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downwarping

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Downwarping refers to a geological process where the Earth's crust bends or folds downward, creating a broad, shallow depression. This can occur over large areas and is a natural geological phenomenon. The term can be used as a noun to describe the downfold itself or as a verb, indicating the action of causing or undergoing this downward bending. The process is a fundamental concept in geomorphology, the study of landforms and the processes that shape them.12

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sedimentary rock
Coal
…combination of episodic upwarping and downwarping of the continental blocks or global (eustatic) changes in sea level or both, coupled with normal changes in the rate of sediment supply that occurs along coasts traversed by major laterally meandering river systems, may have been the cause.
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…combination of episodic upwarping and downwarping of the continental blocks or global (eustatic) changes in sea level or both, coupled with normal changes in the rate of sediment supply that occurs along coasts traversed by major laterally meandering river systems, may have been the cause.
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English Channel
Geology
…ago, although signs of a downwarp tendency occur as early as 270 million years ago. The direct ancestor of the channel may well have been a sea occupying the downfold one to two million years ago, with a sea level 600 to 700 feet higher than the present level.
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…ago, although signs of a downwarp tendency occur as early as 270 million years ago. The direct ancestor of the channel may well have been a sea occupying the downfold one to two million years ago, with a sea level 600 to 700 feet higher than the present level.
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Pamirs
Geology of Pamirs
…is that of a huge downwarp (an inverted arch caused by fracturing); it is separated from the northern Pamirs by a deep fracture.
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…is that of a huge downwarp (an inverted arch caused by fracturing); it is separated from the northern Pamirs by a deep fracture.
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residual landform
… or to crustal uplift and downwarping. Examples of residual landforms are extinct volcanic cones, inactive stone rivers from climates on the fringe of glaciers, disconnected and abandoned parts of drainage systems, abandoned strandlines from more humid climates, fixed sand dunes from drier climates, marine terraces from high sea levels, and…
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… or to crustal uplift and downwarping. Examples of residual landforms are extinct volcanic cones, inactive stone rivers from climates on the fringe of glaciers, disconnected and abandoned parts of drainage systems, abandoned strandlines from more humid climates, fixed sand dunes from drier climates, marine terraces from high sea levels, and…
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