Sentence examples for upwelling above from inspiring English sources

Hot magma upwelling above the descending oceanic plate creates volcanoes, each of which erupts for a few million years.

Hot magma upwelling above the descending oceanic plate creates volcanoes, and each individual volcano erupts for a few million years.

They also reported the presence of a strong upwelling above the subsolar point on the dayside and a downwelling, centred over the antisolar point, on the nightside.

Furthermore, they reported the presence of a strong upwelling above the subsolar point on the day side, due to radiative heating.

We interpret these features respectively as: (1) remnants of slab material where the bridgmanite to Mg-post-perovskite phase transition may have occurred within the slab, (2, 3) large amounts of hot and less dense materials beneath the cold Kula or Pacific slab remnants just above the CMB which ascend and form a passive plume upwelling at the edge of the slab remnants.

This fishery could not exist without upwelling.

Upwelling in the open sea has entirely different causes.

In the High Arctic, upwelling currents result in open water areas within the pack ice called polynya; these enable seabirds to feed and nest at latitudes above 75° N. The flora of Antarctica consists mainly of soil and freshwater algae, lichens, mosses, fungi, and only two native species of vascular plants.

Upwelling in coastal waters brings nutrients toward the surface.

Where upwelling occurs, it is responsible for concentrating a profusion of life.

Some of the world's largest fisheries are dependent on upwelling.