The model shows that the wavy layers of calcium carbonate could have formed as the mineral settled into shallow depressions on the seafloor. (discovermagazine.com)
By obtaining a more high - resolution map of the ocean floor below the glaciers, they were able to detect an unmistakable cavity beneath the Pine Island Glacier and a slightly shallower depression beneath Thwaites Glacier. (eos.org)
The rotting corpses were eventually hauled to the shallow depression at Majnuna and unceremoniously dumped. (discovermagazine.com)