A new study reveals that less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually recorded, exposing major gaps in ocean ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

Tharp’s maps, and the evidence they provided, became a cornerstone of the modern understanding of geology. Her work proved ...

As the magma cooled it forced the existing sea-floor away from the Rift on either side. This theory accounted for and united several separate puzzles in marine geology: the youth of the ocean ...

canyons and complex ocean floor geology under the mud,” says Arai. The origins of his project date back to 2011, when a research team from the University of Tokyo reported abundant rare-earth ...

That timeline fit perfectly with a mysterious mountain-building phase seen in the geology of that region ... that unfolded long before the ocean floor around it even existed.

That predictability has made Gofar an ideal place to study earthquake mechanisms, with a variety of data collected at the fault, including a number of small earthquakes measured on ocean bottom ...