Continuing our discussion of how we study the sea floor, Sarah and Sam talk about the wonders of SONAR and how sometimes scientists are really dumb for a bunch of smart people.

Resources:

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/radar-sonar.html

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/lewis_clark01/background/seafloormapping/seafloormapping.html

https://noaacoastsurvey.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/a-monumental-history/

https://www.bluehabitats.org/?page_id=1684

A. C. Veatch P. A. Smith. (Geological Society of America, Special Paper No. 7.) Pp. xvi + 101 + 10 plates. (New York: Geological Society of America, 1939.) £1 10s. net.

The Origin of Submarine Canyons: a Critical Review of Hypotheses. https://www.nature.com/articles/148672a0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibeam_echosounder

https://marietharp.ldeo.columbia.edu/about-marie-tharp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ0OJcRQf0Q (SONAR NOISE)

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/marie-tharp-maps-plate-tectonics-seafloor-cartography

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/sonar/multibeam.html

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/sonar.html

https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/multi-beam-data-processing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mOjsn5UrWM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAAxEIFeLU

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a22594681/weve-been-wrong-before-expanding-earth-theory/