For the next 60 nautical miles beyond that point, you’ve got continental shelf. The second formula involves the sediment on the ocean floor. (This goes by the technical name “ooze.” ...

until it drops sharply at the continental slope. The boundary of the shelf is defined in terms of the foot of the slope or the line where the depth reaches 2,500 metres or where the sediments from ...

Deposition in this deep water environment is usually the result of turbidity currents - fluidized masses of sediment and water that tumble off the edge of the continental shelf, erode channels into ...

851-860 (10 pages) We measured denitrification and anammox potential rates in homogenized sediments over two annual cycles from two estuarine sites (Providence River estuary and Narragansett Bay) and ...

The increased wave action reaches down and stirs up sediments on shallow continental shelves, releasing radium and other chemicals that are carried up to the surface and swept away into the open ...

At the same time, the Irish continental shelf is a complex tapestry of exposed and buried bedrock types, glacial and glaciomarine deposits and landforms, and modern sediment transport. This project ...

The announcement shows just how shrewdly the U.S. has gamed the international system. Since 1982, a United Nations agreement ...