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    Ocean basins evolve over time, starting as embryonic ocean basins near mid-ocean ridges and ending as terminal ocean basins being subducted. Their structure includes continental shelves, slopes, rises and abyssal plains, as well as islands, seamounts, trenches and mid-ocean ridges. Plate tectonics follows the Wilson Cycle of an ocean basin forming at a ridge and eventually closing via subduction at a trench.

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    Ocean basins evolve over time, starting as embryonic ocean basins near mid-ocean ridges and ending as terminal ocean basins being subducted. Their structure includes continental shelves, slopes, rises and abyssal plains, as well as islands, seamounts, trenches and mid-ocean ridges. Plate tectonics follows the Wilson Cycle of an ocean basin forming at a ridge and eventually closing via subduction at a trench.

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    Ocean basins evolve over time, starting as embryonic ocean basins near mid-ocean ridges and ending as terminal ocean basins being subducted. Their structure includes continental shelves, slopes, rises and abyssal plains, as well as islands, seamounts, trenches and mid-ocean ridges. Plate tectonics follows the Wilson Cycle of an ocean basin forming at a ridge and eventually closing via subduction at a trench.

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    Ocean basins evolve over time, starting as embryonic ocean basins near mid-ocean ridges and ending as terminal ocean basins being subducted. Their structure includes continental shelves, slopes, rises and abyssal plains, as well as islands, seamounts, trenches and mid-ocean ridges. Plate tectonics follows the Wilson Cycle of an ocean basin forming at a ridge and eventually closing via subduction at a trench.

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    Topic 7: Structure and Evolution of Ocean Basins

    Learning competency: Describe the structure and evolution of ocean basins


    a. Evolution of ocean basins
    b. Structure Formed
    i. Continental shelf
    ii. Continental slope
    iii. Continental rise
    iv. Abyssal plain
    v. Island
    vi. Seamount
    vii. Trench
    viii. Mid-oceanic ridge
    c. Wilson Cycle
    i. Embryonic Ocean Basin
    ii. Juvenile Ocean Basiniii.
    iii. Mature Ocean Basin
    iv. Declining Ocean Basin
    v. Terminal Ocean Basin
    vi. Suturing

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