What Do You Know About Submarine Canyon Flashcards

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Econ sounding is a technique used to map the ocean floor using radar
False
The trailing edge of a moving continental crustal plate is most likely to exhibit features of...
Passive continental margins
The origin of submarines canyon is not well understood but is most likely...
Is erosional, started by streams during periods when sea level was lower
What does IODP stand for?
Intergrated Ocean drilling program
What is a heave compensator?
Keeps the drill string stable under rough conditions
What is the difference between riseless drilling and riser drilling?
Riser drilling allows drilling in hydrocarbon rich areas
Data collected from reomate sending is better than other types of data. T o F
False
The most abundant gaseous components of the earth's structure are..
Nitrogen and oxygen
The Coriolis effect cause objects moving int he northern hemisphere to veer off course...
To the right or clockwise when viewed from above
Areas of vertical air movement (very little surface wind motion) are found on the latitudes of...
0 and 30
Extratropical cyclones typically form at...
Latitudes, at the junctino between the polar cells and the ferrel cells
Ekman Transport moves water 90 degrees to the left of the wind direction in the southern hemisphere...T or F
True
In the southern hemisphere Ekman transport causes coastal upwelling on the eastern margins of the continents because of the flow of surface water T or F
False
Geostropic gyres can be described by which of the following statements
All of the above
Which of these is generally not an El Nino effect?
A decline in the exotic species of fish and other forms of marine life in the affected water