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Although it is still difficult to study the mode of occurrence of rocks on the ocean floor, there is a circumstance, mentioned already, that considerably eases the task. The accumulation of sediments and processes of destruction in ocean depths are so slow, that the results of vertical tectonic movements are well expressed and long preserved in the topography of the floor. Regions of tectonic uplift are expressed in upwarped features of the floor, and regions of tectonic downwarping in its basins; the block tectonic structure is characterised by the intricately broken relief topography of the floor. In just the same way, volcanic forms are also well preserved in the floor’s relief if they are hidden beneath the water.
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Beloussov, V.V. (1980). Tectonics of the Ocean Floor. In: Geotectonics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67176-0_21
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