Sentences with phrase «impact ice formation»

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One school of thought was that planets originally formed dry, due to the high - energy, high - impact process of planet formation, and that the water came later from sources such as comets or «wet» asteroids, which are largely composed of ices and gases.

The failure to provide an physical barrier between the tailings and water, solids, or other material leaves the tailings vulnerable to extensive penetration of the tailings by plant roots and animals as well as disturbance by freeze and thaw and ice formation and break up impacts.

A new study has found geochemical clues near the summit of volcanic Mauna Kea that tell a story of ancient glacier formation, the influence of the most recent ice age, more frequent major storms in Hawaii, and the impact of a distant climatic event that changed much of the world.

All this cold water being released into the ocean has a significant impact on the formation of sea ice, resulting in higher rates of sea ice concentration around Antarctica.

Impacts of warm water on Antarctic ice shelf stability through basal channel formation.

The study, published in the journal Nature Geosciences, suggests that the change of phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) from positive to negative, or vice versa, could initiate chain reaction of climate impact that may affect the sea ice formation in the Antarctic region.

Glacial outburst floods due to such melt and ice dam formation in the major ice sheets are catastrophic events of geological scale and impact.

«The ice - rafted material in the Bunyeroo Formation only has been found510 m stratigraphically below and above a horizon of dacitic ejecta related to the 90 km diameter Acraman impact structure in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics 300 km to the west.