Sentence examples for oceanic movements from inspiring English sources

They are primarily the result of large oceanic movements occurring over hundreds of millions of years from the mid-Silurian to the Pleistocene as a result of the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the continental Amurian Plate and Okinawa Plate to the south, and subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate to the north.

In this study, we examine oceanic movements of archival-tagged bluefin tuna (n = 106) tracked with geolocation estimates [19] between 1996 2006.

To a score that can sound Celtic as well as tropical, Pederneiras applies quick, springy steps and undulating, oceanic movement.

Both trees have been subject to trans-oceanic movements, including the introduction of Mediterranean olives to Australia, and the introduction of Australian wattles to the Mediterranean.

The apparent high level of genetic connectivity within oceans for some species seems to contrast with inferences derived from studies employing conventional and satellite tags that suggest limited trans-equatorial or trans-oceanic movements.

Later, but prior to any significant differentiation of Proto-Oceanic, movement continued back around the north side of New Guinea into eastern Indonesia.

In addition, the Marin Headlands terrane was one of the first global localities where the fault repetition of the pelagic biostratigraphy was recognized, and the basalt-pelagic-clastic succession and its imbrication was linked to oceanic plate movement and subduction-accretion (Wahrhaftig 1984).

Artificial satellites provide data pertaining to geographic formations, oceanic and atmospheric movements, and worldwide communications.

Before 1900, humans had little impact on earth and rock, compared with oceanic volcanoes, tectonic movements (mountain building) and glaciers.

This study provides a novel approach to investigate wind-mediated movements in oceanic environments and shows that large-scale migration and dispersal processes over the oceans can be largely driven by spatiotemporal wind patterns.

Unlike terrestrial environments, where physical barriers and geography often put constraints on movement, most oceanic environments are less obstructed.