Continental shelf
A submerged area of a continent that slopes gradually and extends to a point of steeper descent to the ocean bottom. shelf-edge: a narrow zone at the seaward margin of a shelf along which is a marked increase of slope. Also called: shelf break. (adapted from IHO-IOC Publication B-6, Standardization of Undersea Feature Names, 2nd Ed.)
CONT_SHELF
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| 1042 | Dataset_Id | An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to | Mandatory | number(4) | Types | ||
| 1150 | Q_Info | An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. | Mandatory | number(5) | Types |