Sentence examples for oceanic and continental from inspiring English sources

There are two types of plates, oceanic and continental.

Many are found at the boundary between obliquely converging oceanic and continental tectonic plates.

Most regionally metamorphosed rocks develop primarily in response to continent-continent collision and to collision between oceanic and continental plates.

Van Hinsbergen, D. J. J., Hafkenscheid, E., Spakman, W., Meulenkamp, J. E. & Wortel, R. Nappe stacking resulting from subduction of oceanic and continental lithosphere below Greece.

The Red Sea and surrounding area formed through dynamic uplift and rifting of Afro-Arabia, and associated volcanism (both oceanic and continental in character).

In areas of collision between oceanic and continental lithospheric plates such as the circum-Pacific region, the denser oceanic plate is subducted (carried into Earth's mantle) beneath the more buoyant continental lithosphere.

These sources include altered basaltic oceanic crust (AOC), oceanic sediment, and continental and mantle sources, and their modification by chemical and thermal processes such as mixing, serpentinization, and near-surface cooling.

A series of deep ocean troughs frame the belt on the oceanic side, and continental landmasses lie behind.

Volcanoes are associated with the belt throughout its length; for this reason it is called the "Ring of Fire". A series of deep ocean troughs frame the belt on the oceanic side, and continental landmasses lie behind.

The region is divided into two subregions (oceanic subregion and continental subregion) and a different velocity is imposed on each subregion ( for oceanic subregion and for continental subregion).

Regional climatic contrasts nevertheless exist: oceanic, Mediterranean, and continental types occur widely, as do gradations from one to the other.