The phrase
"geological formations" refers to different types of rocks, minerals, or landforms that are created by natural processes over a long period of time. These formations can include mountains, caves, valleys, or layers of sedimentary rocks.
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This technology would allow power plants to capture 85 percent or more of their carbon dioxide emissions and permanently store them underground
in geological formations.
From the
incredible geological formations to the unique marine life which live in the caves, the ocean blue holes offer us some of the best diving experiences in the world.
Many of the main attractions here revolve around the island's natural beauty and landscape, with
fascinating geological formations at the Poca Da Dona Beija and Caldeira das Sete Cidades.
On the one hand we do not think that Scripture can be turned into a naïve palaeontology that is incompatible with the evidence of observation and common sense — man could not exist in the traumatic upheavals of primitive
geological formation on earth, nor indeed could he co-exist environmentally with dinosaurs.
Because he employs paints based on different chemical compositions, they interact with one another in unpredictable ways, producing accumulations that resemble everything
from geological formations to the aftermath of industrial mishaps.
More than 40,000 comments have been submitted to New York State aimed at shaping how Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo deals with the huge natural gas resource locked in the state's portion of sprawling
geological formations known as the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale.
The university has received close to $ 2 million from the feds since 2005 to research the potential for using
deep geological formations in Michigan as carbon capture sites for emissions from power plants and other sources.
For geological formations where there are multiple barriers at different depths, an alternative combined system could see hot water removed from the thermal aquifer and carbon dioxide pumped in.
But Jackson says that the contamination may have come not from the fracking but from the wells themselves, which can serve as a conduit
between geological formations if not properly sealed.
The Phillippines, with its 7,000 + islands, has a lot to offer from jungles beaches to amazing waterfalls, spectacular caves and unique
geological formations which means deciding what -LSB-...]
For a better option, look to saline aquifers, which are porous
geological formations containing salty water that no one would want to drink or irrigate with anyway.
«By measuring naturally occurring ammonium and iodide in numerous samples from
different geological formations in the Appalachian Basin, including flowback waters from shale gas wells in the Marcellus and Fayetteville shale formations, we show that fracking fluids are not much different from conventional oil and gas wastes,» said Jennifer S. Harkness, lead author of the study and a PhD student at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.
While the fossil now has a scientific moniker, it is more commonly known by its nickname «Judith,» after the Judith River
geological formation where it was found.
Some of the controversies on fracking research center on the Marcellus Shale, a gas -
rich geological formation which stretches from New York to Tennessee.
«Helium is a commodity that is frequently overlooked and often only considered when purchasing balloons for parties,» said Senator Jeff Bingaman (D - NM), chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at a hearing on a bill he has introduced that would alter the terms under which the United States is selling off its once - vast reserve of helium gas, held underground in a natural
geological formation near Amarillo, Texas.
As we cruise beneath the soaring Rockies, view
striking geological formations and waterfalls and watch for osprey, mountain goats, and bears along the shores.
They seem at first more
like geological formations — or expanses of petrified moss or chaotic topographical maps — than handmade artworks.
Thanks to Camiguin's volcanic nature, the underwater terrain includes some
remarkable geological formations, and allows for a lot of interesting and unique dives.
Tourists can get a great overlooking view of these incredible
geological formations at Chocolate Hills Complex in the municipality of Carmen and at Sagbayan Peak in Sagbayan town in Bohol.
Spectacular networks of caves that contains layers of limestone in this part of the region has eroded through the course of time, leaving
magnificent geological formations below the surface.
Southington's west ridge is home to an extremely
rare geological formation, one of several in the world known as the Great Unconformity.
Yet there's also an otherworldly character to these distant sites that's enhanced by the artist's unusual palette — blends of ivory, chilly blues, and a range of browns and grays — as well as the way landmasses, bare trees, icebergs, and
other geological formations are backlit or bathed in a celestial glow.
Strike says its well is possible because the resource sits in the dip of a unique «saddle»
type geological formation that dramatically reduces the pressure on the pay zone.
Aboard the HMS Beagle, between bouts of seasickness, Darwin spent his five - year trip studying and
documenting geological formations and myriad habitats throughout much of the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the flora and fauna they contained.