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Diagram showing the transition from land to deep ocean, with labeled features including coastal plain, shoreline, continental shelf, continental slope, submarine canyon, seamounts, continental rise, and abyssal plain, illustrating the structure of the continental margin. Dive deep into the depths of the ocean. Diagram showing the physiographic divisions of the continental margin, including labeled features such as coastal plain, shoreline, continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, submarine canyon, and abyssal plain.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Frontiers - The Pan-Arctic Continental Slope: Sharp Gradients of Physical Processes Affect Pelagic and Benthic Ecosystems. Mar 19, 2024
Added interactive. Nov 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Continental Slope. Feb 16, 2016
Add new Web site: University of Puerto Rico - Department of Geology - Continental Slope and Rise Sediments. Feb 16, 2016
Added diagram of continental margin. Sep 29, 2010
Material detailing how these structures form in the oceans added. Oct 08, 2009
Article revised and updated. Mar 26, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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