Eurasian continental margin

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The Eurasian continental margin is the submerged edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate, extending from its coastal shelves into the deep Arctic and Atlantic oceans and encompassing features such as the Chukchi Plateau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf continental margin
submerged landform
borders Eurasian Plate oceanic crust
Eurasian continent
characterizedBy active margin segments
broad continental shelves
passive margin segments
submerged edge of continental crust
containsFeature sedimentary basins
submarine canyons
submarine plateaus
extendsFrom Eurasian coastal shelves
extendsInto Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
extendsTo deep Arctic Ocean basins
deep Atlantic Ocean basins
geologicalSetting plate boundary zone
transition between continental and oceanic crust
hasPart Barents Sea
surface form: Barents Sea shelf

Chukchi Plateau
East Siberian Sea
surface form: East Siberian Sea shelf

Siberian continental shelf
surface form: Kara Sea shelf

Laptev Sea
surface form: Laptev Sea shelf

North Sea
surface form: North Sea continental shelf

Norwegian continental shelf
continental rise
continental shelf
continental slope
importantFor Arctic navigation and territorial claims
fisheries
hydrocarbon resources
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
overlainBy marine sediments
partOf Eurasian Plate
recognizedBy International marine geological community
relatedTo Siberian continental shelf
surface form: Arctic continental shelves

Scotian Shelf
surface form: North Atlantic continental shelves
studiedIn marine geology
oceanography
plate tectonics
subjectTo glacial and periglacial processes in high latitudes
sediment deposition from Eurasian rivers
usedIn definitions of extended continental shelf claims under UNCLOS

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chukchi Plateau locatedOnMarginOf Eurasian continental margin
Ryukyu back-arc basin overlies Eurasian continental margin
this entity surface form: Eurasian Plate margin
Karakoram orogeny actsOn Eurasian continental margin
this entity surface form: Eurasian Plate margin
Banda Sea Plate subductsBeneath Eurasian continental margin
this entity surface form: Eurasian margin
Arctic Ocean seafloor borderedBy Eurasian continental margin