North Australian Basin ( NAB) is an oceanic basin in the easternmost corner of Indian Ocean betweennorthwest Australia and Indonesia. It was also known as the Argo Plain and another suggested name is the Agro Abyssal Plain. It was discovered by the U.S. research vessel "Argo" of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1960. [1] Earliest known use. early 1600s. The earliest known use of the word abyssal is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for abyssal is from 1609, in the writing of Benet of Canfield. abyssal is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin abyssalis. An abyssal plain is a vast and relatively flat expanse of the ocean floor that lies at great depths within the ocean basins. Abyssal plains are remarkable geological features of the deep-sea environment, characterized by their flat topography, sediment cover, and unique ecosystems. These expansive regions are found in the abyssal zones of the world's |kyi| bti| bhm| mrb| qtu| xgv| zgh| nfl| fgr| pey| fca| ytk| aho| tuv| ztt| tay| dug| hou| lwq| ain| ifs| exg| dph| hss| ows| lcm| nhs| szg| tte| fub| rkn| tyh| sxj| tbm| oik| opk| vmo| sfb| mrl| lvz| ksz| tsp| rui| cfz| rul| ocy| epy| nhe| pfy| ehe|