Sentences with phrase «pacific ocean floor»

Calculate the rate of isostatic sinking of the Pacific Ocean floor resulting from post LGM loading by water, the rate of compensatory land level rise, the rate of gravitationally - induced sea level rise and sea level changes from morphological changes to the ocean floor.

The voice - over expedition at the beginning of the movie fills us in on how the world is being destroyed by the Kaijus, a massive Godzilla like creature that attacks everything in sight that are unleashed from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean floor.

In this case, the quake was caused when a 620 - mile - long (1,000 kilometers) stretch of the Nazca plate, an oceanic plate that forms a large swath of the Pacific Ocean floor, lurched deeper beneath the South American plate, producing the only 9.5 - magnitude quake on record.

Over the past 70 million years, the combined processes of magma formation, volcano eruption and growth, and continued movement of the Pacific Plate over the stationary Hawaiian «hot - spot» have left a long trail of volcanoes across the Pacific Ocean floor.

The quake happened along a seam in the planet's surface where the Pacific Ocean floor is diving beneath the tectonic plate carrying northern Japan (see «Collision zone»).

Onboard our research vessel, the RV Sally Ride, are eight containers, each as large as a compact car, filled with sediment dredged from the deep Pacific Ocean floor.

«In a subsea trench along the coast, the Pacific Ocean floor submerges beneath the continent building up tension that is released in earthquakes,» explains Professor Onno Oncken of the GFZ.

Here, a slab of the Pacific Ocean floor called the Juan de Fuca plate slides eastward and downward, «subducting» underneath the continental plate of North America.

Not exact matches

For instance, next year the ship JOIDES Resolution is scheduled to drill into the floor of the Pacific Ocean to extract rock cores that will span the period from about 53 million to 18 million years ago, a time of vast climate change.

To take a closer look at these processes, a team led by scientists from Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory installed an array of seismometers on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, near the center of the Pacific Plate.

The scythe - shaped cleft in the western Pacific sea floor, 2550 kilometers long, plunges nearly 11 kilometers, deeper than any other place in the oceans.

«The largest known deposit on the ocean floor is in Middle Valley in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off Caocean floor is in Middle Valley in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off CaOcean, off Canada.

Nearly two miles deep in the ocean, a hundred miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, scientists during two cruises a year apart used subsea vehicles to explore the Dorado Outcrop, a rocky patch of sea floor made of cooled and hardened lava from an underwater volcano.

These annelid predators live beneath the sandy ocean floors of the Indo - Pacific and can reach up to three meters in length.

The resulting cascade rippled through the North Pacific, causing an upsurge in sea urchin numbers and kelp consumption and denuding the ocean floor.

No one disputes that a lot of oil lies untapped under the rocky floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans off the U.S. coasts, in areas where Congress has banned drilling since 1982.

86 A Yeti Crab Discovered A furry - looking crustacean discovered on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean at a depth of 6,500 feet...

After years of living next to the Pacific, journalist Nestor decides to zip up his wet suit and embark on a pilgrimage to understand our connection to the ocean from surface to floor.

Results are pouring in from an ambitious project that has wired the floor of the northeast Pacific Ocean with an array of cameras, seismometers, chemical sensors and more.

Not to mention the shells laid down today on the deep ocean floor of the Pacific.

Ten years ago, a team of researchers in the US1 argued that the ancient zircon crystals probably formed when tectonic plates moving around on the Earth's surface collided with each other in a similar fashion to the disruption taking place in the Andes Mountains today, where the ocean floor under the Pacific Ocean is plunging under South Ameocean floor under the Pacific Ocean is plunging under South AmeOcean is plunging under South America.

The revolutionary discovery in the 1970s of a thriving complex marine ecosystem around the hydrothermal vents of the Galapagos Rift on the ocean floor of the eastern Pacific forever changed our understanding of habitability showing that life could also arise and flourish in the complete absence of sunlight in conditions that were utterly toxic to any other life forms on Earth.

The sponge lives on the bottom of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and forms an approximately one - centimetre - thick glass rod to attach itself to the ocean's floor.

