Abstract
The shelf is usually understood as a vast sea-flooded mainland periphery. On the global scale, the shelf width varies from zero to 1500 km, the average value being 78 km. The shelf occupies about 28 mln. km2 or 8% of the World Ocean area or about 17% of the continental territory. The depth of the shelf varies from 20 to 550 m, usually about 200 m, the average being 133 m. as reported in the Geological Dictionary, 1978 [9].
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Spesivtsev, V.I. (2001). The Cryolithozone of the Shelf of Barents and Kara Sea. In: Paepe, R., Melnikov, V.P., Van Overloop, E., Gorokhov, V.D. (eds) Permafrost Response on Economic Development, Environmental Security and Natural Resources. NATO Science Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0684-2_9
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