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Passive Margin
The transition between oceanic and continental crust that is not an active plate boundary, typically characterized by a broad continental shelf and little seismic activity.
Island Arc
An island arc is a type of archipelago, composed predominantly of a series of volcanoes, which arcs roughly parallel to the boundary of oceanic tectonic plates that are being subducted beneath lighter continental plates.
Continental Rifting
The process by which a continent stretches and splits along a rift zone, potentially leading to the formation of a new ocean basin.
Passive Margin
A continental margin that is not associated with plate boundaries and hence experiences little seismic activity.
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