The area in which the plane is thought to have gone down is remote and largely unexplored, and officials are conducting an intensive survey of the seabed before the underwater probe for the plane can begin. The recently acquired high-resolution bathymetry (underwater survey) data has revealed many of these seabed features for the first time, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the agency leading the search, said in a statement. It is also revealing finer-scale seabed features that were not visible in the previous low-resolution, satellite-derived bathymetry data. The MH370 search area far off Western Australia includes the seabed on and around an extensive, mountainous ridge that once formed the margin between two geological plates https://au.news.yahoo/thewest/a/25125646/new-underwater-discoveries-in-hunt-for-mh370/
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 01:49:13 +0000