ocean basin

collocation in English

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ocean
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
a very large area ...
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basin
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sən/us
/ˈbeɪ.sən/
mainly UK
an open, round container shaped like a bowl with sloping sides, used for holding food ...
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(Definition ofoceanandbasinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On earth, ridge-flank environments constitute approximately 65% of theoceanbasinarea.
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Changes in theoceanbasingeometry could have been a cause for a reconfiguration of ocean circulation, and could also account for sea-level changes, and subsequent changes in palaeobiogeography.
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Adelita was the first animal of any kind ever tracked across anoceanbasin.
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The great quantities of dense water sinking at polaroceanbasinedges must be offset by equal quantities of water rising elsewhere.
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This incipient ocean crust remains locked to the continental margin when theoceanbasincloses, emplacing the incipient ocean crust into the collision zone.
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Intercratonic orogenic belts are characteristic ofoceanbasinclosure.
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As rifting proceeds, listric fault systems form and further subsidence occurs, resulting in the creation of anoceanbasin.
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Grease ice differs from slush, where slush is similarly created by snow falling into the top layer of anoceanbasin, river, or lake.
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At least one group of geologists has concluded the zone represents the closure of anoceanbasin.
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The sameoceanbasinis in the process of subducting under the orogenic wedge.
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Thermohaline circulation, also known as the ocean's conveyor belt which refers to the deep ocean density drivenoceanbasincurrents.
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This reduced the world'soceanbasincapacity and caused a rise in sea level worldwide.
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Onoceanbasinscales, this technique is also known as acoustic thermometry.
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A trueoceanbasindeveloped to the west, breaking all the earlier formations along a steep front.
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The number is further modified by a two-letteroceanbasincode.
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This is a thin layered, black shale, of more silty origins, possibly from a period when the waters running into theoceanbasinwere running slower, creating finer particles.
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The sedimental material in the flysch is derived from the forming mountains and deposited along the axis of the new mountain chain into remnantoceanbasin.
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It extends out over 400mi km seaward across the continental shelf finally connecting to the deepoceanbasinat a depth of 3 to 4 km below sea level.
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The process of western intensification causes currents on the western boundary of anoceanbasinto be stronger than those on the eastern boundary of an ocean.
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