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SHALLOW SHELF [15 records]

Record 1 2022-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

In practice, shelf stowage involves the laying out of single layers of fish side by side and head to tail, belly down on a bed of ice, but with no ice among or on top of the fish.... It has been found that these shelf stowed fish are inferior in quality compared with fish which have been shallow bulk stowed at the same time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biogeography
DEF

A shallow marginal sea located on the continental shelf, usually less than 150 fathoms(275 meters) in depth.

OBS

An example is the North Sea.

OBS

The term "shelf sea" has less extension than "epicontinental sea."

OBS

shelf sea: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biogéographie
DEF

Mer située sur une plate-forme continentale, en bordure d'un océan avec lequel elle communique largement.

OBS

Les mers qui couvrent le plateau continental sont dites parfois mers épicontinentales [...]

OBS

Les termes «mer adjacente» ou «mer épicontinentale» sont aussi utilisés pour parler de mer bordière.

OBS

mer épicontinentale : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biogeografía
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Record 3 2011-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

OBS

Rich chose three Greek words as general ones for the three critical environments. These are(1) unda for the shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
OBS

C'est une région à accumulation maxima du matériel qui se trouve en excès sur la plate-forme. [...] on admet que les gros sédiments se déplacent jusque près de la bordure de la plate-forme. Le matériel fin migre plus loin. Ce milieu est nommé «clino» [...]

OBS

clino : Qualifie, dans l'étude des mécanismes de sédimentation littorale, deltaïques ou lacustres, le milieu de progradation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
DEF

A subaqueous landform, such as the continental slope of the ocean or the foreset bed of a delta.

CONT

A clinoform is a seaward-dipping surface of a prograding sediment body that consists of a gently dipping topset, a steeply dipping foreset, and a gently dipping bottomset. The topset consists of fluvial and subaqueous environments coupled at the shoreline. Clinoforms are ubiquitous in modern depositional systems and are the fundamental constructional units of stratigraphic sequences.

OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

OBS

clinoform: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Partie moyenne d'une configuration d'une sédimentation se développant latéralement.

CONT

[...] chacun de ces types de clinoforme possède une répartition de faciès et une architecture qui lui est propre, en particulier pour ce qui concerne l'angle des clinoformes, le partitionnement des dépôts de part et d'autre de la bordure de la plate-forme au sein des cycles A/S (accommodation/production sédimentaire), l'évolution des paramètres paléoécologiques et des systèmes biosédimentaires, etc.

OBS

[Il s'agit d'une] forme morphologique progradante en oblique par rapport au substratum d'une aire de dépôt sur la zone frontale du talus littoral ou deltaïque.

OBS

clinoforme : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Forma subacuática inclinada de la plataforma marina que se extiende desde el nivel de baje del oleaje [...] hacia su parte más profunda.

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Record 5 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

OBS

Rich chose three Greek words as general ones for the three critical environments. These are(1) unda for the shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
OBS

Une plate-forme est une région de transit de sédiments. Seuls les sédiments relativement grossiers sont stables, les autres sont en état de transport. La stratification y est irrégulière, inégale, à ripple-marks et légèrement entrecroisée. L'auteur nomme «unda» le milieu de dépôt correspondant [...]

OBS

unda : Qualifie, dans l'étude des mécanismes de sédimentation dans les aires distinctes d'une nappe d'eau, le milieu de la zone soumise à l'action des vagues.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
CONT

Since bathymetric channels crossing the shelf show a topographic change of 600 to 700 m, considerable shallow structural variations may be expected along the nearshore area.

OBS

bathymetric trench: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Puisque les fosses bathymétriques qui traversent le plateau mettent à jour un changement topographique de 600 à 700 m, de nombreuses variations structurelles peu profondes peuvent être prévues près du littoral.

OBS

fosse bathymétrique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
CONT

Easternly derived Rock Creek quartzarenites and shales were cyclically deposited on a shallow marine shelf. Its thickness ranges from 1. 5 to 10 meters, and is found in the Fernie, Crowsnest Pass, and Cadomin areas.

OBS

shallow marine shelf : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
CONT

Des grès et les shales de plate-forme marine peu profonde recouvrent soit les dépôts interfluves de la Formation Success S2 (fluvial), soit les dépôts de remplissage de vallée du membre de Chokecherry Creek (subtidal, estuarien) [...]

