abyssal

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Seafloor spreading centers often contain magma reservoirs at such relatively shallow depths, but Devey says it was surprising to find magma at this depth under an abyssal plain.

From Science Magazine

The concept, first envisaged in the 1960s, is to extract billions of potato-sized rocks called nodules from the abyssal plains of the oceans several miles deep.

From BBC

Clear aquamarine waters become a deep abyssal blue near the lake’s center, where the bottom is hundreds of feet down.

From National Geographic

Standing on a ridge several thousand feet underwater, peering out to the ocean’s abyssal plain, you would see almost nothing.

From New York Times

What we do know is that the ecosystems targeted by mining operations — including hydrothermal vents, seamounts, and nodule fields in abyssal plains — all create unique oases of life within otherwise homogenous underwater deserts.

From Salon