bathyal zone

(redirected from bathyal)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus.

bathyal zone

[′bath·ē·əl ‚zōn]

(oceanography)

The biogeographic realm of the ocean depths between 100 and 1000 fathoms (180 and 1800 meters).

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

A depth as shallow as 76 m was proposed as an oxygen minimum level in the Western Interior [42], and if the depth is valid, the planktonic-benthonic ratios that were observed in the Abakaliki fold belt would indicate outer shelf or upper bathyal depths with minimum depth of about 100 m.

Biostratigraphy and depositional environment of the oil shale deposit in the Abakaliki fold belt, Southeastern Nigeria

In The Silent Deep, Koslow--a former CSIRO marine scientist--provides his readers with a full account of the deep ocean, including the history of exploration, the chemical and physical forces that generate life, and the ecology of seamounts and the species-rich (possibly the richest) ecosystems that are the abyssal and bathyal plains.

Taking a stand on deep-sea conservation

Tube morphology and structure of the bathyal Mediterranean serpulid Hyalopomatus variorugosus Ben-Eliachu & Fiege, 1996 (Annelida, Polychaeta).

The tube ultrastructure of serpulids (Annelida, Polychaeta) Pentaditrupa subtorquata, Cretaceous, and Nogrobs cf. vertebralis, Jurassic, from Germany/Koja peenstruktuur serpuliididel (Annelida, Polychaeta) Pentaditrupa subtorquata Kriidist ja Nogrobs cf. vertebralis Juurast Saksamaalt

The Cenozoic benthic foraminiferal assemblages in most of these wells, as described from cuttings samples plus occasional sidewall core samples, are typical for neritic or upper or lower bathyal conditions.

Oligocene benthic foraminifera from the Paleogene Wenonah Canyon, Scotian shelf--normal versus canyon assemblages

Ecologie de l'etage bathyal dans la Mediterranee occidentale.

Feeding ecology of the Mediterranean spiderfish, Bathypterois mediterraneus (Pisces: Chlorophthalmidae), on the western Mediterranean slope

The drill targets are Pliocene coquina limestones of extremely high poroperm and good reservoir quality Upper Miocene bathyal sandstones.

Trans-Orient and Indo-Pacific Announce Joint East Coast Basin Drilling

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EOCENE-OLIGOCENE PALYNOMORPHS FROM A DEEP BATHYAL ENVIRONMENT, COTE D'IVOIRE-GHANA TRANSFORM MARGIN.