Aside from biological collections, Scripps also houses cores of sediment collected from the ocean bottom.

除了生物类的藏品外，克里普斯海洋研究所还保存有从海底收集来的沉积岩芯。

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The layers of mud and microbes help geologists understand forces at work on the ocean bottom deep in the past.

泥层以及其中的微生物可以帮助地质学家了解深海海床之前所经历的外力作用。

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When two waves of opposite direction but similar frequency collide, they create a special kind of pressure wave that carries energy to the ocean bottom.

当两方向相反但频率相似的波浪相撞时，会产生一种特殊类型的压力波，而这种压力波会把能量输送到海底。

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He will drop it from the ship to the ocean bottom.

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There's an angler fish at the bottom of the ocean that has a rod sticking up from the top of its head with a lure to capture other fish to fool them in thinking that this is something edible and then to themselves be devoured.

在深海中生活着琵琶鱼,这种鱼的头顶会长出鱼竿状的长刺,用于引诱和捕获其他鱼类,让它们误认为那是食物,然后它们自己就被吃掉了。

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He thought that this was evidence that the bottom of the ocean had been lifted up by powerful geological forces over long periods of time.

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Specialized ships conduct surveys of the ocean bottom, plotting routes over and around underwater mountains.

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In fact, it was at the dawn of the JFK era 51 years ago when the U.S. Navy sent sent the first and only mission to the Challenger Deep when a submersible called the Trieste spent 20 minutes on the ocean bottom.

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But the incident stirred a fierce debate here about yo-yoing, a technically challenging but potent technique that involves stuffing a bait fish with lead weight so it will sink to the ocean's bottom where big stripers lie.

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