Sentences with phrase «shallow ocean floor»

Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, however, have devastating consequences when they hit land due to a combination of factors such as a low - lying and flat coastal terrain, a shallow ocean floor, and a high population density of surrounding countries.

Webb has applied old work on ocean waves to predict what sort of background noise would be made by waves moving over the shallow ocean floor.

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When the newly multiplied bacteria died, they fell to the floor of those ocean shallows, stacking up layer by layer to decay and enrich the mud with phosphorus.

Tides, storms and other disturbances in shallow water will stir up the bottom, while further from shore, where the water is deeper, turbulence can not reach the ocean floor, allowing sediment to settle undisturbed.

Most of the deposits, some small and some large, are buried in or below permafrost and sediments in the ocean bottom along continental margins — where shallow offshore waters slope down toward the deeper ocean floor.

Shellnutt (2017), in a succinct review of the Panjal Traps (c. 290 Ma), an important component of the Himalayan magmatic province, discusses the synchronous nature of basalts, that chemically range from continental tholeiite to ocean - floor basalt, and crustally derived silicic volcanic rocks (rhyolites and trachytes: 206Pb / 238U zircon in situ age of 289 ± 3 Ma), that developed in a shallow lithospheric rift with significant mingling between crustal melts and mafic magmas.

For two hundred years, fleets of treasure galleons stuffed with silver and gold and emeralds had plied the Caribbean Sea, crisscrossed it every which way, from Key West down to Cartagena, from the Yucatán over to the Windward Islands, and every so often, one of those unpredictable West Indian cyclones would come spinning across the Caribbean and slam half the fleet onto shallow reefs, which ripped open the hulls and spewed that treasure all over the ocean floor.

This is one of the largest kitchens on the island and opens out onto a timber deck area - Entertainment pavilion on lower level with ocean views featuring, an alang - alang thatched roof and Palimanan stone floor with billiard table, TV, DVD and stereo system, sofa polished concrete bar stools and washroom OUTDOOR LIVING: - 25m infinity swimming pool with spectacular ocean views and features shallow end for children - Poolside deck with sun loungers and daybeds - Large stone terrace featuring stone table seating 14 guests - Stunning landscaped gardens designed by one of Bali's premier landscape architects featuring manicured lawns, running water features, exotic trees and flowering plants.

Room Facilities: Shower, TV, Air conditioning, Hairdryer, Iron, Balcony, Refrigerator, Desk, Fan, Toilet, Bathroom, Cable channels, Bathtub or shower, Interconnecting room (s) available, Flat - screen TV, Private entrance, Tile / Marble floor, View, Wake - up service, Wardrobe / Closet, Barbecue, Ocean view, Towels, Linens, Outdoor furniture, Outdoor dining area, Entire unit located on ground floor, Clothes rack, Toilet paper, Walk - in Shower, Infinity Pool, Pool With a View, Shallow End, Trash cans, Shampoo, Body soap, Socket near the bed, Non-feather pillow

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.

Methane clathrates are common constituents of the shallow marine geosphere, and they occur both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.

Methane clathrates are common constituents of the shallow marine geosphere and they occur in deep sedimentary structures and form outcrops on the ocean floor.

After measuring water quality and going through thick bacterial slime and dead marine animal bodies on the ocean floor, the researchers found extremely low oxygen levels in greater depths while there was still high oxygen in shallow waters where corals were healthy — a symptom of a dead zone.