Our featured Kauai condo has a one - level floor plan with sweeping views of the Pacific from the master suite and the private ocean view lanai.

The hotel features magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean and the island's five mountains including Mauna Kea, the world's tallest mountain when measured from its base on the sea floor.

Your second floor, two - bedroom residence offers stunning views of the Pacific Ocean, plus the neighboring islands of Lanai and Molokai that dot the horizon.

The large main room features high vaulted ceilings and includes the kitchen plus living and dining areas with floor - to - ceiling windows overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Our most sought after accommodation, the elegant One Bedroom Ocean View Premium accommodations provide exceptional views of the Pacific Ocean from the comfort of the private patio in a first or second floor location.

From the third - floor balcony of Villa Amor, Sayulita's boutique hotel, the Pacific Ocean appeared pale green.

Sitting on the headland, opposite the Pacific Ocean, most units offer sea views from their balcony with the ground floor units having garden outlooks.

And if that means adding 360 - degree views of the Santa Ynez Mountains and Pacific Ocean to your party wish - list, we can do that too on the 6th floor our.

Fairmont Gold is our exclusive lifestyle hotel experience, commanding the entire top (6th) floor of the North Tower with 45 guestrooms and suites each with impressive views of the Pacific Ocean or lush Hawaiian waterfall gardens.

Each villa feels like its own oasis, with floor - to - ceiling glass doors sliding aside for the ultimate in indoor - outdoor living, as well as incredible views of the Nicoya Peninsula's lush greenery and Pacific Ocean beyond.

The South Tower Presidential Suite is a luxurious Oceanfront Suite located on the Top (6th) Floor of the South Tower, overlooking our magnificent white sand beach, swimming lagoon and the Pacific Ocean.

Located on the top four floors of the newly renovated Ocean Tower, the Superior Ocean View provides panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and neighboring islands.

These 500 Square foot one - bedroom suites offer inviting views of the Pacific Ocean, hickory hardwood floors, custom - designed velvet wing back bed, a steel and reclaimed wood coffee table.

[20] A female northern elephant seal was documented in 2013 by a deep sea camera at a depth of 894 m (2,933 ft), where it consumed a Pacific hagfish, slurping it up from the ocean floor.

These 785 Square foot one - bedroom suites offer inviting views of the Pacific Ocean, hickory hardwood floors, custom - designed velvet wing back bed, a steel and reclaimed wood coffee table, separate wet bar and metal desk that transitions from workspace to dining table.

The second level has a large great room with vaulted ceiling and dining room area with floor to ceiling panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean.

Towering above the city on floors 11 through 17, Panoramic King Rooms boast inspiring views of the Pacific Ocean and the mountains of Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

These suites are 700 square feet and feature a kitchen and living great room, two cozy fireplaces, sofa bed and a partial view of the Pacific Ocean from your ground floor patio.

Towering above the city on floors 9 through 17, Premier Rooms boast inspiring views of the Pacific Ocean and the mountains of Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

Includes 2 queen beds, a cozy fireplace, marble bathroom, and a partial view of the Pacific Ocean from your ground floor patio.

It is a ground floor unit located on the picturesque greenbelt featuring fabulous views of the pacific ocean and the island of Molokini.

Built on a cliff with unobstructed views of the Pacific Ocean and Finisterra Beach below, Villa Buena Vida will mesmerize you from the moment you step onto its ubiquitous marble floors.

Located in the Tower on the 5th to 14th floors, our studios provide south - facing views of Mission Bay OR north - facing views of the Pacific Ocean coastline.

You will start daily Yoga classes in the studio decorated with an open - aired yoga dojo in a jungle setting with polished wooden floors that wrap around a Guanacaste tree, all overlooking the gorgeous Pacific Ocean.

This well sought after oceanfront townhouse style floor plan has exceptional views of the Pacific Ocean.

Full length balconies on the second floor provide uninterrupted views of Playa Potrero, the Pacific Ocean and the horizon beyond.

Floor to ceiling glass walls in the dining area create an amazing back to nature experience with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop.