Sentence examples for highly incised from inspiring English sources

Within the sedimentary succession both highly incised and less incised unconformities are identifiable to provide sequence boundaries.

It has been highly incised by westward-flowing streams that have formed a series of gorges, or barrancas, the most spectacular of which is the complex known as Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre) in southwestern Chihuahua state.

In the NE border of the basin, the drainage network is highly incised and reveals two different stages of river development since the Pleistocene.

Composed of large blocks of sedimentary and volcanic rocks (primarily the soft 'cave' sandstones of the Clarens group topped by the younger and erosion-resistant basalts and dolerites of the Drakensberg group) which have been deposited over the past 200 Ma, the highly incised contemporary landscape of the Drakensberg is a product of erosion associated with cyclical uplift throughout the Cenozoic.

Late Pleistocene geological evolution basically consisted of erosional modelling, when badlands were deeply incised in highly erodible materials (marls and silts).

After dissection through the subcutaneous tissue, the capsule was incised with a median parapatellar incision.

Testifying to the highly developed civilizations that existed are the beautifully carved shells, incised gorgets, and intricately decorated clothing ornaments; the carved stone effigies of ancestor figures or deities, which suggest a strong affinity with ancient Mexico; and the many bird and animal pipes in museums throughout the country.

A lower midline incision was made and the bladder was exposed and incised.

The two rivers cut through some 20 tilted and highly coloured geologic formations of the Uinta Plateau, representing 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) of strata that are exposed in deeply incised meanders.

It is lightly incised with dragons.

Then additions are applied, incised or sculpted.