Seafloor

Based on geological evidence, Chris Goldfinger, director of the Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Lab at Oregon State University, believes that in the past similar-sized quakes have happened about every 300 to 350 years -- meaning we're just about due.

Jeff Wise: Could a Sendai-Sized Quake Hit the US? Jeff Wise 2011

Based on geological evidence, Chris Goldfinger, director of the Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Lab at Oregon State University, believes that in the past similar-sized quakes have happened about every 300 to 350 years -- meaning we're just about due.

Jeff Wise: Could a Sendai-Sized Quake Hit the US? Jeff Wise 2011

"Seafloor mining might be no worse than what nature delivers, though the effects of mining come on top of what nature does."

Mining’s Final Frontier 2010

Seafloor mining might therefore be less destructive than mining on land, which brings such not-exactly-benign consequences as mountaintop removal, mercury pollution, and destruction of watersheds.

Mining’s Final Frontier 2010

Seafloor images refine petroleum exploration models (Public issues in energy and marine geology) by David C Twichell

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Seafloor images refine petroleum exploration models (Public issues in energy and marine geology) by David C Twichell

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Seafloor creatures destroyed by ice action during ice ages

Sunday, Sanguine Sunday 2005

Seafloor images refine petroleum exploration models (Public issues in energy and marine geology) by David C Twichell

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Seafloor spreading, which set the continents in motion, also increased the frequency of volcanic eruptions.

The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

Seafloor spreading, which set the continents in motion, also increased the frequency of volcanic eruptions.

The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001