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ocean bottom - the bottom of a sea or ocean

Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed

abyssal zone - the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light

bed, bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

continental shelf - the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent

bathyal district, bathyal zone, continental slope - the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone

neritic zone - the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms

twilight zone - the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach

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The project consists of five production wells tied back utilizing the latent capacity of the existing processing facilities, proven technology of the existing operated asset, and newly acquired ocean bottom node seismic imaging.

BHP Group board approves Ruby petroleum project in Trinidad and Tobago

Seabed Geosolutions was launched in 2013 when the ocean bottom nodes businesses of both partners were brought together, along with CGG's transition zone, ocean bottom cable and permanent reservoir monitoring division.

Fugro's recovery boosted by its marine business; DATA

Release date- 30072019 - HOUSTON - ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO) and iSEISMIC AS, an ocean bottom seismic (OBS) acquisition specialist, today announced a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on seabed acquisition technologies.

ION and iSEISMIC announce plans to collaborate on seabed technology

Subsequent topics include spirals on the sea, ocean near-inertial oscillations, ocean internal waves: dynamics and parameter extraction, ocean bottom topography: traverse flow passing over periodical topography, and marine-atmospheric boundary layer processes.

Satellite SAR Detection of Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamic Processes

M2 EQUITYBITES-May 5, 2016-ION to launch ocean bottom seismic survey offshore Nigeria

ION to launch ocean bottom seismic survey offshore Nigeria

Ion said it plans to leverage SailWing technology to develop and sell commercial products for both source control and streamer deployment optimisation in the towed streamer segment and to commercialise SailWings for use by its OceanGeo ocean bottom seismic acquisition company.

Deal snapshot: ION GEOPHYSICAL ACQUIRES CANADIAN MARINE TOWING SYSTEMS FIRM

The genus Eugorgia is recognised for their vibrant colored colonies decorating the ocean bottom. The white color has been reported only for one species, Eugorgia alba, but this research adds two more pale representatives within the genus.

Two new gorgonian soft coral species discovered

The thinning may speed growth, but it also speeds the algae's death: As the ice melts, algae break free and sink to the ocean bottom, where hungry invertebrates await.

Melting ice spurs algae

danger, read shoals, corals, ocean bottom, floated out to sea, looking,

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