What is "seafloor"

Usage examples of "seafloor".

For if the marks found on the seafloor outside Kwajalein indeed proved to be manmade, his long trip would certainly be justified.

He was no stranger to the workings of a DSRV, and supposed that this would be the platform that would be conveying him to the seafloor itself.

Only three weeks ago, Mac had seen an exact duplicate of this same track on the seafloor beneath San Francisco harbor.

Earlier in the year, other tracks were found in the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily, and on the seafloor of the Baltic opposite the Swedish city of Karlskrona.

This particular craft had no noticeable propeller wash, and seemed to be moving along the seafloor on mechanically-powered treads of some type.

After a quick course adjustment, Mikhail ordered them back down to the protective depths, calculating that their goal lay on the seafloor only seven and a half kilometers due west of them.

The Seo Devil gradually picked up speed, and the furrow that its articulated appendage continued digging into the seafloor lengthened.

Sea Devil backed up over the portion of the seafloor it had just traveled over.

The terrain of the seafloor is for the most part a gently sloping gradient, though some canyons up to one-thousand feet could be encountered.

They can initiate a preliminary sonar scan of the seafloor while we assemble a proper salvage flotilla.

A strained silence followed as Mystic glided over the rutted seafloor, its spotlights illuminating the black depths like an alien sun.

A familiar scooped-out trail on the sandy seafloor led them once again to the billowing parachute.

His eyes glued to the monitor screen, Mac watched as the seafloor came into focus.

Hearing not a word of dissent, Mikhail ordered Sea Devil back to the seafloor, where its unique tracked propulsion system took over.

India-class attack sub broke apart and sank to the seafloor of the estuary.