Sentence examples for regressive cycle from inspiring English sources

The stratigraphy of the Niger Delta consists of three diachronous lithostratigraphic units that form a major regressive cycle from Eocene to Recent in age (Fig. 2).

Intermittent tectonic activities during the Mid-Miocene to the Early Pliocene regressive cycle appear to be accompanied with sporadic intrusions and volcanism.

The grim aesthetic of the film casts a somber tone on the infinitely regressive cycle of the egg, set to an eerily apocalyptic electronic carnival soundtrack that is as surreal as its visuals.

The Paleogene sequences overlying the acoustic basement in the AFB (Figs. 4, 7) depict strong erosional unconformities and are attributed to the Late Oligocene regressive cycles.

Individual 4th-order (100 500 ky) regressive cycles expand about five to seven times across growth faults; expansion ratios as great as 10 are observed.

Middle to Upper Eocene strata in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, consist of terrestrial, marginal marine, shallow marine and offshore sediments deposited in a series of transgressive and regressive cycles within a passive margin setting.

This marine ingression is recorded in the Araripe Basin as the Romualdo Formation, characterized by a transgressive-regressive cycle bounded by two regional unconformities.

The stratigraphic framework based on the correlation of several sections defines a transgressive-regressive cycle with depositional dip towards southeast, decreasing in thickness towards northwest, and with source areas located at the northern side of the basin.

Based on well data from the Euphrates Graben, Mulussa F sediments represent a regressive clastic cycle during the Upper Triassic, which consists of marine dolomites and shales in the basal section, passing upward into the coastal plain and fluvial claystones and sandstones.

The Balingian, Begrih and Liang formations display deposits of multiple regressive-transgressive cycles while the sediments were derived from the uplifted Penian high and Rajang group.

This study describes Tonian-Cryogenian pre-rift strata of the upper Shaler Supergroup, deposited in the Amundsen Basin (Victoria Island, Canada), in which five transgressive-regressive (T-R) cycles are identified.