Sentences with phrase «thin edges of continents»

Rychert notes that some of the data that generated the 60 - mile estimate might have come from seismic stations near thin edges of continents; she plans to examine data from additional stations in those areas to confirm her findings.

Not exact matches

He is the homesteader to my pioneer, now we're on the edge of the continent together, and the roots are going down here in the thin rocky soil for us both.

In the last few decades, glaciers at the edge of the icy continent of Antarctica have been thinning, and research has shown the rate of thinning has accelerated and contributed significantly to sea level rise.

But without the ice shelves to impede the flow of glacial ice, typically moving 400 — 900 meters a year, the flow of ice from the continent could accelerate, leading to a thinning of the ice sheet on the edges of the Antarctic continent.