And now from Mexico well-nigh to the Arctic Ocean this belt yielded to lateral pressure.
We may believe that at depths which must be reckoned in tens of thousands of feet the load of overlying rocks is so great that rocks of all kinds yield by folding to lateral pressure, and flow instead of breaking.
The sections which we have studied suggest that rocks are folded by lateral pressure.
This fact is important, as showing how masses of drift ice, when stranding on submarine banks, may exert a lateral pressure capable of bending and dislocating any yielding strata of gravel, sand, or mud.
Condensation and Elongation of slate Rocks by lateral Pressure.
Secondly, there is also more tendency to jam; and, thirdly, the extension of the surface of lateral pressure on the tubes of the barrel must also add to recoil.
And lastly, the peculiar property that slates possess of splitting up into thin sheets is found to be due to the same cause; namely, lateral pressure.
Now, it is believed that all mountain-ranges have been enormously squeezed by lateral pressure; and the little experiment with the sheet of paper furnishes a good illustration of what has happened.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lateral pressure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
