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Image: Western continental shelves of Australia

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Description: Diagram showing continental shelves of western Australia separated by continental rises. Shelves (and adjacent land basins) anticlockwise from Northeast: Sahul Shelf (Bonaparte Gulf Basin) Rowley Shelf (Canning Basin) Dirk Hartog Shelf (Carnarvon Basin) Rottnest Shelf (Perth Basin) Recherche Shelf Eucla Shelf (Eucla Basin)
Title: Western continental shelves of Australia
Credit: James F. Pepper and Gail M. Everhart (1963) "The Indian Ocean; The Geology of its bordering lands and the configuration of its floor" p.25 Fig.15 Booklet accompanying USGS map I-380
Author: James F. Pepper and Gail M. Everhart for USGS
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