deep ocean
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeepandocean
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deep
adjective
uk/diːp/us/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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ocean
noun
uk/ˈəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
a very large area ...
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(Definition ofdeepandoceanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some numbers characteristic of flow in thedeepoceanare presented.
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Increased particle flux to thedeepoceanrelated to monsoons.
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Light grey -deepocean; medium grey - continental marine shelf; dark grey - land.
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The third theme, covering the continental slope todeepocean, is a more thorough review, dealing with research that has really only emerged in the last five years or so.
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The report lays stress on the need for a greater emphasis on international collaboration indeepoceanresearch.
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Incidentally, this subject raises yet again the issue of thedeepoceansearch and recovery vessel.
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The most obvious such part is thedeepoceanand its bed.
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The existence of low-grade ores might be rather more attractive than ores that come from thedeepocean.
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Those plans include both sinking in thedeepoceanand dismantling on or beside land.
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The techniques and the skills of really deep sea—ofdeepocean—exploration and exploitation are at present the possession of a mere handful of advanced nations.
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Secondly, waste could be disposed into thedeepoceanseabed either by drilling or by emplacement.
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It considered disposal in bore holes drilled into the coastal seabed, disposal in thedeepoceanand long-term monitored storage.
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Yet suddenly last summer a proposal to drop a large reinforced concrete structure into thedeepoceanbecame a matter of high public controversy.
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The whole of thedeepoceanhas still to be charted.
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There is also an alternative research programme for disposal on thedeepoceanbed; and as a further alternative parallel research into disposal under thedeepoceanbed.
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The disposal of low-level solid radioactive waste into shallow trenches and the dumping of suitably packaged low-level waste into thedeepoceanare the subjects of occasional correspondence.
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It is a dirty,deepocean.
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