Sentences with phrase «buried by ice»

One line of enquiry would be to look for sediments that have come from an area now buried by ice.

Once the rocks are no longer exposed to the atmosphere — for example, buried by ice — the ratio of 26Al to 10Be in the rocks changes because of their differing half - lives.

Not exact matches

Most mornings I can soften the din by burying my face up to my ears in a giant jar of soy iced coffee.

Jan 04,2016... In Buffalo, the Miami Dolphins were iced by the Bills defenders and buried in a flurry of Jim Kelly...

In Buffalo, the Miami Dolphins were iced by the Bills defenders and buried in a flurry of Jim Kelly passes

The newly discovered exposure of ice on steep banks suggests that the Red Planet's ice sheets are buried by just a meter or two of soil, researchers report in Science January 12.

But new modeling studies by Marchant and his team have shown that sublimation of deeply buried ice is extremely slow, less than a tenth of a millimeter per year.

At almost twice the length of Arizona's landmark, the canyon once carried a river as large as any in Europe, until it was buried by the encroaching ice 3.5 million years ago.

In 1994 he had helped set off the search for ice on the moon by running a jury - rigged radar experiment on the Clementine spacecraft that, by his interpretation published in Science, showed signs of ice buried near the moon's south pole.

Once the Ice Age animals succumbed to predation or starvation, they keeled over and were buried by more asphalt and sediment.

«If present today, the ice would be buried too deeply to be detected by any of Dawn's instruments,» Scully said.

By Michael Greshko National Geographic, 01.11.18 At sites across the midsection of Mars, scientists have found layers of water ice buried mere feet beneath the red planet's... Read More

The water ice counteracts the traditional danger of living above ground by serving as a radiation barrier, offsetting fears of solar exposure that have, until now, projected Martian architecture into a dark underworld — buried beneath a regolithic surface that is believed to contain perchlorates, gypsum and other substances hazardous to human life.Water as a Radiation Shield By taking advantage of water - ice's ability to filter the sun's rays and protect against radiation, ICE HOUSE prioritizes a life above ground and celebrates the human presence on the planetary surfacby serving as a radiation barrier, offsetting fears of solar exposure that have, until now, projected Martian architecture into a dark underworld — buried beneath a regolithic surface that is believed to contain perchlorates, gypsum and other substances hazardous to human life.Water as a Radiation Shield By taking advantage of water - ice's ability to filter the sun's rays and protect against radiation, ICE HOUSE prioritizes a life above ground and celebrates the human presence on the planetary surfacBy taking advantage of water - ice's ability to filter the sun's rays and protect against radiation, ICE HOUSE prioritizes a life above ground and celebrates the human presence on the planetary surface.

This vast block of ice slowly melted over time, a process accelerated by the ball of rock salt buried in its core.

The result is that the tents, which were nearly buried in ice and snow when I visited, are now so exposed that they'll have to be repositioned by next year.

Since this effect would not depend on slow rates of thermal diffusion though frozen sediments, but instead by a simple loss of ice, which could occur more quickly, such hydrates might be more vulnerable to destabilization than hydrates buried under permafrost.

By Barry Brown Canadian researchers studying the ArcticÂ's ancient permafrost have discovered 700,000 - year - old ice wedges buried in the soil that have survived earlier periods of global warming, adding complexity to predictions about the impact of contemporary climate change.

The base is currently buried about 35 meters below the surface but the part of the ice sheet that covers the camp may start to melt by the end of the century if current warming trends continue, scientists warned.

Scientists from several nations are working together to launch a flagship program to explore a major mountain range buried by a large continental ice sheet and bounded by numerous subglacial lakes.