Sentences with phrase «from cracks in the rock»

Geochemists explored the outcrop in a tiny submersible vehicle, hoping to collect samples of the warm fluids that emerge from cracks in the rocks; they didn't count on finding dozens of octopuses huddled around the cracks.

Not exact matches

«The total energy from an earthquake includes energy required to create new cracks in rock, energy dissipated as heat through friction, and energy elastically radiated through the earth,» reports the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program.

In a new study led by the University of Sussex, geoscientists from the British Geological Survey and the Technical University of Munich reveal that using a micro-seismic technique, which detects tiny earthquakes which cause cracks in the rock, alongside modern electrical imaging technology, which measures rock mass, would provide scientists with much earlier warnings of potential rock fallIn a new study led by the University of Sussex, geoscientists from the British Geological Survey and the Technical University of Munich reveal that using a micro-seismic technique, which detects tiny earthquakes which cause cracks in the rock, alongside modern electrical imaging technology, which measures rock mass, would provide scientists with much earlier warnings of potential rock fallin the rock, alongside modern electrical imaging technology, which measures rock mass, would provide scientists with much earlier warnings of potential rock falls.

LIKE water draining from an unplugged bathtub, meltwater flowing through deep cracks in the Martian rock may explain the origins of the enormous Hebes Chasma canyon.

Another wild card is methane, which inevitably seeps out during the extraction process, escaping from imperfect joints on thousands of pipes, valves, compressors, and holding tanks, or simply migrating through hairline cracks in the rock.

The risk of human - made earthquakes due to fracking is greatly reduced if high - pressure fluid injection used to crack underground rocks is 895m away from faults in the Earth's crust, according to new research.

For example, the government's report presents rocks found in the Cocula dump that had been cracked from heat as evidence supporting the confessions.

rock formation created by magma as it is pushed from the Earth's mantle into cracks or holes in the crust.

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.

Last month, an airborne rock poked a small chip in the MDX's windshield, and before we could think about filling it in, three large cracks emerged from the chip.

The sawyer mini water purification filter is a fantastic little device with the straw you can drink from small cracks in the rocks etc..

The audio in game is great too, everything from the sounds of the trucks, to the ambient sounds of the surroundings and the crunching and cracking of trees and rocks as you drive over, through and around the map.

Numerous processes contribute to this, including the removal of buttressing ice shelves (i.e., ice tongues floating on water but in places anchored on islands or underwater rocks) or the lubrication of the ice sheet base by meltwater trickling down from the surface through cracks.

Also included in comprehensive is windshield repair from any loss that has caused a crack - rocks, ice, tree branches, etc..

That said, a drop on a jagged rock that hits the screen at just the right angle will make it crack, so a little care if of course required, but unfortunate bumps, spills, and light tossing around in daily life are what this phone can protect itself from.

I stressed over everything... right down to how big the cracks were in between the rocks that separated our driveway from the walkway to the house.