continental shelf
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These rocks formed in a shallow marine environment along a continental shelf during the final stages of Gondwana's formation, before the supercontinent eventually split apart to form regions that became South America and Africa.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Equinor has an ambition to maintain approximately the same production level in 2035 as in 2020, corresponding to around 1.2 million barrels of oil and gas a day from the Norwegian continental shelf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
"He says that he will call it the Gulf of America on its continental shelf," Sheinbaum previously said when Trump signed the executive order.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
These pockmarks are located on the continental margin, a dynamic section of the seafloor that connects the relatively shallow continental shelf to the deep sea.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
