Oceanic Geology -- Lesson 6 - 3 of 7
•Bruce Heezen explaining -- turbidity currents - reason for cable breakage - Nov 18 1921 Newfoundland -- 13 underwater cable breaks
•Illustration/animation showing a turbidity currents
• Blast charges underwater; reflections recorded
•Bruce Heezen talking about oil in the continental rise
•Commercial drilling of the ocean, Offshore drilling
•Deep sea drilling ship
•Deepest parts of the oceans, Abyssal plains (4-6 km) flattest areas on earth
•Chemicals sediments from the seawater itself -- manganese nodules , nickel copper & cobalt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese_nodule
Thank you very much for posting. I was unaware that Mr. Heezen was on video. Good and informative series.
NotLuckyInLife 1 year ago
Very nice....was looking for something to understand on turbidity currents....thanks a lot for the posing =)
evangelinestarful 1 year ago
Realy intersting indeed.
Jormunbong 3 years ago