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Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is a U.S. public and comprehensive university offering a wide variety of academic programs far beyond its original label of agricultural and mechanical trainings. It is one of the few institutions holding triple federal designations as a land-, sea- and ...
One of the seas that comprise the western basin of the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from the Balearic Sea to the west by Sardinia and Corsica and from the eastern basin by the Straitsof- Sicily. It has a central abyssal plain along with some smaller plains located witin slope basins. The central plain is pierced by a large seamount that rises 2850 m above the sea floor to within 743 m of the surface.
Industry:Earth science
One of the several connected seas that comprise the Australasian Mediterranean Sea. This is centered at approximately 123° E and 9° S and is situated between Timor to the south and east, Sumba to the south and west, and Flores to the north. The basin is mostly greater than 1500 m deep and reaches depths greater than 3000 m over most of its northern and eastern parts.
Industry:Earth science
One of the two narrow, poleward–flowing boundary currents in the California Current system (the other being the California Undercurrent). The IC has been reported as a seasonal flow, appearing in fall and winter. It is found over both the shelf and slope and transports shallow, upper ocean waters derived largely from CC waters with some modification by coastal processes. This is sometimes called the Davidson Current or Davidson Inshore Current at locations north of Point Conception.
Industry:Earth science
One of three distinct branches into which the South Equatorial Current splits in the western South Atlantic Ocean.
Industry:Earth science
One of three distinct branches into which the South Equatorial Current splits in the western South Atlantic.
Industry:Earth science
One of three distinct branches into which the South Equatorial Current splits in the western South Atlantic.
Industry:Earth science
One of three main geomorphological types of coral reefs, the other two being barrier reefs and atolls. These are formed close to shore on rocky coastlines by the growth of corals and associated hydrozoans, alcyonarians and calcareous algae. Fragments of limestone derived from such bioherms are welded together by the encrusting calcareous algae as well as by the deposition of interstitial calcium carbonate cement, the latter brought about by geochemical reactions and possibly bacterial action. The zone of living corals is separated from the shore by a shallow reef flat where reduced circulation, periods of tidal emersion, and the accumulation of sediments inhibit coral growth.
Industry:Earth science
One of three major basins in the Southern Ocean. It extends from its western border with the Australian-Antarctic Basin at the longitude of Tasmania (about 145° E) to its eastern border with the Atlantic-Indian Basin at the Scotia Ridge and Drake Passage (about 70° W). It consists of the Amundsen, Bellingshausen, and Mornington Abyssal Plains and is separated from the basins further north in the Pacific by the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge and the East Pacific Rise in the east and by the Chile rise in the east.
Industry:Earth science
One of three major ecological groups into which marine organisms are divided, the other two being the nekton and the benthos. Plankton are small aquatic organisms (animals and plants) that, generally having no locomotive organs, drift with the currents. The animals in this category include protozoans, small crustaceans, and the larval stages of larger organisms while plant forms are mainly diatoms.
Industry:Earth science
One of three plains that comprise the Pacific-Antarctic Basin (the others being the Amundsen and the Bellingshausen Abyssal Plains. It is located at around 85-95° W.
Industry:Earth science
