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
In 2004 one called A38 grounded on its continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups on beaches as massive ice chunks blocked their access to feeding grounds.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
Conversely, there is a decline in primary production on much of the Russian continental shelf.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 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
