sea-floor

• “Think of a plate, instead, as being continuously manufactured at a growing edge, in a remarkable process called sea-floor spreading, which I shall explain in a moment.”

  Simon & Schuster: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

• “These undersea ridges work like elongated fountains on the slow timescale of geology, welling up molten rock in the process I have already mentioned called sea-floor spreading.”

  Simon & Schuster: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

• “This is sea-floor spreading prior to becoming, like, you know, and actual sea floor.”

  November 5th, 2009

• “BP said in a news release that during the course of sea-floor inspection, "small intermittent bubbles were observed emanating from cement ports at the base of the wellheads.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Coast Guard, BP Find No Evidence of Leaking Well

• “Accessing the treasure trove of key elements on the ocean floor will be very expensive and potentially harmful to sea-floor ecology," Nature Geoscience said in a related article.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Rare-Earth Reserves Are Found on Pacific Ocean Floor

• “It all adds up to: It's not gone," said David Hollander, a professor at the University of South Florida, who worked on the sea-floor study.”

  The Washington Post: Scientists report undersea oil plume stretching 21 miles from BP spill site

• “Early research on how to avoid hydrate buildup eventually led to the discovery of naturally occurring methane hydrates in the '70s, which are found pretty much everywhere temperature and pressure conditions permit — in the sea-floor sediments of all oceans deeper than about 2,000 feet and in permafrost.”

  Newsweek: Trouble at the Bottom of the Ocean

• “The blowout preventer on the Deepwater Horizon, the safety device of last-resort, was on the sea-floor, a mile below the surface, a common practice on exploratory wells.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Salazar Gets Firsthand Look at Gulf Disaster

• “Potentially just as important: revenues from magnesium and other sea-floor minerals that geologists have been exploring in recent years.”

  The Huffington Post: If An Island State Vanishes, Is It Still A Nation?

• “Video gives first look at oil gushing from sea-floor well”

  Solar power at the ‘tipping point’ - Osha Gray Davidson - Solar Plexus - True/Slant

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