Sentences with phrase «shallow shelf waters»

«These underwater mountains sit right at the interface between the shallow shelf waters and deeper ocean abyss, about 30 miles offshore.»

This study compares aragonite saturation states in open pelagic waters, shallow shelf waters, and ice - bound high - latitude waters to delineate rates of change and causes of variation in carbonate mineral saturation states.

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This is not only because harvesting from relatively shallow waters is easier than in the open ocean, but also because fish are much more abundant near the coastal shelf, due to coastal upwelling and the abundance of nutrients available there.

Earlier this year an analysis of mitochondrial DNA conducted by researchers in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan estimated that the first anglerfish appeared about 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, and quickly diversified as they spread into habitats ranging from shallow waters to the continental shelves to the harsh deeps.

The waves that run along shallow continental shelves are much larger than those over the deep ocean, and so the force applied by the standing waves is also larger in shallow water.

It is fossiliferous, extensively bioturbated and interpreted to have been deposited in a productive, shallow - water, inner shelf environment during a transgression [11].

The only place where melting methane hydrates appear to be releasing methane to the atmosphere is on the Siberian margin, where hydrates associated with the permafrost relict from the last glaciation release methane to the shallow water column of the shelf waters.

The shallow waters and gently shelving beach make it ideal for children.

Most beaches have a long, shallow shelf of sand leading into the water.

Prefer to feed in coastal bays and estuaries, as well as in the shallow water along the continental shelves of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales prefers shallow, coastal waters and feeds over oceanic continental shelves around the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas between Alaska and Russia during the summer.

The shallow oceanic shelf and warm waters near Puerto López create perfect conditions for the whales to rest and raise newborn calves.

Outdoor Spaces The inviting 15 - metre salt water swimming pool is flanked by a pale Palimanan stone deck furnished with cushioned sun loungers and features a shallow shelf for those who would rather chill than swim.

They become most abundant in shallow, shelf waters off southern California from November to April and then off Oregon and Washington in May.

Water levels in the lagoons are very shallow with crystal clear water before sloping down to shelves at a depth of around 60 Water levels in the lagoons are very shallow with crystal clear water before sloping down to shelves at a depth of around 60 water before sloping down to shelves at a depth of around 60 feet.

Little ones will enjoy the sheltered horseshoe shaped beach which shelves gently into the shallow, calm waters of the sea.

In Nicole Wermers's «Water Shelf» pieces she transforms tubular - steel shelving into shallow, wall - mounted water troWater Shelf» pieces she transforms tubular - steel shelving into shallow, wall - mounted water trowater troughs.

The only place where melting methane hydrates appear to be releasing methane to the atmosphere is on the Siberian margin, where hydrates associated with the permafrost relict from the last glaciation release methane to the shallow water column of the shelf waters.

Doubling the river runoff results to very fresh waters at the shelves restricting the convection to shallow surface layer.

The shelf (ESAS) is also characterized by the location of over 80 % of the existing submarine permafrost, as well as of the bulk of shallow water gas hydrates.

Unlike the Atlantic Ocean, where offshore wind farms can be bolted into the seabed in relatively shallow water, the West Coast's continental shelf plunges quickly and steeply.

The West Coast continental shelf's sharp drop off to great depths makes the fixed foundations used in the shallow waters of the wide East Coast shelf impractical.

Seventy - five percent (75 %) of the sea over the shelf is shallow water, less than 50 metres deep, and consequently more immediately exposed to warming trends.

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego will design, build, and test an electromagnetic (EM) system designed for very shallow water use and will apply the system to determine the extent of offshore permafrost on the US Beaufort inner shelf.

Research published last spring in Nature Climate Change made a convincing case that that trek is now engaged in a 40 km retreat, a movement that will only continue to accelerate as warm water laps at the shallow leading edge of the glacier and as the glacier very slowly increases its angle of descent off of the continent's land shelf.

The pool of water in a warm - core ring can extend to a depth of 1500 m (4900 ft) so that they can not move onto continental shelves, which are shallow typically 200 m (650 ft) deep or less.

We worked mostly on the shallow continental shelf areas where water depths vary between 50 and 500 meters.