Sentence examples for margin characterized from inspiring English sources

The NE Sicily continental shelf, imaged by multibeam bathymetry data and CHIRP/sparker seismic profiles, is less than 5 km-wide, and is located in a tectonically active margin characterized by strong regional uplift rates.

The morphology of the deposit is similar to an alluvial fan, but with margins characterized by steep slopes with lateral ridges.

Carcinoid tumors present as solid masses with ill-defined margins characterized by radiating linear areas of fibrosis.

The architecture of the Ethiopian margin is characterized by accumulation and preservation of syn-rift volcanism, while the Yemen margin was shaped by denudational unloading and magmatic starvation as the Arabian plate rifted away from the Afar plume.

The ramp margin is characterized by thick stacks of stromatolitic bioherms.

Although this margin is characterized by magnitude 8+ earthquakes occurring every ~150 years on average (Ando 1975), only six large landslide deposits (herein referred to as mass-transport deposits, MTDs) are recognized in the sedimentary record of drill site C0018 during the past 1 Ma (Henry et al. 2012).

The oceanography of the continental margin is characterized as a three layer system: (1) a warmer surface layer (>17°C) which penetrates to 200 m and only exists during the summer months due to seasonal warming; (2) a middle layer between 200 600 m encompassing a permanent thermocline (ranging from 4 17°C); and (3) a deep, cold layer (≤4°C) comprising two-thirds of the water column [11], [13].

Blowoff stability margins were characterized with chemiluminescence measurements performed by high-speed imaging to capture flame dynamics during the approach to flame blow off.

In the Eastern Mediterranean basin, Mesozoic margins were characterized by mixed carbonate-siliciclastics platforms where subsidence and eustasy were the main parameters controlling the facies distribution and geometries of the platform-to-basin transition.

Margins were characterized as R0=negative, R1=microscopically positive or R2=grossly positive.

Terrestrial systems that flood on a seasonal or periodic basis, such as vernal pools, ephemeral riparian areas and wetland margins, are characterized by another form of harshness: plants that inhabit these systems must tolerate or avoid periods of anoxia.