Sentences with phrase «as along the ridges»

Not exact matches

The Santa Cruz Mountains appellation was among the first to be defined by mountain topography, following the fog line along the coast to encompass the highest vineyards on the ridge tops as high as 2600 feet elevation.

Indeed, X-rays revealed spurs of cartilage growing along the ridges of Arazi's knee joints, raising the fear that, under the stress of training and racing, the spurs could eventually break off as painful chips.

The study also showed that volcanic hot spots along the ridge — volcanoes near Iceland as well as the islands of Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, and elsewhere — all sit above warm spots in Earth's mantle.

Three basic forces are believed to drive oceanic plate movement: plates are «pushed» away from mid-ocean ridges as new sea floor forms; plates are «pulled» as the oldest parts of the plate dive back into the earth at subduction zones; and convection within the asthenosphere helps ferry the plates along.

As new oceanic crust is made in the spreading centers (the story went), it cools, fractures, and slips along faults, creating downward - dropped blocks that could be responsible for the ridge - and - valley topography.

In their conclusion, the paper's five co-authors theorize that the plume material is carried to the mid-ocean ridge by a deep return flow centered in the asthenosphere rather than flowing along the base of the lithosphere as in modeling projections.

The day was brisk, and he held the rock aloft, fixated on its one blemish: Along the entire length of the stone ran a single ridge, almost like a biology teacher's notation indicating what is known as the Brodel's line of the kidney.

Move a couple of hundred meters to the east or west, and the explosion could have happened beneath a valley as opposed to a ridge — radically changing the depth estimates, along with estimates of the blast's power.

Slow rifting speeds carve a trough along the divide, while faster speeds leave a raised ridge, just as seen in the ocean.

Using all available geologic, tectonic and geothermal heat flux data for Greenland — along with geothermal heat flux data from around the globe — the team deployed a machine learning approach that predicts geothermal heat flux values under the ice sheet throughout Greenland based on 22 geologic variables such as bedrock topography, crustal thickness, magnetic anomalies, rock types and proximity to features like trenches, ridges, young rifts, volcanoes and hot spots.

The energy you add to a sheet as you crumple it, they have found, causes it to buckle along a series of sharp ridges.

You will recall that hydrothermal vents are plumes of hot water that spew from rocks and cracks along the ocean floor, especially in regions of sea - floor spreading, such as oceanic ridges and rift valleys.

Biologists were surprised to discover that the ecosystems found on the ocean floor along these mid-ocean ridges, consisting of complex organisms like tube worms, clams, and crabs, were dependent for their food on thermophilic chemosynthetic bacteria, which produced organic compounds using the oxidation of inorganic molecules as an energy source, instead of sunlight.

Harrison is also where the really great driving starts, as Highway 7, one of the Natural State's scenic byways, snakes and switchbacks into deep, river - cut valleys, over crests, and along ridges with great views to east and west.

It features unique black body details such as a black Pony emblem for the GT grille, dissolve - effect black stripes along the prominent bonnet bulge ridges and across the body - side between the lower wheel arches, black 5.0 - liter badges on the front wings and exclusive black 19 - inch Y - spoke alloy wheels.

The deep - chested Ridgeback may also pass along gastro - intestinal issues such as bloat as well as dermoid sinus, a ridge that runs along their spinal column and can require surgery.

It is a unique native dog breed that has a mohawk like ridge (also referred to as a «whorl») running along its back that is formed by hair growing in the opposite direction from the rest of the coat.

The Rhodesian Ridgeback, also known as the African Lion Hound, the African Lion Dog, the Rhodesian Lion Dog, the African Bull - Dog, the Van Rooyan Lion Dog and the Ridgeback, and less formally as «the dog with a snake on its back,» is instantly recognizable by the unique ridge of hair that grows forward (in the opposite direction of the rest of its coat) along the top of its back.

This dog, which had a distinctive ridge of fur along its spine, was selectively bred with dogs from the European continent to develop a new breed now known as the Rhodesian Ridgeback.

The challenging Par 71 golf course is designed as a series of holes strung along the ridges and across the steep valleys working with the landform to create a world class course that will challenge everyone from resort guests to world class professionals.

The area was faulted about 1.8 million years ago as sea level fell, exposing the older shelf, and the consequence of that was the creation of a high ridge along the shelf edge that became the site of coral growth.

You see, this wonderful piece of creation is described as «a long mass or low ridge of submerged or partially exposed sand created in the water along a shore due to the forces of waves or water currents.»

With the headset on, as you inch your way along the knife - edge ridge leading to the Hillary Step, an 8,000 ft drop on one side and 12,000 ft on the other, and despite internally screaming at your brain that you're walking on your carpet, the sense of danger is palpable.

The principal street is George Street, running along the natural ridge to the north of what became known as the «Old Town».

In this case, there are two skylights towards the back of the house, as well as some vents along the ridge line.

For a long time people thought that ocean pH was regulated ultimately by reactions between deep seawater and sediments, but as Walt Allensworth February 5, 2015 at 3:08 pm, says there are so many black, and clear, vents along the midocean ridges spewing acidic water, that these probably maintain ocean pH instead.

Along the coast of NE Greenland, there are well - developed wave - generated beach ridges dating from this time which document seasonally open water as far north as 83oN (as opposed to «completely», by the way).

This «scenario is believed to have exacerbated the persistent warmth and drought in the western United States, along with cold spells in the east during the winters of 2013 - 2014 and 2014 - 2015 that were popularized as the ridiculously resilient ridge and polar vortex, Francis wrote in a new study.

Atmospheric pressure at sea level rises and falls to some degree as horizontal pressure ridges sweep along but the average pressure remains the same at 1 bar.