Extended Continental Shelf

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Extended Continental Shelf
2500 m isobath 100 nm
Established baseline (either normal or straight)
350 nm
200 nm
Hedberg Line
low water
dry land
Submarine ridge
60 nm
continental shelf
slope
abyssal plain
continental crust
continental rise
sediment
foot of slope (FOS) (max. change of gradient)
Animated by I Made Andi Arsana -
madeandi_at_ugm.ac.id
ocean crust
Outer limit of CS Fixed points (lat, long)
1 sediment thickness (Gardiner Line)
?
Animated by I Made Andi Arsana -
madeandi_at_ugm.ac.id
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Foot of Slope (FOS)
t sediment thickness
D distance from FOS
t / D ? 1
Sediment
t
D
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