Sahul Shelf

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The Sahul Shelf is a vast submerged continental shelf of the Australian continent, extending beneath the shallow seas between Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf
submerged continental margin
adjacentTo New Guinea
northern Australia
associatedWith Sahul landmass
boundedBy continental slope to the north and west
connectedLandmassesWhenExposed Australia
New Guinea
Tasmania
contains Arafura Shelf
Bonaparte Basin margins
linked to: Bonaparte Basin

Van Diemen Rise
countryExclusiveEconomicZone Australia
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
exposedDuring Last Glacial Maximum
Pleistocene glacial periods
extendsBeneath Arafura Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria
Timor Sea
shallow seas between Australia and New Guinea
formedDuring Phanerozoic Eon
geologicalProvinceOf Northern Australian margin
geologicalSetting passive continental margin
hasFeature broad, shallow seafloor
importantFor hydrocarbon exploration
marine biodiversity habitats
locatedIn Australia region
maximumWaterDepth generally less than 200 metres
namedAfter Sahul (paleocontinent)
linked to: Sahul landmass
nameLanguage English
partOf Australian continent
linked to: Oceania

Sahul
linked to: New Guinea
separatedBy Wallace Line
linked to: the Wallace Line

deep ocean basins of the Indonesian region
separatedFrom Sunda Shelf
significantFor early human migration into Australia
paleogeography of Australasia
submergedSince post-glacial sea-level rise of the Holocene
tectonicContext northern margin of the Australian Plate
underlainBy continental crust

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Timor Sea hasPart Sahul Shelf
Central Australia locatedIn Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Flinders Ranges partOf Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Bass Strait isPartOf Australian continental shelf
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone relatedTo Australian continental shelf
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Southeastern Australia partOf Australian continent
subject linked to: southeastern Australia
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Moonan Brook locatedOn Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Polblue Swamp locatedOnLandmass Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Northern Australia locatedOn Australian continent
subject linked to: northern Australia
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Last Glacial Maximum causedExposureOf Sahul Shelf land areas
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Bonaparte Basin contains Sahul Platform
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Timor Trough nearbyFeature Sahul Shelf
Weber Deep locatedIn Sahul Shelf region
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Wallacea locatedBetween Sahul Shelf
Malesia separatedFrom Sahul Shelf
Pilbara Craton partOf Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Vogelkop Peninsula partOf Sahul Shelf biogeographic region
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Lachlan Fold Belt partOf Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Arafura Shelf partOf Sahul Shelf
Arafura Shelf partOf Sahul Shelf region
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Maritime boundary between Australia and Indonesia locatedIn Sahul Shelf region
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Lydekker Line associatedWith Sahul Shelf
Lydekker Line separates Sahul Shelf from Wallacea
linked to: Sahul Shelf
Undara Volcanic National Park locatedOn Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf
north-western Australia locatedOn Australian continent
linked to: Sahul Shelf