Belize margin

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The Belize margin is the continental shelf and slope region off the coast of Belize in the western Caribbean, characterized by extensive coral reefs and sedimentary basins along the edge of the Yucatán Basin.

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Label Occurrences
Belize margin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental margin ⓘ
geologic province ⓘ
sedimentary basin system ⓘ
adjacentTo Yucatán Basin ⓘ
associatedWith Belize Barrier Reef ⓘ
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
characterizedBy carbonate platforms ⓘ
extensive coral reefs ⓘ
fault-controlled basins ⓘ
sedimentary basins ⓘ
country Belize ⓘ
developedDuring Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era
environmentalConcern climate-change-related sea-level rise ⓘ
coastal development impacts ⓘ
coral bleaching ⓘ
geologicalSetting passive margin ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fisheries ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMorphology broad shallow shelf ⓘ
steep continental slope ⓘ
hasPart continental shelf ⓘ
continental slope ⓘ
hasProcess carbonate sedimentation ⓘ
reef growth ⓘ
slope failure and mass wasting ⓘ
importantFor coral reef ecosystems ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
knownFor thick carbonate sequences ⓘ
well-developed barrier reef system ⓘ
lithology carbonate sediments ⓘ
clastic sediments ⓘ
locatedIn western Caribbean Sea ⓘ
linked to: Western Caribbean
locatedOffCoastOf Belize ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
overlies basement rocks of the Caribbean region ⓘ
partOf Caribbean Plate ⓘ
researchField marine geology ⓘ
petroleum geology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
sea Caribbean Sea ⓘ
tectonicContext Caribbean–North American plate boundary region ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yucatán Basin → adjacentTo → Belize margin ⓘ