Atlantic-type continental margin

Atlantic-type continental margin

[ət′lan·tik ‚tīp ‚känt·ən′ent·əl ′mär·jən]

(geology)

A continental margin typified by that of the Atlantic which is aseismic because oceanic and continental lithospheres are coupled.

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