| 词汇 | example_english_plate-boundary |
| 释义 | plate boundarycollocation in Englishmeanings of plateand boundaryThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with boundary or plate. plate noun uk /pleɪt/ us /pleɪt/ a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve ... See more at plate boundary noun[C] uk /ˈbaʊn.dər.i/ us /ˈbaʊn.dər.i/ a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ... See more at boundary Examples of plate boundaryThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. This observation, in turn, casts further doubt on the concept of the standard 'universal' flat plateboundary layer. The history of this emerging plateboundary is preserved in the rock record of a series of well-known rift valleys and lakes. Eventually, the pressure rise becomes great enough to separate the plateboundary layer and cause the formation of another bubble. It is this curtain that causes separation of the plateboundary layer. This rift system is undoubtedly the world's best natural laboratory in which to study incipient continental break-up and the formation of a new plateboundary. The suture zone may be the present plateboundary in the active orogenic belt, and may have played a different role at an earlier stage in its geological history. Movement on this convergent plateboundary leads to many earthquakes, some of them of megathrust type. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake was also a result of thrust faulting on the same plateboundary. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A mid-ocean ridge demarcates the boundary between two tectonic plates, and consequently is termed a divergent plateboundary. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Usually, only two arms of any given three-armed graben become part of a divergent plateboundary. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Furthermore, they did not occur on the tectonic plateboundary, but rather in the middle of the plate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Not all forces within the system form a divergent plateboundary, some strike-slip movement occurs in the fault system. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, at the time of its formation the volcanic belt may have been coincident with the subducted plateboundary. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the subducting plate approaches the trench obliquely, the convergent plateboundary includes a major component of strike-slip faulting within the over-riding plate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The range sits near a convergent plateboundary where one plate overrides another. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of plate Go to the definition of boundary See other collocations with boundary See other collocations with plate |
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