To scientists , the experience of studying samples obtained from below the ocean floor is like in the library of a lost civilization 在科学家看来对从海底得到的样品进行研究就像在失传文明的图书馆里进行研究一样
The creatures swam in temperate seas and sank to the ocean floor after they died , where their bodies were preserved in soft mud 这种生物游弋于温和的海洋,当它们死后,尸体沉积于海床,尸体会被柔软的海泥保护起来
Finally , the topography of the ocean floor varies from extensive shoals around the islands to some of the deepest marine trenches in the world 最后，大洋板块的地质不同于从广泛的岛周围浅滩到世界中一些最深的海沟。
In the case of the sumatra quake , the seismic fault fan north to south beneath the ocean floor , while the tsunami waves shot out west and east 苏门答腊地震断层在洋底自北向南成扇形展开，而海啸巨浪则自西向东扑向海岸。
Some researchers have argued that mars had extensive oceans : images and topographic data hint at shorelines and smooth ocean floors 有些研究人员认为，火星曾有广大的海洋：影像和地形资料暗示著有海岸线与平缓海底的存在。
Seventy - three years after it sunk to the north atlantic ocean floor , a joint u . s . - french expedition locates the wreck of the rms titanic 1985年9月1日，在泰坦尼克号沉没了73年之后，美国和法国组成的联合探测队终于在北大西洋海底找到了她的残骸。
The ever - changing topography and structure of the ocean floor not only is the changing of ocean itself , but have great influence to the survival environment of mankind 海底地貌和构造的不断变化不仅仅是海洋本身的变化，它对人类的生存环境也有着很大的影响。
A series of volcanic caverns , tunnels and chambers that span out of isle of kezan through the ocean floor , connecting to adjacent smaller islands to the west of isle of kezan 卡赞岛底部遍布无数由火山形成的大型洞窟，隧道以及较小的洞穴，它们能跨海延伸到卡赞岛西面的小岛。
This continental slope usually starts at a place somewhere near the 100 - fatheom mark and in the course of a few hundred miles reaches the true ocean floor at 2 , 500 - 3 , 500 fathoms 大陆架慢坡一般是从差不多100英寻水深的地方开始的，一直延伸到几百英里远深达2 ， 500至3 ， 500的地方，那里才是真正的海底。
The discovery of two large pieces of the titanic ' s hull on the ocean floor indicates that the fabled luxury liner sank faster than previously thought , researchers said monday 探险人员于本周一表示，他们在海底新发现了泰坦尼克号的两块船体残骸，由此说明这艘传说中的豪华客轮下沉的速度比原来想象得要快。
