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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		 CANYON_SET A <NON_EMPTY_SET> of <<<CANYON>>>s, in close proximity. 11 IR [SUFN, "canyon"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 CAP A localized elevation, over which the <<WATER_DEPTH>> is relatively shallow, but sufficient for safe navigation on the <WATERBODY_SURFACE>; cap. 12  
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		 CNTNTL_RISE A gentle slope rising from the depths of an <OCEAN> towards the foot of a <<<CNTNTL_SLOPE>>>; continental rise. 14 PR [SUFN, "continental rise"] [S32, "continental rise"]
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 CNTNTL_SHELF A <<<SHELF>>> adjacent to a continent. 15 PR [SUFN, "continental shelf"]  
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		 DEEP An isolated localized deep <REGION> within the confines of a larger <WATERBODY_FLOOR_TOPOGRAPHIC_CONFIGURATION>, such as a <<<TROUGH>>>, <<<BASIN>>>, or <<<TRENCH>>>. Historically, it was limited to depths greater than 6 000 metres. 17 PR [SUFN, "deep"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 ESCARPMENT An elongated, characteristically linear, steep slope separating horizontal or gently sloping sectors of the <OCEAN_FLOOR> in non-shelf <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION>s; escarpment. An escarpment is also called a scarp. 18 PR [SUFN, "escarpment"] [S32, "escarpment" (slope)]
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 FAN A relatively smooth, fan-like, depositional <WATERBODY_FLOOR_TOPOGRAPHIC_CONFIGURATION> normally sloping away from the outer termination of a <<<CANYON>>>, or <SYSTEM> of <<<CANYON>>>s; fan. A fan is also called a cone. 19 PR [SUFN, "fan"] [S32, "fan"]
STD
2005/06/07		 OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME-
_TYPE		 FRACTURE_ZONE An extensive linear <<<ZONE>>> of irregular topography, mountainous or faulted, characterized by steep-sided or asymmetrical <<<RIDGE>>>s, clefts, <<<TROUGH>>>s, or <<<ESCARPMENT>>>s; fracture zone. 20 PR [SUFN, "fracture zone"] [S32, "fracture zone"]
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