Sentence examples for passive margin from inspiring English sources

The succession comprises a first-order passive margin sequence.

"The literature of geology has called this area a passive margin," Dr. Flemings said.

Precipitation variability has seldom been considered as a contributor to passive margin escarpment evolution.

The preserved thrust sheet thickness is related to the thickness of the passive margin crust.

The extension rate will also affect crustal strength as the passive margin evolves, therefore adding more complexity to the system.

Several hundred methane seeps were recently discovered along the U.S. Atlantic margin, a passive margin without a major hydrocarbon basin.

A passive margin origin for the Cambro-Ordovician sandstones is indicated by the discriminant plot of K2O/Na2O vs. SiO2.

An analogous passive margin setting has been described for Pb Zn mineralisation in the Paleozoic Selwyn Basin of western Canada.

These two events were separated by the development of Neoproterozoic passive margin probably associated with Rodinia fragmentation.

These results highlight how ductile crustal layers and extension rates influence passive margin formation during different stages of rifting.

The Paranoá Group do not present reliable characteristics that would allow its strict classification as a passive margin.