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How is the slope different from the continental shelf?
Continental shelf is an undersea extension of a continent. Continental slope connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain.
The boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust occurs at the base of the?
Continental Slope
What is made of sediment and located at the bottom of the continental slope?
The accumulation of sediment at the bottom of a continental slope is referred to as continental rise. This phenomenon occurs in oceans throughout the world.
How are the continental shelf slope and rise related?
The continental shelf, slope, and rise are all part of the continental margin. The continental shelf is the flat, shallow portion closest to the shore, followed by the continental slope, which descends steeply to the ocean floor. The continental rise is a gentle incline at the base of the continental slope. These features are connected and represent the transition from the continent to the deep ocean basin.
What are the great heaps of unconsolidated sediment at the base of the continental slope are known as?
Rise
The continental shelf continental slope and continental rise combine to form the?
The continental shelf is basically an extension of a continent into an ocean. It is underwater during interglacial periods (such as today) but dry during glacial periods. The continental slope is the sloping area between the continental shelf and the continental rise (where the continental plate meets the oceanic plate). The continental shelf and the continental slope together are called the continental margin. The continental rise is located at the bottom of the continental slope and is formed by the accumulation of sediment from the continent. Past the continental rise lies the abyssal plain which is the flat ocean floor.
Location of continental slope?
continental slope
What would be covered with thick turbidite layers?
deep-sea fan at the base of a continental slope
List the subdivisions of the continenal margin?
The three parts of the continental margins are the Continental shelf, the Continental slope, and the Continental rise.
Can you show me a picture of the continental slope?
Here is a pic of the continental slope.
What are the five sections ocean life?
Continental slope, Continental Rise, Continental Slope, Seamont, Trench
What is the difference between the continental slope and the continental rise?
The continental shelf starts from the shore to a few miles out with less gradient of slope. The continental slope starts after shelf-break with a higher slope gradient, then follows the continental rise and abyssal-plain.
