Continental shelves/North west African/Quiz

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{Sea level during the last glaciation is likely at or above the yellow contour? { band|depth (i) }
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{Yes or No, There are major seamounts between Madeira and Iberia. + Yes - No
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{The Canary Island Seamount Province forms a scattered hotspot track on the Atlantic ocean? { floor|north west African continental shelf (i) }
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{Shallow mantle upwelling beneath the Atlantic Ocean basin off the NW African continental lithosphere flanks produced recurrent melting anomalies and seamounts from the Late Jurassic to? { Recent (i) }
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{Complete the text: Match up the province with the image: Senegambian continental shelves - A Iberian margins - B West Iberia - C Southwest Iberia - D Moroccan shelf - E Azores microplate - F { D (i) }. { B (i) }. { F (i) }. { A (i) }. { E (i) } { C (i) }.
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{A currently submerged mountain range and associated islands directly in front of the Pillars of Hercules has which characteristics? + an extension of the north Moroccan shelf + inside the Mediterranean + south east of Iberia - probably Atlantis + deeper Mediterranean sea to the east + at or above sea level during the last ice age
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{True or False, The sedimentary processes along the Mauritanian shelf are driven by long-term factors such as Quaternary glacial–interglacial periods and shelf morphology. + TRUE - FALSE
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{What are some characteristics of the Canary Island seamount province? + 133 Ma to 0.2 Ma in the central archipelago + shallow mantle upwelling + a scattered hotspot track + comprises more than 100 seamounts + 142 Ma to 91 Ma in the southwest - on the Pacific ocean floor
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{True or False, Some 140 pyramids have been imaged and observed by archeologists in the Madalena area of Pico Island, Azores. + TRUE - FALSE
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{True or False, The Madalena pyramidal structures, known by the locals as “maroiços,” are analogous to similar protohistoric structures found in Sicily, North Africa and the Canary islands. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) The pre-Holocene history of the Earth is found on and in its continental shelves.