Continental Shelf
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf. The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain, comprises a steep continental slope, surrounded by the flatter continental rise, in which sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope. Extending as far as 500 …
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Laws.Africa · 16 May 2022 English
infrastructure, a fixed platform located on the continental shelf, a public Cap. C23, LFN 2004. 2022 No. 15 …
Laws.Africa · 27 August 2021 English
within Nigeria and its territorial waters, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone is vested in …
Laws.Africa · 22 April 2021 English
30/06/2020 79/2020 Maritime Zones (Extended Continental Shelf in the Northern Plateau Region) Order, 2020 …
Laws.Africa · 5 March 2021 English
safety of fixed platforms located on the continental shelf; (v) any criminal acts against internationally …
Laws.Africa · 4 January 2021 English
outside the territorial waters, including the continental shelf, which in accordance with international law …
Laws.Africa · 4 January 2021 English
outside the territorial waters, including the continental shelf which in accordance with international law …
Laws.Africa · 27 August 2020 English
the Republic or engaged in. on or above the continental shelf 50 This gazette is also available free online …
Laws.Africa · 30 June 2020 English
78 of 2020) 3.25 Maritime Zones (Extended Continental Shelf in the Northern Plateau Region) Order, 2020 …
Laws.Africa · 24 December 2019 English
Division of Republic, territorial waters, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone into blocks … Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008) continental shelf as contemplated in the Maritime Zones Act … waters, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf as contemplated in the Maritime Zones Act … Division of Republic, territorial waters, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone into blocks … waters, exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf into numbered blocks. 2. The size of the …
Laws.Africa · 6 May 2019 English
waters, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf as referred to respectively in sections 4 …
