A continental shelf is the portion of a continent that lies submerged beneath a comparatively shallow shelf sea, much of it exposed as dry land during past glacial periods when sea level dropped; the equivalent shelf that surrounds an island rather than a continent is called an insular shelf.
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In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead paragraph
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea
Caused By: Sedimentation, Lead sentence
Extending as far as 500 km (310 mi) from the slope, it consists of thick sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope.
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