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...

sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope. The continental rise's gradient is intermediate between the gradients of the slope and the...

The continental margin consists of three different features: the continental rise, the continental slope, and the continental shelf. The continental shelf...

definition of continental philosophy. Prior to the twentieth century, the term "continental" was used broadly to refer to philosophy from continental Europe...

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...

11% of the bottom topography with few deep channels cut across the continental rise. The mean depth between 60°N and 60°S is 3,730 m (12,240 ft), or close...

found on or near the continental shelf, and in deep waters, they are found on or near the continental slope or along the continental rise. They are not generally...

metres (9,800 and 19,700 ft). Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains cover more than 50% of the Earth's...

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...

relative sea level depends on many factors - including tectonics, continental rise and subsidence. Eustatic sea level follows the "bathtub approach" which...

Continental drift is the hypothesis, originating in the early 20th century, that Earth's continents move or drift relative to each other over geologic...

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...

The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo by Napoleon Bonaparte against the British Empire...

and thinned, so that the hot asthenosphere rises and heats the overlying rift basin. Apart from continental sediments, rift basins normally also have part...

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...

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...

including both dry land and continental shelves". The geological continents correspond to seven large areas of continental crust that are found on the...

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...

In marine habitats, the continental slope and the continental rise are home to the highest diversity, while the continental shelf and abyssal depths...

remarkably similar. Typically they consist of a continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, and abyssal plain. The morphological expression...

in the water. Hemipelagic sediments are deposited on continental shelves and continental rises, and differ from pelagic sediment compositionally. Pelagic...

their elevation, particularly considering increasing rates of sea-level rise. Sedimentation enhancing strategies aim to increase sedimentation on the...

definition of the continental shelf does not correspond exactly to the geological meaning of the term, as it also includes the continental rise and slope, and...

A contourite is a sedimentary deposit commonly formed on continental rises in lower slope settings, although it may occur anywhere that is below the storm...

oceanic plateaus, however, are made of rifted continental crust, for example the Falkland Plateau, Lord Howe Rise, and parts of Kerguelen, Seychelles, and...

of volcanic activity; underwater formations such as the continental shelf, continental rise, slopes, canyons, abyssal plains, and mid-ocean ridges; and...

coastal bars and spits, largely clastic with little faunal content) The continental shelf (silty clays, increasing marine faunal content). The shelf margin...

For size and location reference, four very large continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite...

to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made...

Continental crust is the layer of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks that forms the geological continents and the areas of shallow seabed close...