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GLOSSARY

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Continental margin

A zone separating the emergent continents from the deep sea bottoms

Continental shelf

A broad, gently sloping, shallow feature extending from the shore to the continental slope

Continental slope

A relatively steep, narrow feature paralleling the continental shelf; the region in which the steepest descent of the ocean bottom occurs