Multibeam provides the best modern technique for obtaining seafloor bathymetry, so why hasn't it been used for the entire ocean?
A) It doesn't work where there is ice.
B) It is too expensive, requiring many ships many years to survey the entire ocean.
C) It doesn't work in deep water.
D) Oceanographers simply haven't had time to process all the data.
B
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