below complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa.
If the earth s lowest spots aren t in the middle of the ocean where are they.
For this broad view the resolution of the data was first reduced to 30 arcseconds about 928 meters north south but variable east west matching the best previously existing global digital topographic data set called gtopo30.
The seabed depth varies from shallow light blue on the continental shelves to deep ocean basins dark blue.
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.
Complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and a frica.
Scan around to see the ocean ridges in the indian pacific and southern oceans.
In the space below complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa.
The data were then resampled to a mercator projection with.
In the space below complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa.
Isolines show the approximate age in million years of the ocean floor bedrock on each side of the mid atlantic ridge.
False most of the continental area of pangaea was located in the southern hemisphere.
This image of south america was generated with data from the shuttle radar topography mission srtm.
The map shows a portion of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa.
This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
The topography of the northern atlantic ocean is shown in figure 18 2.
Focus on the west coast of south america and in the space below complete the topographic profile of the pacific ocean floor from south america westward.
If the earth s lowest spots aren t in the middle of the ocean where are they.
The mid atlantic ridge a long submarine mountain range can be seen running down the centre of the atlantic ocean.
