英语词汇“continental platform”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

continental platform n. the part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves; also occasionally = continental shelf n.

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1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 286 British and Continental Platform, a gently shelving platform stretching seawards to varying distances from 20 to 200 miles, terminating in a declivity or escarpment at depths (according to distance from land) varying from 100 to 200 fathoms.

1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. i. 11 The continental platforms are much more nearly continuous than the continental lands.

b. Physical Geography. More fully continental platform. A part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves. Also occasionally: a continental shelf.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [noun] > crust > parts of crust

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1880 19th Cent. Apr. 597 It may be stated as a general fact that the great continental platforms usually rise very abruptly from the margins of the real oceanic depressed areas.

1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 285 It has been recognized that the British Isles and adjoining parts of the European continent rise from a submarine platform, generally known as ‘the 100-fathom platform’, or ‘shelf’.

1907 H. J. Mackinder Brit. & Brit. Seas (ed. 2) 26/2 The submarine platform thus defined is known as the continental shelf.

1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) vi. 91 The most important of these is the existence of a platform, roughly outlined by the isobath for 100 fathoms, which runs at varying distances round the coastline of all continents.

1996 Sci. Amer. Jan. 65/3 As the individual continents reconverge, volcanic arcs..collide with continental platforms.

单词	continental platform
释义	> as lemmas continental platform continental platform n. the part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves; also occasionally = continental shelf n. ΚΠ 1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 286 British and Continental Platform, a gently shelving platform stretching seawards to varying distances from 20 to 200 miles, terminating in a declivity or escarpment at depths (according to distance from land) varying from 100 to 200 fathoms. 1907 R. D. Salisbury Physiogr. i. 11 The continental platforms are much more nearly continuous than the continental lands. extracted from continentaladj.n. continental platform b. Physical Geography. More fully continental platform. A part of the earth's crust above the level of the ocean basins, comprising the continents and the continental shelves. Also occasionally: a continental shelf. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > [noun] > crust > parts of crust oceanic crust1863 platform1880 sal1909 sima1909 sial1922 ocean crust1927 1880 19th Cent. Apr. 597 It may be stated as a general fact that the great continental platforms usually rise very abruptly from the margins of the real oceanic depressed areas. 1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 285 It has been recognized that the British Isles and adjoining parts of the European continent rise from a submarine platform, generally known as ‘the 100-fathom platform’, or ‘shelf’. 1899 Geogr. Jrnl. 13 286 British and Continental Platform, a gently shelving platform stretching seawards to varying distances from 20 to 200 miles, terminating in a declivity or escarpment at depths (according to distance from land) varying from 100 to 200 fathoms. 1907 H. J. Mackinder Brit. & Brit. Seas (ed. 2) 26/2 The submarine platform thus defined is known as the continental shelf. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) vi. 91 The most important of these is the existence of a platform, roughly outlined by the isobath for 100 fathoms, which runs at varying distances round the coastline of all continents. 1996 Sci. Amer. Jan. 65/3 As the individual continents reconverge, volcanic arcs..collide with continental platforms. extracted from platformn.adj. < as lemmas
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