Sentence examples for edge of a continental from inspiring English sources

Continental shelf, a broad, relatively shallow submarine terrace of continental crust forming the edge of a continental landmass.

Shelf break, submerged offshore edge of a shallow continental shelf, where the seafloor transitions to continental slope.

The passive margins of the early Paleozoic were partially activated by subduction of oceanic crust (i.e., the forced descent of oceanic crust beneath the leading edge of an overriding continental plate) during late Cambrian to Ordovician times (about 500 to 470 million years ago).

It was believed that she had sunk off the edge of the continental shelf, to a depth at which the Royal Australian Navy did not have the capability to search for a vessel of Centaurs size.

(During a highstand the sea level is above the edge of the continental shelf, while during a lowstand it is below the shelf edge).

Continental margin, the submarine edge of the continental crust distinguished by relatively light and isostatically high-floating material in comparison with the adjacent oceanic crust.

This system is an expression of the edge of the continental crustal block.

In conclusion, the study area was a transition zone between the edge of the continental shelf and the slopes during Mesoproterozoic Jixian period.

"We can easily identify some places that need protection: the deep sea and the outer edge of the continental shelf, pristine areas that would be heavily damaged by a single pass of a trawl," he said.

The mountain system that stretches along the South China and Celebes seas of this shelf and that marks the outer edge of the continental mass of Asia, however, is an area of strong relief and is one of the most active volcanic zones in the world.

The northern limit lies approximately along the edge of the continental shelf and the southern limit along a great barrier wall of ice marking the front of the Ross Ice Shelf.