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Shaded Relief Map of North America and Continental Shelf

Shaded Relief Map of North America and Continental Shelf

The thick continental crust of North America is surrounded by crust of the continental shelf (grey color) that thinned and submerged as the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico opened.

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Modified from “Parks and Plates: The Geology of our National Parks, Monuments and Seashores,” by Robert J. Lillie, New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 298 pp., 2005, www.amazon.com/dp/0134905172.

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Geologic Resources Division, Code: GRD

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