Sentence examples for direction of extension from inspiring English sources

And this is, indeed, one possible direction of extension.

Concerning the southern East African rift, the graben geometries and the evolution of the subsidence during the Mio-Pliocene period may be explained by the reactivation of two main Pan-African inherited shear zones with an E W direction of extension.

The stress inversion of the studied earthquake focal mechanism data show that the present-day stress field is characterized by a pure extensional regime (R′ = 0.74) and a horizontal direction of extension at N9°E, close to N S.

The stress inversion of the studied earthquake focal mechanism data shows that the present-day stress field is characterized by an exten-sional regime (R′ = 0.74) and a horizontal direction of extension (Shmin or T axes) at N9°E, close to N-S.

The stress inversion of the studied earthquake focal mechanism data shows that the present-day stress field is characterized by a pure extensional regime (R′ = 0.74, Delvaux et al. (1997)) and a horizontal direction of extension at N9°E, close to N-S.

Each of the peptides was solvated with TIP3P water molecules in a rectangular box of 9 nm×4 nm×4 nm, approximately, i.e., it was surrounded by a water layer of 1 nm in each direction, except 5 nm thickness of water in direction of extension x for requirement of SMD simulations.

The close match of orientations of regional-scale anisotropic fabric and the directions of extension during the last significant episodes of deformation implies that at least a large part of the extension in the Aegean has been taken up by distributed viscous flow in the lower crust and lithospheric mantle.

The displacements U in x-direction and V in y-direction consist of extension, bending, and shear components: U = u + u_{b} + u_{s},;V = v + v_{b} + v_{s} (2) The bending components (u_{b}) and (v_{b}) are assumed to be similar to the displacements given by the classical plate theory.

In the absence of external cues the extension of pseudopodia is not random, as deduced from the time, position and direction of the extension of the next pseudopod relative to the present pseudopod.

The direction of maximum extension is variable at the scale of the region.

We prepared regular stripe-patterned (groove-ridge pattern) polymer film by self-organization in order to control direction of neurite extension.