dc.contributor.author |
Costello, Mark |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cheung, Alan |
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dc.contributor.author |
De Hauwere, Nathalie |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-12-08T02:14:48Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-12-08T02:14:48Z |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/53821 |
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dc.description.abstract |
<ns7:p>We produced a new terrain map of the oceans from the best available resolution global bathymetry using a Geographical Information System. From this map, we calculated the following statistics for each sea and ocean, and each country’s Exclusive Economic Zone2: sea surface and seabed area, volume, mean, maximum and standard deviation of depth and slope. We found a total sea surface area of 353 million km2, seabed area of 354 million km2, and volume of 1 trillion litres or 1.3 billion km3. The deepest depth was 10,898 m in Micronesia, North Pacific Ocean. We found that the ocean was very flat; 71% of seabed had a slope of < 1o. We predicted locations of 56,741 seamounts (> 1,000 m high) with 74% within 30-min distance of known seamounts. We also identified over 1 million circular seabed features that may be seamounts or sea-hills.</ns7:p> |
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dc.publisher |
ScienceOpen |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Topographic statistics for the surface and seabed area, volume, depths, and slopes for the world's seas, oceans and countries |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.14293/p2199-8442.1.sop-life.pzdawx.v1 |
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dc.date.updated |
2020-11-26T16:22:28Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
825776 |
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