Sentence examples for ridge crest from inspiring English sources

They were found to occur on both sides of the ridge crest and parallel to it.

This crustal layer cools as it moves away from the ridge crest, and its seismic velocities increase correspondingly.

At this spot, the ridge crest is split by a 6-mile-long rift valley, about 300 feet deep, that contains the hydrothermal vents.

The rate is computed by dividing the distance of an anomaly from the ridge crest by the age of the anomaly twice.

The actual ridge crest of the mountain is about 10 miles (16 km) across, while the entire mass is more than 20 miles (32 km) long.

Thus the oceanic crust at the Juan de Fuca Ridge is moving at about 15 mm (0.6 inch) per year away from the ridge crest and at about 60 mm (2.4 inches) per year away from the crustal segment on the opposite side of the crest.

We venture from boulder to boulder on moraine ridge crests applying this method.

Some earthquakes associated with oceanic ridges are confined to strike-slip faults, called transform faults, that offset the ridge crests.

The apparent offsets of ridge crests along fracture zones are duplicated by offsets in the magnetic stripes.

These species form cushions on ridge crests and swampy depressions and bear stout pitchers that can attain a height of 50 cm (20 inches).

Often called sun pitchers or marsh pitcher plants, Heliamphora species form cushions on ridge crests and mingle with peat moss in swampy depressions.