Sentences with phrase «sinking as the continent»

Here the land is sinking as the continent adjusts to the removal of massive ice sheets, but it appears the sea is rising.

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Scientists refer to this sunken expanse as the continent's weak underbelly.

Major sinks, likewise: for example, as continents collided, mountain - ranges were formed, making phenomenal amounts of rock debris available to weathering - agents, of which carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater is one of the most important.

Earlier this year, a team of geologists published a paper arguing that a new, mostly sunken landmass called Zealandia should be classified as our planet's eighth continent.

Earlier this year, geologists argued that a new, mostly sunken landmass called Zealandia should be classified as our planet's eighth continent.

Resulting in the formation of what is known as the «Pacific Ring of Fire,» this major geological shift buckled the seabed of the sunken continent.

Karachi is a more complex case as the land is sinking from the delta Karachi is on, but that is counteracted by the Indian suncontinent forcing up the continent of Asia as it moves northwards.

Major sinks, likewise: for example, as continents collided, mountain - ranges were formed, making phenomenal amounts of rock debris available to weathering - agents, of which carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater is one of the most important.