Complete The Topographic Profile Of The Atlantic Ocean Floor Between South America And Africa

Atlantic ocean topographic map.

Complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa.

18 1 the topography of the sea floor we examined the topography of the sea floor from the perspective of plate tectonics in chapter 10 but here we are going to take another look at the important features from an oceanographic perspective. South america africa atlantic ocean 9. The seabed depth varies from shallow light blue on the continental shelves to deep ocean basins dark blue. The topography of the northern atlantic ocean is shown in figure 18 2.

The data were then resampled to a mercator projection with. In the space below complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa. Points a b and x represent locations on the ocean floor. Focus on the west coast of south america and in the space below complete the topographic profile of the pacific ocean floor from south america westward.

Zoom in enough to see that although the ridge is a topographic high it also has a valley the rift valley running along the middle of it. In the space below. This map is centred on the atlantic with north and south america at left and africa at right. For this broad view the resolution of the data was first reduced to 30 arcseconds about 928 meters north south but variable east west matching the best previously existing global digital topographic data set called gtopo30.

The map shows a portion of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet. This image of south america was generated with data from the shuttle radar topography mission srtm.

False most of the continental area of pangaea was located in the southern hemisphere. In the space below complete the topographic profile of the atlantic ocean floor between south america and africa. Take a digital photograph of your sketch to include in your lab report. Zoom in enough to see that although the ridge is a topographic high it also has a valley the rift valley running along the middle of it.

Scan around to see the ocean ridges in the indian pacific and southern oceans. Isolines show the approximate age in million years of the ocean floor bedrock on each side of the mid atlantic ridge. If the earth s lowest spots aren t in the middle of the ocean where are they. If the earth s lowest spots aren t in the middle of the ocean where are they.

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Estimate the age of the ocean floor bedrock at point x. The remnants of a former land bridge between africa and south america can be seen today on the floor of the atlantic ocean just south of the equator.