Continental shelf

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf.

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#1	University of Washington United States	#1	University of Waikato New Zealand	#1	National Oceanography Centre United Kingdom
#2	Old Dominion University United States	#2	University of Washington United States	#2	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution United States
#3	Louisiana State University United States	#3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	#4	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United States
#4	Utrecht University Netherlands	#4	Peking University China	#5	Southeastern Universities Research Association United States
#5	Virginia Institute of Marine Science United States	#5	Tulane University United States	#6	United States Geological Survey United States
#6	North Carolina State University United States	#6	Ehime University Japan	#7	Australian Institute of Marine Science Australia
#7	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	#7	Washington State University United States	#8	Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences United States
#8	Dalhousie University Canada	#8	University of Delaware United States	#10	United States Naval Research Laboratory United States
#9	Rice University United States	#9	North Carolina State University United States		Show More
#10	Bangor University United Kingdom	#10	University of the Azores Portugal
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