When rocks are subjected to compressional or tensional (pulling apart) forces, severalthings can happen.
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The change in compressional behavior of knits exposed to wear and care cycles was confirmed.
Stanković Snežana B. 2006, 'Compressional behavior of knitted fabrics exposed to repeated wash and wear cycles',Hemijska Industrijahttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0367-598X/2006/0367-598X0606129S.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These basins have been alternatively explained as extensional post-orogenic basins or syn-orogenic compressional basins.
MASSIMILIANO GHINASSI 2007, 'PLIOCENE ALLUVIAL TO MARINE DEPOSITS OF THE VAL D'ORCIA BASIN (NORTHERN APENNINES,ITALY): SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND BASIN ANALYSIS', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafiahttps://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/5886. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Despite the overall extensional tectonic regime, local compressional tectonics resulted in thrusting.
Møller, Jens J., Rasmussen, Erik S. 2003, 'The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland: Middle Jurassic – Early Cretaceous riftingof the Danish Central Graben', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletinhttp://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr1_p247-264.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The presented individual deformation stages show multiple compressional and extensional phases.
Sasvári, T., Kondela, J. 2007, 'Demonstration of Alpine Structural Phenomena at the Structure of Magnesite DepositJelšava - Dúbrava Massif', Metalurgijahttp://public.carnet.hr/metalurg/Metalurgija/2007_vol_46/No_2/MET_46_2_117_122_Sasvari.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sonic compressional wavespeeds are 3% higher than seismicvelocities, suggesting dispersion in the basalt flows.
Cowper, David, Gollifer, Ian, Christie, Philip 2006, 'Scientific results from the deepened Lopra-1 borehole, Faroe Islands: Borehole seismicstudies of a volcanic succession from the Lopra-1/1A borehole in the Faroe Islands,northern North Atlantic', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletinhttp://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr9/nr9_p23-40.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main inputs required for porosity estimation are bulk density, neutron porosity, and sonic compressional time.
Salaheldin Elkatatny, Zeeshan Tariq, Mohamed Mahmoud, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem 2018, 'New insights into porosity determination using artificial intelligence techniquesfor carbonate reservoirs', Petroleumhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405656117302365. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The resulting microplate kinematics can account for the complex distribution of compressional, tensional and transcurrent deformations actually observed.
M. Viti, E. Mantovani, D. Albarello 1997, 'Finite element modelling of the recent- present deformation patter in the Calabrianarc and surrounding regions', Annals of Geophysicshttp://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3883. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These curves also enabled a comparative estimation of the compressional behavior of knits made of different yarn components.
Stanković Snežana B. 2006, 'Compressional behavior of knitted fabrics exposed to repeated wash and wear cycles',Hemijska Industrijahttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0367-598X/2006/0367-598X0606129S.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)