But they were mistaken. Argentina had made a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on 21 April 2009 to claim sovereignty rights over the resources of the sea-bed.

Passive margin basins include both the shallow water deposition on the continental shelf, and the deep water deposition on ... plain as the turbidity current loses energy. Revisit the diagram of the ...

and refers to the area from the 200 miles to the shelf slope. This represents a 35% expansion of its continental shelf. According to reports in the Argentine media, CLCS on its 40th plenary ...

Therefore, the δ 7 Li values of marine mudstones serve as potentially reliable indicators of the proportions of different types of silicate minerals preserved in ancient continental shelf sediments.

In accordance with the provisions of article 76, a Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles shall be established in conformity with the following articles.