. The Earth beneath the sea : History . IV ROUGH TOPOGRAPHY OF ABYSSAL FLOOR (a) Abyssal hills and rough part of oceanic rise and outer ridge V ROUGH TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MID-OCEANIC RIDGE m HIGH VERTICAL RELIEF (a) Aseismic ridge plateau and seamount-island ine. Relatively smooth locally rough (b) Oceanic trench locally with trench abyssal plain Fig. 2. Distribution of smooth and rough topography in the world ocean. (North Atlantic after Heezen, Tharp and Ewing, 1959 ; South Atlantic after Heezen and Tharp, 1961; Indian Ocean after Heezen and Tharp, in press; Pacific Archipelagic Aprons after Me


. The Earth beneath the sea : History . IV ROUGH TOPOGRAPHY OF ABYSSAL FLOOR (a) Abyssal hills and rough part of oceanic rise and outer ridge V ROUGH TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MID-OCEANIC RIDGE m HIGH VERTICAL RELIEF (a) Aseismic ridge plateau and seamount-island ine. Relatively smooth locally rough (b) Oceanic trench locally with trench abyssal plain Fig. 2. Distribution of smooth and rough topography in the world ocean. (North Atlantic after Heezen, Tharp and Ewing, 1959 ; South Atlantic after Heezen and Tharp, 1961; Indian Ocean after Heezen and Tharp, in press; Pacific Archipelagic Aprons after Menard, 1956 ; Arctic after Dietz and Shumway, 1961.)


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