Sentence examples for oceanic settings from inspiring English sources

Comparison of calculated ∆18O values for the Canary calcretes with continental mid-latitude calcrete values reflects the more homogeneous temperature regimes of calcrete formation in island (oceanic) settings.

The comparative paucity of larger islands can not only be explained by their tendency to be fragmented by sea-level rise (see above) but also by the comparative difficulty of building and maintaining large islands in oceanic settings.

Further, while Synechococcus isolates are ubiquitous in different aquatic environments including estuarine, coastal and offshore waters [ 53], Prochlorococcus strains are mainly found in warm oligotrophic oceanic settings [ 40].

Subalkaline magma series are represented in oceanic island arc settings, whereas high-K and alkaline magma series are more common in active continental margin tectonic settings.

In the extreme case, only enrichment of highly incompatible water-soluble trace elements (e.g., LILE) occurs in orogenic peridotites, similar to the product of fluid metasomatism in forearc settings above oceanic subduction zones.

Although it is clear that ophiolites are of marine origin, there is some controversy as to whether they represent typical oceanic crust or crust formed in settings other than an oceanic spreading centre behind island arcs, for example.

Mangroves refer to a unique group of forested wetlands that dominate 240 × 103 km2 of the intertidal zone of tropical and subtropical coastal landscapes from river deltas, lagoons and estuarine settings to islands in oceanic formations (non-continental).

Obduction is an odd geodynamic process characterized by the emplacement of dense oceanic "ophiolites" atop light continental plates in convergent settings.

Evolutionary diversifications in island systems (e.g., oceanic islands, mainland 'lake archipelagos') and in continental settings are widely thought to proceed under different ecological dynamics, and scenarios leading to adaptive radiations are thought to prevail on islands.

He employed Tahitian titles, such as Fatata te miti (1892; "Near the Sea") and Manao tupapau (1892; "The Spirit of the Dead Watching"), used Oceanic iconography, and portrayed idyllic landscapes and suggestive spiritual settings.

Hydration of oceanic lithosphere can occur in a number of tectonic settings.