Eurasian continental margin

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The Eurasian continental margin is the submerged edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate, extending from its coastal shelves into the deep Arctic and Atlantic oceans and encompassing features such as the Chukchi Plateau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf continental margin
submerged landform
borders Eurasian Plate oceanic crust
Eurasian continent
characterizedBy active margin segments
broad continental shelves
passive margin segments
submerged edge of continental crust
containsFeature sedimentary basins
submarine canyons
submarine plateaus
extendsFrom Eurasian coastal shelves
extendsInto Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
extendsTo deep Arctic Ocean basins
deep Atlantic Ocean basins
geologicalSetting plate boundary zone
transition between continental and oceanic crust
hasPart Barents Sea shelf
linked to: Barents Sea

Chukchi Plateau
East Siberian Sea shelf
linked to: East Siberian Sea

Kara Sea shelf
Laptev Sea shelf
linked to: Laptev Sea

North Sea continental shelf
linked to: North Sea

Norwegian continental shelf
continental rise
continental shelf
continental slope
importantFor Arctic navigation and territorial claims
fisheries
hydrocarbon resources
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere
overlainBy marine sediments
partOf Eurasian Plate
recognizedBy International marine geological community
relatedTo Arctic continental shelves
North Atlantic continental shelves
linked to: Scotian Shelf
studiedIn marine geology
oceanography
plate tectonics
subjectTo glacial and periglacial processes in high latitudes
sediment deposition from Eurasian rivers
usedIn definitions of extended continental shelf claims under UNCLOS

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chukchi Plateau locatedOnMarginOf Eurasian continental margin
Ryukyu back-arc basin overlies Eurasian Plate margin
linked to: Eurasian continental margin
Karakoram orogeny actsOn Eurasian Plate margin
linked to: Eurasian continental margin
Banda Sea Plate subductsBeneath Eurasian margin
linked to: Eurasian continental margin
Arctic Ocean seafloor borderedBy Eurasian continental margin