Meaning of downflex | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To force downward without breaking.
   transitive
2. To bend or stretch downward.
   intransitive

Examples

“Second, the unusually thick (2 to 5 km, Berry and Barr, 1971; Hall, 1973; Grantz et al., 1979) sediment cover in Canada Basin may serve to downflex the underlying oceanic crust and produce a greater than normal state of stress across the adjacent margin which is presently coupled to the seafloor basement.”

“Some of these sediments may act as locally uncompensated loads that generate the strong observed gravity highs, downflex the surrounding lithosphere to produce the broad flanking gravity lows, and contribute to the stress regime responsible for present offshore seismicity.”

“As with other gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, the image may become redded out or obscure; when lost, withdraw the insertion tube a bit, insufflate, downflex, and search the image for visual landmarks.”

“The continent edge would downflex as the ocean floor is loaded by a continental-rise prism.”

“As along the eastern United States, continental shelves commonly acquire a prism of sediments as the continental margin downflexes.”

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