General Features of Continental Margins
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The schematic drawing in Fig. 2.2a shows the relationships between shelf, continental slope, and continental rise, and introduces commonly used terms associated
with continental margin environments. The physiographic diagram of the margin off
the East Coast illustrates the various morphologic provinces (Fig. 2.2b).
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
C. Shelf
1.7
0-1700
DEEP SEA FLOOR
avo slope (%o)
width (km)
i c environment
(/)
w
I
u
Z
w
a:: t-
43
The schematic drawing in Fig. 2.2a shows the relationships between shelf, continental slope, and continental rise, and introduces commonly used terms associated
with continental margin environments. The physiographic diagram of the margin off
the East Coast illustrates the various morphologic provinces (Fig. 2.2b).
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
C. Shelf
1.7
0-1700
DEEP SEA FLOOR
avo slope (%o)
width (km)
i c environment
(/)
w
I
u
Z
w
a:: t-