submerged continental margin
C19889
concept
A submerged continental margin is the gently sloping, geologically passive underwater extension of a continent, typically consisting of a continental shelf, slope, and rise that transition into the deep ocean basin.
Observed surface forms (9)
- continental margin ×7
- passive continental margin ×3
- submerged landform ×3
- continental margin feature ×2
- ancient ocean margin system ×1
- continental margin analogue ×1
- continental shelf break ×1
- outer continental shelf region ×1
- rifted continental margin ×1
Instances (19)
- Sunda Shelf
- Atlantic passive margin via concept surface "passive continental margin"
- Alaska Outer Continental Shelf via concept surface "outer continental shelf region"
- Sahul Shelf
- Colombian continental margin via concept surface "continental margin"
- Belize margin via concept surface "continental margin"
- North American continental margin via concept surface "continental margin"
- Eurasian continental margin via concept surface "continental margin"
- passive margin of Gondwana via concept surface "passive continental margin"
- Bering Sea shelf edge via concept surface "continental shelf break"
- Vøring Margin via concept surface "passive continental margin"
- Møre Margin via concept surface "continental margin"
- Iberian continental margin via concept surface "continental margin"
- Tongue of the Ocean margins via concept surface "continental margin analogue"
- Panthalassa Ocean margins via concept surface "ancient ocean margin system"
- Van Diemen Rise via concept surface "continental margin feature"
- Falkland Plateau via concept surface "continental margin feature"
- Atlantic continental margin of South America via concept surface "continental margin"
- African continental shelf via concept surface "submerged landform"