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  2. Continental margin - Wikipedia

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    A continental margin is the outer edge of continental crust abutting oceanic crust under coastal waters. It is one of the three major zones of the ocean floor, the other two being deep-ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges. The continental margin consists of three different features: the continental rise, the continental slope, and the continental ...

  3. Littoral zone - Wikipedia

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    The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. [1] In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal areas that are permanently submerged — known as the foreshore — and the terms are often used interchangeably.

  4. Extended continental shelf - Wikipedia

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    Through the process known as the extension of the outer limit of the continental shelf or establishment of the outer edge of the continental margin, every coastal state has the privilege, granted by the international community of nations, to acquire exclusive and perpetual rights to exploit the biotic and abiotic resources found on the seabed ...

  5. Continental shelf - Wikipedia

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    Though the continental shelf is treated as a physiographic province of the ocean, it is not part of the deep ocean basin proper, but the flooded margins of the continent. [18] Passive continental margins such as most of the Atlantic coasts have wide and shallow shelves, made of thick sedimentary wedges derived from long erosion of a neighboring ...

  6. Tectonics of the South China Sea - Wikipedia

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    The north and northwest parts of the South China Sea are surrounded with rift basins on the passive continental margins. They are the Pearl River Mouth Basin, the Qiongdongnan Basin, the Yinggehai Basin and the Phu Khanh Basin. The development of these basins is closely related to the tectonic history of the South China Sea.

  7. Continental rise - Wikipedia

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    The continental rise is a low-relief zone of accumulated sediments that lies between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. [1] It is a major part of the continental margin , covering around 10% of the ocean floor.

  8. Continent - Wikipedia

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    The British Isles, Sri Lanka, Borneo, and Newfoundland were on the margins of the Laurasian continent—only separated from the main continental landmass by inland seas flooding its margins. The movement of plates has caused the continual formation and breakup of continents, and occasionally supercontinents, in a process called the Wilson Cycle.

  9. North China Craton - Wikipedia

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    Described the tectonic processes of The North China Craton northern margin in the Palaeozoic. [1] [52] The subduction and collision event caused minerals to deposited on the edge of the continental crust. [1] [52] The place where the Cu-Mo was deposited is indicated. [1] [52] Edited from Zhai and Santos,2013 and Kusty et al., 2007 [1] [52]