Sentence examples similar to dip shelf from inspiring English sources

The nondepositional and erosional hiatus on the up-dip shelf was represented by lowstand deltaic systems in the basin and slope.

The average duration of deposition of the major (third-order) sequences is estimated as 67 102 ka on the up-dip shelf and increases down dip, while the average duration of the major sequence boundaries (SB) is estimated as 831 1066 ka and decreases down dip.

Sedimentologic and stratigraphic analyses of 181 meter-to-decimeter-scale depositional sequences exposed in the up-dip shelf indicated that the siliciclastic and carbonate parasequences in the transgressive systems tracts (TST) are thin and upward deepening, whereas those in highstand systems tracts (HST) are thick and upward shallowing.

Here, faulting and fault-related deformation acted as a primary control on changes in thickness, facies and stratal geometry, and resulted in the local steepening, shallowing and even the reversal of dip in shelf strata.

Dragging his 150-inch dredge about 700 feet below the ocean surface, Mr. Platter feels for dips or shelves where the quahogs might go after spawning so they can mature safely.

Reflectors within the sediments show a distinct northward dip throughout the shelf.

This tilting appears to have been the main control on the down-dip expansion of shelf strata towards the basin.

We know it's never dipped down from top shelf.

This NE-SW trending transect extends for 140 km and covers the northern margin of the Asmari intra-shelf basin in dip direction (from proximal to distal).

Dip no lower than the middle shelf when selecting your gin.

If there is only a slight dip between the sill and the shelf board, this is probably going to be fine and your cat won't be bothered.