seafloor

Or sea floor

[see-flawr]

noun

1. the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seafloor¹

First recorded in 1850–55; sea + floor

Example Sentences

Hydrothermal vents and methane seeps typically appear in separate locations on the seafloor.

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At the same time, the heat from the magma drives chemically rich fluids upward until they exit the seafloor as hot hydrothermal vents.

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Additional exploration licences for seafloor minerals and hydrocarbons are in place.

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As a result, hot water and cold gas emerge from the seafloor only a few centimeters apart.

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The team found that the event was driven by the horizontal movement of magma - from beneath Santorini and the Kolumbo volcano - through a 30km channel that is more than 10km beneath the seafloor between the two islands of Santorini and Anydros.

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