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What does the passive continental margin have that the active margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
Is the continental margin of fort Myers an active continental margin?
Yes
What is the region beyond the continental margin?
The abyssal plain is beyond the continental margin.
Is the west coast of Africa a passive or active continental margin?
Passive continental margin.
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive continental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
What is continental margin?
The continental margin is the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust.
What is a continental margin?
A continental margin is the zone of transition between a continent and the deep ocean floor. It includes the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise. It is an area where sediments from the continent are deposited and tectonic activity can occur.
A passive continental margin has a while an active margin does not.?
An active continental margin may have a trench.
Which of the following is NOT a continental margin continental shelf continental slope?
continental trench
The continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise to form the?
continental margin
Which portion of the continental margin where the continental shelf ends?
continental rise
What are two structures you would find at a passive continental margin?
There are two structures that would be found at a passive continental margin. These structures are continental shelves and continental slopes.
