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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