passive margin
- 被动边缘：被动边缘是大洋和大陆岩石圈之间的过渡区域，不是活动的板块边界。被动边缘是在古代裂谷上沉积形成的，现在由过渡性岩石圈标志着。大陆裂谷形成新的海洋盆地。最终，大陆裂谷形成了中洋脊，伸展的中心远离了大陆-海洋边界。最初由裂谷形成的大陆和海洋岩石圈之间的过渡区域被称为被动边缘。
专业释义英英释义
Passive margin
- abstract: A passive margin is the transition between oceanic and continental crust which is not an active plate margin. It is constructed by sedimentation above an ancient rift, now marked by transitional crust.
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双语例句
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The Niger Delta, located on the passive margin of the Gulf of Guinea, is the most intensively regression deltaic system.
尼日尔三角洲位于大西洋几内亚湾内，是世界上最大的海退型三角洲。
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The oil industry is interested in the deepwater slope area of passive margin because of its contained large scale of oil & gas and gas hydrate resources.
被动陆缘陆坡深水区因蕴藏大量的油气及天然气水合物资源而受到石油行业的关注。
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Foreland basin is an orogenic foredeep filled with terrigenous clastics, that has been developed on a craton and has been converted from a passive margin and platform type sedimentary area.
前陆盆地是在克拉通之上由被动边缘地台型沉积区转变为造山前渊的陆源碎屑沉积区。
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