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Passive Margin  Marge passive
A continental margin far from a plate margin, with no volcanoes and few earthquakes (Grotzinger et al., 2007).

Themes:
  Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle

 Related words:
  Continental Margin
  Active Margin

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