Part 1—Download GeoMapApp and Explore the Seafloor Near the Galapagos Islands part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Part 1âDownload GeoMapApp and Explore the Seafloor Near the Galapagos Islands Step 1 – Download and Launch GeoMapApp Software Open the GeoMapApp home page in a new window. From ...

Part 3—Observe Life in Extreme Environments part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Part 3âObserve Life in Extreme Environments Life in Extreme Environments: Exploring Underwater Volcanoes at Oceanic Spreading Centers No one expected to find abundant life in the deep-ocean ...

Step-by-Step Instructions part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Step-by-Step Instructions Part 1—Download GeoMapApp and Explore the Seafloor Near the Galapagos Islands Explore the Galapagos spreading center using GeoMapApp. Learn the basic functions of ...

Part 2—Explore Bathymetry Data from the East Pacific Rise part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Part 2âExplore Bathymetry Data from the East Pacific Rise Step 1 – Launch GeoMapApp and Add a Layer Showing Hydrothermal Vents Along the East Pacific Rise The original Discovery site ...

Life in Extreme Environments part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
DATA: Global Multi-Resolution Topography Data and NSF Ridge 2000 Data. TOOL: GeoMapApp. SUMMARY: Create topographic profiles of the ocean floor to explore the structure of a spreading center. Learn about the life forms found in these extreme environments and investigate the conditions affecting them.

Going Further part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Going Further Variations Now that you have used GeoMapApp to explore images and data from the East Pacific Rise, the following data sets may be help to further test the hypotheses developed in Part ...

Part 5—Use East Pacific Rise Data to Test a Hypothesis part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Part 5âUse East Pacific Rise Data to Test a Hypothesis In this section you will observe images taken with the Alvin Submersible. You will look for patterns in the data that may explain more ...

Part 4—Explore More Extreme Evironments by Importing Images and Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Part 4âExplore More Extreme Evironments by Importing Images and Data It is possible to import spreadsheet data into GeoMapApp if the data contain latitude and longitude fields. In addition, ...

Case Study: Discovering Life in the Extreme part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Case Study: Discovering Life in the Extreme Investigate Sea Floor Spreading Temperature probe near black smoker. Imagine it is 1977 and you are a pioneering geological oceanographer. You are ...

Tools and Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Life in Extreme Environments
Tools and Data Tool GeoMapApp GeoMapApp is a global topography and bathymetry database that is integrated with an application to explore and edit the data. The visualization tool was developed as ...