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Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
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Chapter 24, Problem 15PEB
On an active continental margin, the continental shelf is 16 km wide and extends to a depth of 175 m below sea level where it meets the continental slope. The continental slope on this margin descends over a distance of 94 km to the bottom of the oceanic trench. The trench is 7,300111 deep. What is the slope of the continental shelf and continental slope?
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