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Sahul Shelf information


9°36′S 131°42′E / 9.6°S 131.7°E / -9.6; 131.7

Map of Sahul and Sunda
Continental shelves of Western Australia, showing the Sahul Shelf in the northeast. More broadly defined, the Sahul Shelf extends southwest to encompass the Rowley Shelf.

Geologically, the Sahul Shelf (/səˈhl/) is a part of the continental shelf of the Australian continent, lying off the northwest coast of mainland Australia.

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Sahul Shelf

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6°S 131.7°E / -9.6; 131.7 Geologically, the Sahul Shelf (/səˈhuːl/) is a part of the continental shelf of the Australian continent, lying off the northwest...

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Sunda Shelf

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into the Java Sea. Sahul Shelf Sundaland Sunda Shelf mangroves – (ecoregion) Zvi Ben-Avraham, "Structural framework of the Sunda Shelf and vicinity" Structural...

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Wallacea

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Wallacea lie between the Sunda Shelf (the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Bali) to the west, and the Sahul Shelf including Australia and New...

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List of marine ecoregions

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and continental shelf areas. (no provinces identified) North Greenland North and East Iceland East Greenland Shelf West Greenland Shelf Northern Grand...

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Wallace Line

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continental shelf contours are examined. It figures as a deep-water channel that separates the southeastern edge of the Sunda Shelf from the Sahul Shelf. The...

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List of ecoregions in Indonesia

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and the Indonesian portion of New Guinea are connected by the shallow Sahul Shelf to the Australian continent, and were connected by land during the ice...

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Geology of Indonesia

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tectonic plates. Indonesia is located between two continental plates: the Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Plate; and between two oceanic plates: the Pacific Plate...

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List of lost lands

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represent residual high ground of Maui Nui. Sundaland, the now submerged Sunda Shelf. Viking-Bergen Banks are submerged hills in the North Sea which formed Viking-Bergen...

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Dingo

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12,000 YBP, and New Guinea 6,500–8,500 YBP by the inundation of the Sahul Shelf. Fossil remains in Australia date to around 3,500 YBP and no dingo remains...

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Max Carl Wilhelm Weber

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vertebrate groups. With G.A.F. Molengraaff, Weber gave names to the Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Shelf in 1919. Weber became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy...

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Gulf of Carpentaria

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between two and three metres (6.5 and 10 ft). The Gulf and adjacent Sahul Shelf were dry land at the peak of the last ice age 18,000 years ago when global...

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Seven Summits

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the continent of Australia, which depends on whether one includes the Sahul Shelf or only mainland Australia as the continent. This also gives rise to...

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Southeast Asia

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are considered as parts of the Australian continent, connected via the Sahul Shelf. Both Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are located on...

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Archipelagic state

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between two continental plates: Australian Plate (Sahul Shelf) and the Eurasian Plate (Sunda Shelf); and between two oceanic plates: the Pacific Plate...

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Canis lupus dingo

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12,000 YBP, and New Guinea 6,500–8,500 YBP by the inundation of the Sahul Shelf. Fossil remains in Australia date to approximately 3,500 YBP and no dingo...

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New Guinea singing dog

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The Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Shelf during the past 12,000 years. Tasmania separated from the mainland 12,000 YBP, New Guinea separated from the mainland...

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Flores Back Arc Thrust Fault

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of at least 800 km., entering the Weber Basin and Aru Basin adjacent Sahul Shelf of the Australian plate. The thrust faults are south-dipping and lie...

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Sundaland

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area of Sundaland encompasses the Sunda Shelf, a tectonically stable extension of Southeast Asia's continental shelf that was exposed during glacial periods...

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List of ecoregions in Papua New Guinea

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Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573–583....

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Arafura Sea

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over the Arafura Shelf, which is a section of the Sahul Shelf. When sea levels were low during the last glacial maximum, the Arafura Shelf, the Gulf of Carpentaria...

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New Guinea

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same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller...

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Australasian realm

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islands isolated by surrounding deep water from those associated with the Sahul Shelf of the Australian continent. Islands between the two lines (e.g. Sulawesi...

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History of Indigenous Australians

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photosynthesis. The Kimberley, including the adjacent exposed continental Sahul Shelf, was covered by vast grasslands dominated by flowering plants of the...

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Timor Sea

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overlies the Sahul Shelf, part of the Australian continental shelf. The Big Bank Shoals is an area on the sloping seabed between the continental shelf and the...

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Geography of Indonesia

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island of New Guinea is part of the Australian continent, both lies on Sahul Shelf and once joined via a land bridge during the Last glacial period. The...

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