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The seabed (also sea floor , seafloor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean. An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. At the bottom of the continental slope is the continental rise, which is caused by sediment cascading down the continental slope. The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each Continent and associated Coastal plain, which is covered during interglacial periods such Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each Continent and associated Coastal plain, which is covered during interglacial periods such The seabed has been explored by submersibles such as Alvin and to some extent scuba divers with special apparatuses. Alvin ( DSV-2) is a 16-ton manned deep-ocean research Submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic

See also

• Bottom trawling
• Black smoker
• Manganese nodule
• Research vessel
• Seafloor massive sulfide deposits

External links

• Ocean Explorer (www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov) - Public outreach site for explorations sponsored by the Office of Ocean Exploration. Bottom trawling is Trawling (towing a trawl, which is a Fishing net) along the sea floor A black smoker or sea vent is a type of Hydrothermal vent found on the Ocean floor. Polymetallic nodules, also called manganese nodules, are rock concretions on the Sea bottom formed of concentric layers of Iron and Manganese A research vessel (R/V is a Ship designed and equipped to carry out Research at Sea. Seafloor massive sulfide deposits or SMS deposits are modern equivalents of ancient Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits or VMS deposits
• NOAA, Ocean Explorer Gallery, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Gallery, Submarine Ring of Fire 2004 Gallery - A rich collection of images, video, audio and podcast.
• NOAA, Ocean Explorer YouTube Channel
• Submarine Ring of Fire, Mariana Arc - Explore the volcanoes of the Mariana Arc, Submarine Ring of Fire.
• The ocean floor
• Age of the Ocean Floor Poster. NOAA (March 7, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. giity giggity

The ocean floor is very far down that not even a human being would be able to swim down there with or without and oxegen tank.

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