Story: Sea floor geology
Page 10. All images & media
From page 1 - Zealandia: the New Zealand continent
From page 2 - Active plate boundaries
From page 3 - The continental shelf
From page 4 - Continental slopes, canyons and landslides
From page 5 - Abysses
From page 6 - How sediment forms
From page 7 - New Zealand sea-floor sediment
From page 8 - Exploring the sea bed
How to cite this page
Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder and Lionel Carter, Sea floor geology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/12789/media (accessed 9 June 2026).
Story by Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder and Lionel Carter, published 2 March 2009.