The deep-water fan systems were spread over paleo shelf-edge and controlled by growth faulting and its down-slope direction.

深水扇系统广布于受同沉积断层控制的古陆架坡折带及其下倾方向。

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It had been assumed that the ice extended westward from the Alaskan/Canadian mountains to the very edge of the continental shelf, the flat, submerged part of the continent that extends into the ocean.

人们过去曾猜测，冰山从阿拉斯加和加拿大山脉向西延伸到大陆架的最边缘，也就是大陆架扁平的、延伸到海洋中的水下大陆那部分。

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Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or muddy bottoms from the shoreline to beyond the edge of the continental shelf.

龙虾生活在大陆架边缘海岸处的岩石，沙土，或泥底。

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The recent energy bill opened the door to this resource by directing Interior to conduct a complete inventory of reserves along the shelf, including the use of cutting-edge 3-D seismic imaging techniques.

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But those same subtleties and nuances often elude federal policymakers and contracting officers, so it is quite possible for arrivistes to kluge together off-the-shelf technologies and barge in on competitions like the Army countermeasures program sounding like they are on the cutting edge of military technology.

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