Sentences with phrase «deep ocean basins»

The crust encompasses the brittle and shifting continental plates; it becomes scarred with mountains when the plates grind together or with deep ocean basins when the plates pull apart.

The new find confirms that the ancient lavas formed at midocean ridges and found throughout deep ocean basins are by volume the largest ecosystem on Earth, scientists say.

Ice Sheet (WAIS), representing 3 - 4 m of potential sea - level rise, is capable of flowing rapidly into deep ocean basins.

Two features dominate the region's marine bathymetry: a narrow continental shelf and a large, deep ocean basin [220].

All are graced with relatively pristine waters, and all have significant deep ocean basin waters.

The first place I would look would be energy storage in the deeper ocean basins.