Key term(s)
  • plateforme marine peu profonde

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Partie supérieure de la configuration progradante d'une sédimentation se développant latéralement plus que verticalement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 9 2009-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Ensemble des parties inférieures de toutes les strates de l'unité de la configuration de progradation d'une sédimentation se développant latéralement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 10 2009-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1951 John L. Rich was the first to propose that the depositional settings of sediment accumulation on the shelf, slope, and bottom be(1) unda for shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin(Friedman(2001). Rich suggested the terms(1) undaform for any surface underlying an unda environment;(2) clinoform for any surface underlying a clino environment;(3) fondoform for any surface underlying a fondo environment.... Following this approach Mitchum(1977) proposed that clinoform surface be used for the sloping depositional surface that is commonly associated with strata prograding into deep water

OBS

Rich chose three Greek words as general ones for the three critical environments. These are(1) unda for the shallow water overlying the shelf,(2) clino for the deeper water overlying the slope, and(3) fondo for the deepest water covering the bottom of the basin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
OBS

Au-delà de la pente, le matériel qui se dépose est fin. Il provient de la pente et du continent : il se dépose en milieu pélagique. [...] L'auteur nomme «fondo» le milieu en question [...]

OBS

fondo : Qualifie, dans l'étude des mécanismes de sédimentation dans les aires distinctes d'une nappe d'eau, le milieu situé dans les zones basales, quelle que soit sa profondeur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 11 2008-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Oceanography
DEF

That area of the marine ocean bottom surface between 0 and 20 metres of water depth.

CONT

This gradual rise in sea level indicates a gradual shift from shallow inner neritic shelf zone to comparatively deeper marine environment of middle neritic shelf zone for the deposition of upper part of unit 1 to middle of unit 2...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
CONT

plateforme néritique [stratigraphie séquentielle] : Environnement marin dont la profondeur d'eau s'étale de 0 à 30 mètres (plateforme interne, anglais: inner neritic), de 30 à 100 mètres (plateforme moyenne, anglais: middle neritic), de 100 à 200 mètres (plateforme externe, outer neritic).

OBS

plate-forme interne : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 12 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Oceanography
DEF

Pertaining to the shallow seas; for accumulations of shells, but sometimes for the whole environment of deposition on the continental shelf.

PHR

Neritic environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Océanographie
DEF

Qualifie la zone maritime, ou province, peu profonde située sur la plate-forme continentale et, par extension, les organismes ou formations qui s'y trouvent.

PHR

Milieu néritique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Se aplica a la zona marina situada entre la zona litoral y el borde de la plataforma continental, es decir, hasta unos doscientos metros de profundidad; de ahí los depósitos o sedimentos neríticos que están formados por el material orgánico procedente de los restos de conchas, peces, erizos, coral, etc., que se encuentran en las zonas litoral y sublitoral.

CONT

En el perfil barimétrico de las zonas oceánicas se diferencian: una región nerítica, entre la costa y la profundidad de 200 m, donde penetra la luz [...]

CONT

La sedimentación en ambiente nerítico es la más abundante y variada.

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Record 13 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Wheelchair-vitreous china, wall hung lavatory with low shelf back-contoured front-shallow front basin with front overflow.(Drilled to accommodate concealed arm supports).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Wheelchair - lavabo mural en porcelaine vitreuse avec dosseret-tablette - à devant concave - vasque peu profonde à l'avant - trop-plein à l'avant. (Percé pour recevoir les bras-supports dissimulés).

Spanish

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Record 14 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Wheelchair-vitreous china, wall hung lavatory with low shelf back-contoured front-shallow front basin with front overflow.(Drilled to accommodate concealed arm supports).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Wheelchair - lavabo mural en porcelaine vitreuse avec dosseret-tablette - à devant concave - vasque peu profonde à l'avant - trop-plein à l'avant. (Percé pour recevoir les bras-supports dissimulés).

Spanish

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Record 15 1977-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A continental island is merely a detached remnant of the continent near which it lies and from which it is separated, in almost all instances, by shallow water. The boundary between deep and shallow water is the 100-fathom(600-foot) line, and nearly all continental islands rest upon submarine platforms which are less than 100 fathoms(600 feet) deep and run into the submerged continental shelf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

[...] l'Angleterre fait partie avec l'Europe, d'une même masse continentale; elle serait rattachée à la terre ferme si la mer descendait de 200m; de telles îles sont appelées «îles continentales» parce qu'elles peuvent être considérées comme des points hauts de la plate-forme continentale.

Spanish

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