Meaning of islandward | Babel Free

Definitions

Being in or facing towards an island.

not-comparable, uncommon

Examples

“In this case the unweathered appearance of the rock is explained by its protection beneath the cay sands. Alternatively, the islandward dip may result from some at present unexplained anomaly, and may have formed recently along the present seaward shore.”

“The profile clearly indicates that the oceanic basement continues to slope below the islandward slope of the trench with an average slope which increases from about 5 to 10°. The overlying islandward "wall" of the trench is made of an imbricated thrust mass of deformed sediments.”

“In each case, the sense of motion is such that the eastern or oceanic side is thrust beneath the western or islandward side of the shallow seismic zone.”

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