Sentence examples for long-term bedrock from inspiring English sources

This latter average long-term bedrock erosion rate record, suggested to be coupled to an orographically controlled pattern of rainfall, is also reflected in the pattern of denudation rates derived from a short-term decadal record of limited sediment yield data.

However, other causes — including long-term increased precipitation and geologic bedrock structure — could be important contributing factors in their formation.

"These agreements are the bedrock of a long-term energy solution," Governor Davis said.

High ankle sprains are tricky injuries, taking a long time to heal, and the Jets would not jeopardize the long-term health of one of their bedrock players by rushing him back.

From the Marshall Plan to the modern-day battle to fight AIDS, America's efforts to help its friends escape poverty and suffering are founded on the principle that economic progress and democratic governments are the bedrock for building long-term stability and prosperity.

Samples from bedrock outcrops and bedrock blocks yield more variable rates (3 20 m Ma− 1), which partly overestimate the long-term lowering rate, presumably due to block tilting and bedrock inhomogeneity.

G.E. has been slimming down its huge finance arm, GE Capital, while increasingly relying on its bedrock industrial businesses for long-term growth.

When the alluvium is later removed and the bedrock channel re-exposed, bedrock incision rates probably accelerate beyond the long-term mean as the river gradient adjusts downward toward a more "equilibrium" profile.

Right now, these families are offered too little reward and incentive – in social housing and long-term savings – for the kind of behaviour that is the bedrock of a decent society.

Long-term steady-state erosion rates of 14 24 mm ka−1 are recorded from bedrock erosional surfaces on a high plateau.

The recharge of subglacial meltwater into underlying bedrock and sediment aquifers created transient reversals in the long-term equilibrium flow directions of basinal fluids.