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But as companies weigh the prospect of more offshore operations, environmentalists have raised concerns about the damage that could be inflicted on the seafloor.
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Beneath the seafloor lie strands of the southern San Andreas fault, a 340-mile system that could rupture all the way to Monterey County.
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Scientists now have a variety of tools to image fault systems in great detail, including those buried beneath the seafloor.
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Investigations of these and other features may elucidate why seafloor spreading has been more complicated in the Indian Ocean than in the Atlantic, Coffin says.
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Your phone is now an expensive seafloor paperweight.
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Punching through to the past The vibracore machine punches a metal tube about 4 inches in diameter into the seafloor.
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The vibracore machine, seen here as it is deployed from a research boat, punches a metal tube about four inches in diameter into the seafloor.
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Punching through to the past The vibracore machine punches a metal tube about 4 inches in diameter into the seafloor.
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First Known Use of seafloor
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Definition of seafloor for English Language Learners
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: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea
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