seafloor

Adjective modifier

• deep: Only some 0.0001 per cent of the deep seafloor has been subject to biological investigations.

Modifies a noun

• observatory: Bond finance - is unlikely to be used for a seafloor observatory network project given its small size.
• sediment: Challenger Division scientists have been studying the seafloor sediments in the Canary Basin for over 20 years.
• mapping: A low-cost procedure for automatic seafloor mapping, with particular reference to coral reef conservation in developing nations.
• process: The overall aim of these stations is for the long term investigation of seafloor processes.
• survey: The third part focuses on group project work: compiling and interpreting different types of seafloor survey data.
• topography: This lecture looks at: seafloor topography terminology, general characteristics of coastal regions, and what is on the sea floor.

Preposition: in

• area: Divers have also been used to survey water uprisings from the seafloor in the areas off the Dounreay foreshore.