continental sediments
1continental sediments — žemyninės nuogulos statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Visos nuosėdos ir sąnašos, kurios susidaro sausumoje ir vidaus vandens baseinuose (ežeruose, upėse, pelkėse). atitikmenys: angl. continental sediments; terrestrial deposit… …
2continental — continental, ale, aux [ kɔ̃tinɑ̃tal, o ] adj. • 1773; de 2. continent 1 ♦ Relatif à un continent. Climat continental, des terres éloignées de l influence océanique (grands écarts de température; pluies assez fortes en été). Plateau continental :… …
3Continental shelf — Marine habitats Anatomy of a continental shelf off the south eastern coast of the United States Littoral zone Intertidal zone …
4continental slope — Physical Geog. a steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin. [1905 10] * * * Seaward border of a continental shelf. The world s combined continental slope is about 200,000 mi (300,000 km) long and descends at an average… …
5Continental collision — For general context, see Plate tectonics. Cartoon of a tectonic collision between two continents Continental collision is a phenomenon of the plate tectonics of Earth that occurs at convergent boundaries. Continental collision is a variation on… …
6Continental rise — Diagrammatic cross section of an oceanic basin The continental rise is an underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. This feature can be found all around the world, and it represents the final stage in the… …
7Continental drift — This article is about the development of the continental drift hypothesis before 1958. For the contemporary theory, see plate tectonics. Antonio Snider Pellegrini s Illustration of the closed and opened Atlantic Ocean (1858). Continental drift is …
8Continental margin —   Sediment   …
9Plateau continental (géophysique) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Plateau continental. Coupe très simplifiée :      …
10Pelagic sediments — Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine grained sediment that has accumulated by the settling of particles through the water column to the ocean floor beneath the open ocean far from land. These particles consist primarily of either the… …
