Active continental margin

Japanese: 活動的大陸縁辺部 - かつどうてきたいりくえんぺんぶ
Active continental margin

… There are two types of continental margins. Those that belong to the same plate but have part continental crust and part oceanic crust, so the continental margin is within the same plate. These are called passive continental margins. Those that form the boundary between different plates, called active continental margins, have a trench. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "active continental margins" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 大陸縁辺部には2種ある。同一のプレートに属しているが,一部は大陸地殻,一部は海洋地殻を有するので,大陸縁辺部が同じプレート内にあるもので,これが非活動的大陸縁辺部である。もう一つは大陸縁辺が異なるプレートの境界をなすもので,海溝を有する活動的大陸縁辺部である。…

※「活動的大陸縁辺部」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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