Concept information
PREFERRED TERM
CONTINENTAL MARGINS
DEFINITION
- The ocean floor from the shore of a continent to the abyssal plain. The continent margin is the zone separating the continents from the deep-sea bottom, usually subdivided into the continental shelf, slope, and rise. They are two basic types of continental margins: passive, or Atlantic, margins and active, or Pacific, margins. Passive margins have little seismic or volcanic activity and form when continents are rifted apart, creating a new ocean basin between them. Active margins are tectonically active and are most often associated with plate convergence and subduction.
BROADER CONCEPT
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/a91a00f7-05ed-4633-9fac-1772a48b6342
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