Which region is surrounded by an active continental margin?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Pacific Ocean
D) Indian Ocean
Question 2
Which of the following scenarios would likely result in the development of a passive continental margin?
A) Two tectonic plates colliding, creating a submarine trench
B) Continental blocks rifting apart and becoming separated by seafloor spreading
C) Two tectonic plates sliding past each other, rotating part of the crust
D) A mantle plume creating a chain of volcanic islands across the seafloor
Large-scale impacts of the (a) positive, and (b) negative phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation.
Pacific hagfish resting on the ocean bottom, at 280 m depth off the Oregon coast.
Continental plates
Maya Lin, Disappearing Bodies of Water: Arctic Ice.
Formation of Continental Crust
Major Surface-Ocean Currents