A giant containment dome that BP will place on the ocean floor to contain the spill should begin capturing oil on Monday, an executive said.
一名任务执行官员称,英国石油公司将要放置在海底的大型控制漏油设备将会在下周一开始运行。
The ocean floor rock, basalt, along with the sediment that built up on top of it, was drawn down at the edge of an ocean as part of the conveyor-belt mechanism that moves the continents.
海洋板块的巖石,玄武巖,以及覆盖其表面的沉积物被拉沉到海洋底部,充当移动大陆的传送带机制的一部分。
The scientists compared temperature reconstructions from sediments in the ocean floor with a global climate simulation model which aimed to map climate three million years ago.
科学家们为描绘三百万年前气候,利用全球气候模拟模型比较了复原气温与大洋底下沉积物。
This might lead to the formation of hydrates, which could be unstable if disturbed, and it might also lead to a lake of CO2 on the ocean floor which would be acidic at the margins.
These underwater hot springs, called hydrothermal vents, occur when water seeps through cracks in the ocean floor after being heated by magma inside the Earth.
这些海底温泉被称为热液喷口,由地下巖浆加热的后海水渗入海床裂隙形成。
The gas builds on the ocean floor until it erupts suddenly.
硫化氢气体在海底聚集直到突然喷发。
In one, involving salmon, some fish froze to death and piscine faeces turned the nearby ocean floor into a wasteland.
原因之一是,包括大马哈鱼在内,一些鱼被冻死,加上鱼的排泄物使得附近的海洋洋底成为无法生息的荒原。
When Congress returns they should remove this restriction so we can get these vast oil resources from the ocean floor to your gas tank.
当国会复会时,他们应该取消这个条款。这样我们就可以把大洋底下的丰富石油资源转化成你油箱里的汽油了。
While man「s desire to explore the earth」s bottom is just as great as reaching its top, the ocean floor is no mere curiosity.
尽管人类探测地球之底的欲望与登上世界之巅一样强烈,但想要到达大洋底部单靠强烈的好奇心远远不够。
The Moon therefore is pulling back on the tidal bulge with the result that there is friction between the ocean floor and the water.
因此,月球在把潮汐隆起往回拉,导致洋底和海洋水体之间产生摩擦。
In deeper waters, waves traveling in nearly opposite directions create a pulse that travels all the way to the ocean floor and causes new vibrations that can travel long distances.