单词 | upwarp |
释义 | upwarpn. Geology. A gentle, extensive elevation of part of the earth's surface. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] link931 rise1240 motea1300 bentc1405 mote-hill1475 territory1477 height1487 rising1548 raising1572 linch1591 mount1591 swelling1630 up1637 vertex1641 advance1655 ascendant1655 eminency1662 ascent1663 eminence1670 swell1764 elevation1799 embreastment1799 upwith1819 lift1825 salita1910 turtle-back1913 upwarp1917 upslope1920 whaleback1928 1917 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 93. 109/1 Synclines and anticlines, both broad and narrow, sharply delineated monoclines, and domical upwarps follow one another in succession. 1952 Geol. Mag. 89 130 Three domal upwarps superimposed on the simple anticlinal structure. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 78/2 An important feature of rift valleys is that they follow the crests of long, low upwarps of the Earth's crust. Derivatives upˈwarping n. the raising of part of the earth's surface to form an upwarp. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval ridging1499 upheaving1821 upthrow1833 upheaval1838 upheavement1841 uplifting1845 upthrust1846 uplift1853 upraisal1865 bradyseism1896 upwarping1954 updoming1964 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. ix. 223 Intermittent upwarping took place, but there were periods of relative stillstand which are marked by erosional surfaces and terraces. 1974 Nature 23 Aug. 684/1 Owing to large scale Plio-Pleistocene up~warpings of the South African coastal margins, many rivers show substantially steeper gradients along their lower courses than in higher reaches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1917 |
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