Examples of continental shelf in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 There are, of course, additional oil and gas resources to be found on tribal lands, in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, and on the outer continental shelf. — Paul Gessing, National Review, 4 Apr. 2022 When Noem listed off a series of energy policy changes—resume construction on the Keystone pipeline, reopen federal land for drilling, resume drilling on the continental shelf—the walls echoed with applause. — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022 While European and Asian nations have relied on offshore wind power for more than a decade, the big wind farms proposed off the US continental shelf are larger and spaced further apart, meaning that ships are more likely to be operating nearby. — Eric Niiler, Wired, 2 Mar. 2022 In the past, studies suggest, these close-in winds have kept colder water at the surface, preventing the warmer water from rising high enough to reach the continental shelf and the ice shelves. — New York Times, 13 Dec. 2021 See More

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“Continental shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continental%20shelf. Accessed 2 Jul. 2022.

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