KnowraPassive marginLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Passive margin, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 5Narrower topic 1Compared with 3East African RiftCompared with: The passive margins around Africa record where older rifts already succeeded.Continental shelfRelated: Long-lived subsidence and sediment accumulation can create wide shelves there.Sedimentary basinRelated: Thermal subsidence after continental breakup can create extensive basin space.Continental riftingRelated: A successful rift can leave a passive margin after oceanic crust forms.Wilson cycleRelated: The quiet interval between rifting and subduction, when the ocean is at its widest.Foreland basinCompared with: Its broad subsidence history differs from the load-driven depression beside an orogen.Rift lakeRelated: Some rifts that begin with lake-filled basins eventually develop into ocean margins.Intraplate earthquakeCompared with: Old rifted margins like the eastern United States concentrate intraplate seismicity despite being 'passive'.Campos BasinNarrower topic: Campos Basin developed along the passive margin created as the South Atlantic opened.