Talk:Continental shelf
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The continental shelf and continental slope are not the same, but if I type in "Continental slope", it redirects me here.
- Well clearly they're not exactly the same as the article clearly states. But they are so similar that it makes sense to talk about them in a single article, unless it becomes so long that it would better to split them out again. Not likely to happen anytime soon. Pcb21| Pete 08:00, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This article provides absolutely no explanation for the existence of the continental shelf. TimL 16:40, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Continental shelf off the east coast of Australia
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This article needs to be written in easier forms so that the layperson will be able to understand it. Wikipedia is made for the layperson, not the experts.
I now like omg im like trying o find imformation on the continentale slope and the continentale shelf but reading this it has to much complicated words! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.156.66.42 (talk) 01:44, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Continental Slope
I read this article to say that the continental shelf represents what is believed to be the low point when eglaciation removes water from the oceans in a cycle of ice ages, and the continental slope is the shoreline from that point. If so, there would be a pretty consistent depth for the transition from shelf to slope. Can we get firmer numbers on that depth? FreddyMack 05:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
