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Scientific Discipline Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
The first field measurements of deep-sea turbidity currents reveal the mechanism behind how they transport sediment so far.

Research Spotlight 2 March 2018

How Do Deep-Sea Gravity Currents Transport Sediment So Far?

The first field measurements of turbidity currents flowing around submarine channel bends indicate spiral flow plays a key role in keeping sediment suspended for hundreds of kilometers.
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Geology & Geophysics
New Zealand’s Canterbury coast seen from R/V Tangaroa during the MARCAN program’s controlled-source electromagnetic survey.

Project Update 29 January 2018

How Offshore Groundwater Shapes the Seafloor

The MARCAN project, launched last January, is working to fill a gap in our knowledge of how freshwater flowing underground shapes and alters the continental margins.
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Geology & Geophysics
The spotlights of a remotely operated vehicle illuminate carbonate rock spires of the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the Atlantic Ocean.

News 22 November 2017

Deep-Seabed Mining May Come Soon, Says Head of Governing Group

New regulations could open the door for sustainable mining, says the head of the International Seabed Authority. However, he and others pointed to environmental, financial, and technical challenges.
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Scientists aboard the R/V Sonne profiled the seafloor and subsurface near Ritter Island, north of New Guinea, in 2016.

Project Update 10 October 2017

An 1888 Volcanic Collapse Becomes a Benchmark for Tsunami Models

When volcanic mountains slide into the sea, they trigger tsunamis. How big are these waves, and how far away can they do damage? Ritter Island provides some answers.
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Geology & Geophysics
Southern Alaska’s Lisianski Inlet, near the site of a systematic survey of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault.

Project Update 15 August 2017

A Closer Look at an Undersea Source of Alaskan Earthquakes

A systematic survey offers a striking portrait of movement along a 500-kilometer-long undersea section of the Queen Charlotte–Fairweather fault off the coast of southeastern Alaska.
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Geology & Geophysics
Strips and bands of color off the western coast of Australia indicate the MH370 search area.

News 21 July 2017

Seafloor Data from Lost Airliner Search Are Publicly Released

Detailed maps of the bottom of the Indian Ocean reveal deep canyons and landslides but no wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in 2014.
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Geology & Geophysics

Editors' Vox 18 July 2017

Mesmerized by Gracefully Gliding Albatrosses

Despite avian distractions and dreadful weather, a research cruise to map the seafloor off Alaska revealed new insights into the Queen Charlotte Fault.
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Geology & Geophysics
Salt tectonics at work in this snip of a new hi-res seafloor map of the Gulf of Mexico, made from oil and gas industry data.

Project Update 24 May 2017

A 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map of the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management releases the highest-resolution bathymetry map of the region to date.
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Geology & Geophysics

Editors' Vox 13 April 2017

Could Subsea Methane Hydrates Be a Warming “Tipping Point”?

The authors of a recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics answer questions about the potential for subsea methane hydrates to contribute to global warming.
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Geology & Geophysics
Most airline passengers have no idea how little of the seafloor beneath them has been mapped.

Opinion 8 March 2017

Airline Flight Paths over the Unmapped Ocean

An assessment of ocean depth knowledge underneath commercial airline routes shows just how much of the seafloor remains "terra incognita."
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