Marine
sedimentation |
![Deep sea sediments.jpg (48202 bytes)](IMAGES/Deep_sea_sediments_small.jpg) |
![Manganese nodule.jpg (1879606 bytes)](IMAGES/Manganese_nodule_small.jpg) |
![Manganese nodule filed.jpg (191086 bytes)](IMAGES/Manganese_nodule_field_small.jpg) |
![Carbonate saturation.jpg (16806 bytes)](IMAGES/Carbonate_saturation_small.jpg) |
Distribution of deep sea
sediments. |
Cross-section of a manganese nodule. Note concentric
growth rings around two nucleation sites. |
Manganese nodule field. The bulk of the
nodules are at the surface. |
Carbonate solubility in the oceans as a function of
depth. |
![Sea floor spreading and sediments.jpg (758597 bytes)](IMAGES/Sea_floor_spreading_and_sediments_small.jpg) |
![U & Th decay.jpg (626799 bytes)](IMAGES/U__Th_decay_small.jpg) |
![Decay depth curves.jpg (591434 bytes)](IMAGES/Decay_depth_curves_small.jpg) |
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Sea floor spreading and accumulation of
various types of sediments. |
U and Th decay chains. |
Variations in radioactivity as a function of
depth given a constant sedimentation rate. |
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Physical
processes in the ocean |
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![Water masses.jpg (48603 bytes)](IMAGES/Water_masses_small.jpg) |
![Temp-chlorinity.jpg (23916 bytes)](IMAGES/Temp-chlorinity_small.jpg) |
![Velocity-path1.jpg (32485 bytes)](IMAGES/Velocity-path1_small.jpg) |
Plot of sigma t surfaces on a salinity - temperature
diagram.
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Temperature - salinity diagrams for the
Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans showing the various water masses. |
Variations in temperatures of maximum density and freezing
point as a function of chlorinity. |
Variations in sound ray path as a function of
vertical velocity changes 1. |
![Velocity-path2.jpg (24699 bytes)](IMAGES/Velocity-path2_small.jpg) |
![Velocity-path3.jpg (25265 bytes)](IMAGES/Velocity-path3_small.jpg) |
![Ideal ocean.jpg (38820 bytes)](IMAGES/Ideal_ocean_small.jpg) |
![Slope currents.jpg (44456 bytes)](IMAGES/Slope_currents_small.jpg) |
Variations in sound ray path as a function of vertical
velocity changes 2. |
SOFAR channel. |
Surface currents for an ideal Atlantic ocean. |
Development of slope currents due to density
differences. |
![Thermohaline circulation.jpg (48515 bytes)](IMAGES/Thermohaline_circulation_small.jpg) |
![cotidal lines.jpg (47730 bytes)](IMAGES/cotidal_lines_small.jpg) |
![Basins and tidal range.jpg (281155 bytes)](IMAGES/Basins_and_tidal_range_small.jpg) |
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Thermohaline circulation for the Atlantic ocean. |
Rotary tides and cotidal lines. |
Basins
and resonance periods. |
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