Sentence examples for * nappes from inspiring English sources

The ophiolite nappes (i.e., thrust sheets) are major sources of chromite deposits.

The cone so generated, therefore, has two parts, called nappes or sheets, that extend infinitely.

Everest is composed of multiple layers of rock folded back on themselves (nappes).

Such features include folds, nappes, and faults with a wide variety of geometries.

Geologically, the mountain chain is composed of a series of superimposed sheets called nappes.

Metamorphism associated with nappes (large recumbent folds) in the Alps and the Appalachians provides strong evidence that the tectonic transport of rocks typically occurs at rates faster than those of thermal equilibration in other words, that the nappes can transport hot rocks for large distances without significant cooling.

Overthrust on the Silesian Nappe is the Magura Nappe, the counterparts of which in the east are the Chernogora (Chornohora) and the Tarcău nappes.

Isograd distributions associated with nappe structures can be either normal or inverted, depending on the relative rates of nappe emplacement and heat transfer.

In the eastern part of the Outer Carpathians this fringe is formed by the Skole Nappe, and in the western part it is formed by the Silesian Nappe, both of which are split by the longitudinal central Carpathian depression.

In this segment of the mountains, a number of large structural units of nappe character (vast masses of rock thrust and folded over each other) may be distinguished.

The attempted subduction of those margins resulted in the emplacement of vast portions of the Neo-Tethyan ocean floor on top of those margins in the form of giant ophiolite sheets, such as the Semail Nappe in Oman.