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Passive margin

A passive margin is the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin. A passive margin forms by sedimentation above an ancient rift, now marked by transitional lithosphere. Continental rifting forms new ocean basins. Eventually the continental rift forms a mid-ocean ridge and the locus of extension moves away…

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Passive margin

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related to References · 106
Passive margin → America, American Geophysical Union, Archived, Australian Plate, Bibcode, Bird, Brazilian, Continent-ocean-transitions, Convergence, Curray, Dale, Deep, Diapir, Disponível, Dynamics, Eduardo Barboza, Elsevier SAS, Encyclopædia Britannica, English, Evolution
related to Morphology · 19
Passive margin → Although, Amazon, At, Coastal, Congo, Extensive, Ganges, Greenland, In, Mackenzie, Neogene, Nile, Norway, Orinoco, Passive, The, Typically, Yangtze, Yellow
related to Global distribution · 14
Passive margin → Africa, Antarctica, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Greenland, Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent, North America, Northeast Asia, Passive, South America, They, Western Europe
related to Subsidence mechanisms · 13
Passive margin → Heat, Heating, In, Isostasy, Lithospheric, Mesozoic, NW African, Once, Passive, Space, Subsidence, The, US
related to Economic significance · 12
Passive margin → Basins, Continental, Crude, Early, Gulf, Mann, Mexico, Passive, Productive, Scandinavia, These, Western Australia
related to Active vs. passive margins · 10
Passive margin → Active, Indian Ocean, Less, Most, Pacific Ocean, Passive, The, These, West Africa, While
related to Formation · 9
Passive margin → Areas, Crust, Drainage, In, Red Sea, The, There, This, Volcanic
related to Cross-section · 6
Passive margin → Beneath, Different, Igneous, The, There, Volcanic
related to Law of the Sea · 2
Passive margin → Continental, International
related to Nature of transitional crust · 2
Passive margin → This, Transitional

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passive margins continental margin crust lithosphere transitional sedimentation oceanic volcanic sediment subsidence rifting rift along non-volcanic active mantle petroleum rifted

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Passive marginis atransition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin0.90text
unroofedinstance ofwhich do not contain large amounts of extrusive and/or intrusive rocks and may exhibit crustal features0.80text
serpentinized mantleinstance ofwhich do not contain large amounts of extrusive and/or intrusive rocks and may exhibit crustal features0.80text
turbidity currentsinstance ofdepending on subsidence of the passive margin and the efficacy of offshore transport mechanisms0.80text
submarine channels.Development of the shelf edgeinstance ofdepending on subsidence of the passive margin and the efficacy of offshore transport mechanisms0.80text
its migration through time is critical to the development of a passive margininstance ofdepending on subsidence of the passive margin and the efficacy of offshore transport mechanisms0.80text
Passive marginrelated to Active vs. passive marginsThe0.60section
Passive marginrelated to Active vs. passive marginsActive0.60section
Passive marginrelated to Active vs. passive marginsThese0.60section
Passive marginrelated to Active vs. passive marginsLess0.60section
Passive marginrelated to Active vs. passive marginsWest Africa0.60section
Passive marginrelated to Active vs. passive marginsMost0.60section

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