Sentence examples for the upper carapace from inspiring English sources

Another similar event is the 2004 failure of the Tsatichhu landslide dam in Bhutan, which failed by a combination of dam face saturation and progressive seepage through the upper Carapace facies (Dunning et al. 2006).

The upper shell (carapace) of Blanding's turtle averages about 20 cm (8 inches) in length; it is smooth, rounded, and elongate with yellow markings on a blackish ground colour.

The upper shell is called a carapace, and the lower a plastron.

The textural characteristics of the materials used in these experiments are typical of landslide dams formed by rock avalanche processes where fragmentation and pulverization of the rock materials cause seepage processes to develop in the upper blocky carapace layer.

In contrast, there is no sign of the carapace, the upper part of the shell.

The dam failed by seepage and piping when the upstream lake level reached an elevation of 934 ~ 936 m and seeped into the upper pervious and blocky carapace layer, resulting in progressive failure and undermining of the downstream slope (Mora et al. 1993).

The carapace (upper body shield) is usually broad.

We compared the shapes of the dorsal margin of the carapace from the point of the upper insertion of the antennules to the posterior point where the carapace opens (Fig. 2).

The upper surface of the cephalothorax is covered by a single, convex carapace while the underside is covered by two rather flat plates.

As a result, it has more of a Canadian feel: groves of huge cedars line some of the lower slopes, while "snow ghosts" – pine trees encased in a carapace of snow and ice – are a feature of the upper slopes.

The upper crust builds thick inhibitions around its would-be writers; a live father and a more compatible husband might have kept Wharton's rather dour, frequently satiric genius sealed in a carapace of good manners and amateurish diffidence.