2. Ocean Geography Water bodies Persian Atlantic Indian Southern Bering California Mexico Mediterranean Pacific Caribbean South China North Arabian Caspian Black Red Arctic Baltic Coral

3. Bathymetry (underwater topography)

4. The ocean floor Continental shelf A B C D E F

5. Global continental shelves

6. Beyond the shelf Continental shelf Continental slopeShelf break

7. Shelf topography

8. The ocean floor Continental shelf Continental slopeShelf break Continental rise Sediment Sediments can be classified as lithogenous or biogenous.

9. The ocean floor Continental shelf Continental slopeShelf break Continental rise Sediment Abyssal plain

10. Abyssal plains…misleading term

11. Mid-oceanic ridges

12. Seamounts

13. Ocean exploration

14. Early ocean exploration: HMS Challenger Expedition 1872-1876

15. Figure 01_07 Sonar

16. Multi-beam sonar

17. Side-scan sonar

18. SCUBA

19. Text Art 01_02

20. Figure 01_14

21. Figure 01_11

22. Figure 01_12

23. How do different seafloor features and sediments form?

24. Earth from space ( © NASA) The earth is dynamic. The processes that have shaped the earth as we know it today are perpetual on a geologic time scale.

25. Geologic history Continental drift

26. Layers of the earth

27. Divergent boundaries

28. Mid-oceanic ridges

30. Convergent boundaries

31. Transform boundary

32. Geologic features and events

33. Plate boundaries and movement

34. Trenches

35. Plates and plate movement

36. Plate tectonics

37. Hotspots

38. Hydrothermal vents