Ocean Scientists Shed New Light on Mariana Trench
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 15:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An ocean mapping expedition has shed new light on deepest place on Earth, the 2,500-kilometer long Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. Using a multibeam echo sounder, scientists found four "bridges" spanning the trench and measured its deepest point with greater precision than ever before.