ocean floor
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Transform faults are areas where tectonic plates move horizontally alongside each other, and Gofar has become one of the best studied examples on the ocean floor.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
The wreck was discovered on the ocean floor in 1985 by a team led by Dr Robert Ballard.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Contractors like Transocean and Valaris own and operate rigs that oil companies hire to drill beneath the ocean floor, often under multi-year contracts.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026
Roughly 80% of animal life in terrestrial soils and about 90% of animals living on the ocean floor are nematodes.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
It made him wonder if some of the muck from the ocean floor had gotten inside his china head and damaged him somehow.
From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo
