<p>While most ocean crust is formed from oceanic plate formations there are areas of the ocean (much of the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern US coast, North Sea, Arabian coast of India) which appear to be continental &quot;land&quot; for hundreds of miles before the shelf to the oceanic crust. How does this occur?</p>

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Why is some ocean on continental crust?
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# Why is some ocean on continental crust?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-04)

While most ocean crust is formed from oceanic plate formations there are areas of the ocean (much of the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern US coast, North Sea, Arabian coast of India) which appear to be continental "land" for hundreds of miles before the shelf to the oceanic crust. How does this occur?

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