Sentence examples for adjoining plates from inspiring English sources

At the plate edges where there is contact between adjoining plates, boundary tectonic forces operate on the rocks, causing physical and chemical changes in them.

As the long in-plane waves propagate around the structure, they impinge upon the numerous structural joints at which short-wavelength flexural waves are generated in adjoining plates.

In mid-ocean, magma is constantly being thrust through the seabed between adjoining plates to form mid-oceanic ridges and here convection currents within the mantle tend to drive the two plates apart.

The tectonic framework of SE Asia is dominated by the interaction of three major adjoining lithospheric plates: the continental-oceanic Indian Plate to the west and south, the continental Eurasian Plate in a central location, and the oceanic Philippine Plate to the east (Fenton et al., 2003).

Whether formed far offshore as seamounts, or close inshore by a slab window, the Siletzian basalts were laid down on a subducting oceanic plate: the Siletz terrane on the Farallon plate, and the Crescent terrane most likely on the adjoining Resurrection plate (previously broken away from the Kula plate, which had previously broken away from the Farallon plate).

Tectonism also plays a role in the formation of large islands, particularly along island forearcs adjoining convergent plate boundaries where successive upthrusting of reefs and shallow-water sediments can create large limestone islands.

Diatronic, a phototypesetter made in Germany with an adjoining keyboard, uses matrix plates with 126 symbols.

After the formation of the endocardium, or the lining of the heart, the coelomic cavity in the lateral plate mesoderm adjoining the heart rudiment expands slightly and envelops the endocardial tube or tubes.

The Amur, Okhotsk and Philippine tectonic plates adjoin in the vicinity of the Greater Tokyo area, which is the most populated metropolitan area in the world (Sato et al. 2005).

On a backsplash job, for example, clear the adjoining countertop, remove the outlet plates and cover the counter.

After confirmation and exposure of the appropriate vertebral levels, a discectomy was performed and a highspeed burr was used to remove the cartilaginous end plates from the adjoining vertebral bodies in order to prepare for bone grafting; excessive removal of the subchondral bone was avoided.