美国是世界上具有宽广的沿岸大陆架的国家之一,有浅海大陆架187万平方公里,相当于本国领土的五分之一;美国沿岸大陆架又是世界上调查研究程度较高、开发利用较好的陆架区之一。它采用了多种先进技术与方法,取得了较佳的结果。因而,剖析美国对其本国沿岸大陆架调查研究的现状及动向,对于我们是有其一定的现实意义的。 The United States is one of the countries with a broad continental shelf in the world. It has 1.87 million square kilometers of shallow continental shelf, equivalent to one-fifth of its own territory. The continental shelf on the United States is also well studied, well developed and exploited in the world One of the shelves. It uses a variety of advanced technologies and methods, and achieved better results. Therefore, it is of some realistic significance for us to analyze the status quo and trends of the U.S. investigation and study of the continental shelf along its own coast.