The continental shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.Much of the shelves were exposed during glacial periods and interglacial periods.The shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf.The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain, comprises a steep continental slope followed by the flatter continental rise.Sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope, called the continental rise.he shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf. The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain, comprises a steep continental slope followed by the flatter continental rise.
Price elasticity is a measure of the responsiveness of demand or supply of a good or service to changes in price. The price elasticity of demand measures the ratio of the proportionate change in quantity demanded to the proportionate change of the price . The price elasticity of supply is analogous.
The elasticity of demand (Ed) , also referred to as the price elasticity of demand, measures how responsive demand is to changes in a price of a given good. More precisely, it is the percent change in quantity demanded relative to a one percent change in price, holding all else constant (ceteris paribus).