It is here that new ocean floor is continuously created. As the two sides of the mountain move away from each other, magma wells up from the Earth's interior. It then solidifies into rock as it is ...

For example, it’s expected that a global effort to map the entire ocean floor will be completed by 2030. The plan for the UN Decade has recently been approved and I’m excited by all it offers.

A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of sound waves.

Beneath the waves, the ocean floor was largely unknown—an uncharted ... chief of the Geology and Maps Division of the Library ...