File:Western continental shelves of Australia.png

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English: Diagram showing continental shelves of western Australia separated by continental rises.

Shelves (and adjacent land basins) anticlockwise from Northeast:

  • Sahul Shelf (Bonaparte Gulf Basin)
  • Rowley Shelf (Canning Basin)
  • Dirk Hartog Shelf (Carnarvon Basin)
  • Rottnest Shelf (Perth Basin)
  • Recherche Shelf
  • Eucla Shelf (Eucla Basin)
Date
Source James F. Pepper and Gail M. Everhart (1963) "The Indian Ocean; The Geology of its bordering lands and the configuration of its floor" p.25 Fig.15 Booklet accompanying USGS map I-380
Author James F. Pepper and Gail M. Everhart for USGS

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Diagram showing continental shelves of western Australia separated by continental rises

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