CONTINENTAL MARGIN

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CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Specialty Definition: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. The zone separating the emergent continents from the deep sea bottom. It generally consists of the continental shelf, the continental slope, and the continental rise b. The submerged prolongation of the land mass of the coastal state, consisting of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope, and therise. (references)
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Crosswords: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Specialty definitions using "CONTINENTAL MARGIN": passive margin. (references)

Commercial Usage: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Domain	Title
Books	Continental-Crust Structures on the Continental Margin of Western North America (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 62) (reference) Eastern North American Continental Margin and Adjacent Ocean Floor, 39 Degrees to 46 Degrees N and 54 Degrees to 64 Degrees W (Ocean Marine Drilling p (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Morocco	After several attempts focussed along the offshore shelf areas, operators are looking to the deepwater slope and basin of the continental margin for the discovery of major reserves. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
continental margin	7
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Modern Translation: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Language		Translations for "CONTINENTAL MARGIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		continentaal randgebied (continental borderland). (various references)

Finnish		mannerreunus (continental borderland, continental shoulder, continental slope, continental talus). (various references)

French		bordure continentale (continental borderland). (various references)

German		Randgebiet des Kontinentalsockels (continental borderland), Kontinentalsaum (continental borderland), Kontinentalrand (continental borderland, continental slope). (various references)

Greek		ηπειρωτική μεθόριος (continental borderland), ηπειρωτική μεθοριακή ζώνη (continental borderland). (various references)

Italian		bordura continentale (continental borderland). (various references)

Pig Latin		ontinentalcay arginmay

Spanish		límite continental (continental borderland), bordura continental (continental borderland), borde continental (continental borderland). (various references)

Swedish		kontinentalrand (continental borderland). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: CONTINENTAL MARGIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-n-n-n-o-r-t-t"
	-2 letters: recontaminating.
	-3 letters: noninteracting, nonterminating.
	-4 letters: contaminating, interactional, intercalating, intercalation, international, terminational.
	-5 letters: alimentation, ameliorating, antimagnetic, antiromantic, emargination, nonalignment, nonantigenic, nonmalignant, renominating.
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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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