The continental rise is a low-relief zone of accumulated sediments that lies between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. It is a major part of... 4 KB (431 words) - 12:50, 5 March 2024 |
toward the continents and becomes, in order from deep to shallow, the continental rise, slope, and shelf. The depth within the seabed itself, such as the... 26 KB (4,315 words) - 23:53, 19 April 2024 |
definition of continental philosophy. Prior to the twentieth century, the term "continental" was used broadly to refer to philosophy from continental Europe... 29 KB (3,327 words) - 13:07, 13 April 2024 |
notch of about 1 km depth in the shelf break, and running down the continental rise. Tidally associated flows of about 30 cm/s (1.1 km/h) up and down the... 4 KB (651 words) - 16:30, 27 January 2024 |
relative sea level depends on many factors - including tectonics, continental rise and subsidence. Eustatic sea level follows the "bathtub approach" which... 5 KB (629 words) - 03:04, 22 January 2024 |
Continental drift is the hypothesis, originating in the early 20th century, that Earth's continents move or drift relative to each other over geologic... 45 KB (4,749 words) - 01:09, 10 April 2024 |
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in relation to the continental shelf in the region of the Philippine Rise. It was submitted as part of... 27 KB (2,735 words) - 03:07, 15 April 2024 |
The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo by Napoleon Bonaparte against the British Empire... 20 KB (2,568 words) - 14:40, 6 April 2024 |
most rapid in areas of high relief, such as volcanic arcs, areas of continental rifting, and orogenic belts. Eroded sand is transported by rivers or... 35 KB (3,930 words) - 23:49, 10 April 2024 |
Continent (redirect from Continental Landform) including both dry land and continental shelves". The geological continents correspond to seven large areas of continental crust that are found on the... 89 KB (8,748 words) - 23:01, 26 April 2024 |
The Continental Building, formerly Braly Block, is a 151 ft (46 m), 13-story high-rise residential building on Spring Street in the Historic Core of Los... 6 KB (374 words) - 04:30, 6 August 2023 |
Oceanic plateau (section Continental oceanic plateaus) oceanic plateaus, however, are made of rifted continental crust, for example the Falkland Plateau, Lord Howe Rise, and parts of Kerguelen, Seychelles, and... 11 KB (1,064 words) - 21:34, 24 March 2024 |
In marine habitats, the continental slope and the continental rise are home to the highest diversity, while the continental shelf and abyssal depths... 48 KB (5,023 words) - 03:16, 7 April 2024 |
remarkably similar. Typically they consist of a continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, and abyssal plain. The morphological expression... 24 KB (2,909 words) - 11:08, 18 April 2024 |
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall... 18 KB (1,546 words) - 18:03, 13 April 2024 |
their elevation, particularly considering increasing rates of sea-level rise. Sedimentation enhancing strategies aim to increase sedimentation on the... 10 KB (1,707 words) - 09:37, 25 December 2023 |
of volcanic activity; underwater formations such as the continental shelf, continental rise, slopes, canyons, abyssal plains, and mid-ocean ridges; and... 19 KB (2,109 words) - 18:44, 3 September 2023 |
Continental crust is the layer of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks that forms the geological continents and the areas of shallow seabed close... 17 KB (2,006 words) - 01:17, 14 March 2024 |
Early American currency (redirect from Continental Dollar) shillings – South Carolina Continental currency depreciated badly during the war, giving rise to the famous phrase "not worth a continental". A primary problem... 32 KB (2,855 words) - 01:29, 4 March 2024 |