Without the weight of water to support their sides, the continental shelves would collapse.

如果没有海水支撑大陆架，大陆架就会崩塌。

It has existed since 1986, when it broke off from the Antarctic shelf.

它自1986年从极大陆架上分离出来以来一直存在。

" They mostly forage over the continental shelf and don't go far out to sea" .

" 它们大多在大陆架上觅食，不会到远海。"

The southeast coastal shelf was exposed and Florida doubled in size.

东沿海大陆架还处于地表之上，而佛罗里达面积也是现在两倍大。

Its continental shelf is believed to have deposits of metals, including copper, zinc, cobalt and rare earths.

据信，它大陆架上有金属矿藏，包括铜、锌、钴和稀土。

Meijers said he is worried the iceberg will get caught on the underground continental shelf around South Georgia.

梅杰斯说，他担心这座会乔治亚岛周围地下大陆架卡住。

Submarine drones uncovered an extensive system of underwater " rivers" of dense, salty water along Australia's continental shelf.

海底无人机在澳大利亚大陆架沿岸发现了一个巨大地下水“河流”系统，流着是稠密含盐水。

Iceberg A23a remained stuck for 30 years before finally breaking free from the Antarctic shelf in 2020.

A23a困了30年，直到2020年才最终从极大陆架上脱离出来。

Not long after this, warming climate and melting ice raised sea levels sharply so that the land-bridge to Asia flooded once again.

没过多久，全球气候变暖，川融化，海平面大幅度回升，再次淹没了通往亚洲大陆架。

It comes from the oil and gas resources that was found in the late 1960s on the Norwegian continental shelves.

它来自 20 世纪 60 年代末在挪威大陆架发现石油和天然气资源。

However, the Turkish government believes the waters, in which natural gas is being drilled on a trial basis, belong to the Turkish continental shelf.

然而，土耳其政府认为这片正在进行天然气钻探试验海域属于土耳其大陆架。

Argentina accuses Chile of encroaching into its territorial waters and trying to seize part of the continental shelf. Officials described the move as unacceptable.

阿根廷指控智利侵略其领海以及试图占领分大陆架。相关官员称此举不可接受。

These include areas along continental shelf formations where ice is attached to the shore, the National Institute of Polar Research said in a statement.

包括沿大陆架区域，那里附着在海岸上，美国国家极地研究所在声明中称。

And from Australia: Submarine drones uncovered an extensive system of underwater " rivers" of dense, salty water along Australia's continental shelf.

来自澳大利亚： 潜艇无人机沿着澳大利亚大陆架发现了一个广泛水下“ 河流” 系统，该系统由浓密咸水组成。

North of Siberia into the Arctic Ocean, however, and the shelf extends as much as 1,300km (800 miles) before dropping away.

然而， 在西伯利亚以北进入北洋，大陆架在消失之前延伸了多达 1,300 公里（800 英里）。

But he said it is also possible the large ice mass could miss the shelf and continue moving into open waters beyond South Georgia.

但他说，也有可能巨大块会错过大陆架，继续向乔治亚岛以外开阔水域移动。

Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves--those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.

海上钻井平台将石油搜索范围扩大到海洋大陆架， 即大陆边缘平缓倾斜海底区域。

Because continental shelfs are gently sloping, this has led to dramatic changes in the land area of continents throughout geological time.

由于大陆架坡度平缓，导致整个地质时期大陆面积发生剧烈变化。

The authors' analysis of 50 years of drilling on the Norwegian Continental Shelf concluded that the differences in success rates between individual firms were random.

作者对挪威大陆架50年来钻探进行了分析，得出结论是，不同公司之间成功率差异是随机产生。

If the iceberg does get caught, or stuck, on the shelf, Meijers said it could remain there for months or it could break into pieces.

梅杰斯说，如果真困在大陆架上，它可能会在那里呆上几个月，或者它可能会碎成碎片。