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EA:  OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 918
Concept definition: The type of a named <REGION> of the <OCEAN_FLOOR> that has measurable relief or is delimited by relief.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [SUFN, page 2-1, sub-paragraph I-B]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label Concept definition ▾ Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 CNTNTL_MARGIN The <<<ZONE>>>, generally consisting of a <<<CNTNTL_SHELF>>>, <<<CNTNTL_SLOPE>>> and <<<CNTNTL_RISE>>>, separating a continent from the deep <OCEAN_FLOOR> or <<<ABYSSAL_PLAIN>>>; continental margin. Occasionally a <<<TRENCH>>> may be present in place of a <<<CNTNTL_RISE>>>. 13 PR [SUFN, "continental margin"] [S32, "continental margin"]
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 MEDIAN_VALLEY The axial <TERRAIN_DEPRESSION> of a <SYSTEM> of <MOUNTAIN>s forming part of a <<<MID_OCEANIC_RIDGE>>>; median valley. 29 PR [SUFN, "median valley"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 SLOPE The deepening <OCEAN_FLOOR> out from a <<<SHELF_EDGE>>> to the upper limit of a <<<RISE>>>, or the <LOCATION> where there is a general decrease in steepness; slope. 58 PR [SUFN, "slope"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 CNTNTL_SLOPE The deepening <OCEAN_FLOOR> out from the <<<SHELF_EDGE>>> of a <<<CNTNTL_SHELF>>> to the upper <BOUNDARY> of the <<<CNTNTL_RISE>>>, or the <LOCATION> where there is a general decrease in steepness; continental slope. 16 PR [SUFN, "slope"] [S32, "continental (or island) slope"]
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 MID_OCEANIC_RIDGE The linked major mid-oceanic <SYSTEM>s of <MOUNTAIN>s, where such <SYSTEM>s are of global extent; mid-oceanic ridge. 30 PR [SUFN, "mid-oceanic ridge"]  
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