Sentences with phrase «in volcanic regions»

This stunning hotel offers a wide range of activities on its beautiful beaches such as diving or fishing in the Pacific Ocean and ecotourism in the volcanic regions.

The soil in volcanic regions such as Kamwenge District contains crystals that irritate the feet.

Against the plausible argument that the physical phenomena described in the narratives require a location in volcanic regions, it is countered that the same phenomena may be given a natural explanation as manifestations of violent storms.

Not exact matches

The thirty two properties within the Marble Bar paleoplacer gold project cover an area of approximately 1,251 square km in the Nullagine embayment and 554 square km in the Marble Bar subbasin underlain by 2.74 billion year old siliciclastic sedimentary and volcanic rocks belonging to the Fortescue Group, the basal part of the Hamersley Basin located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

He says the region is unique because its water is cleaner, and centuries of volcanic activity have left the soil rich in mineral content.

The Hualalai Estate started in 1996 in a region of Kona that is the ideal place to grow coffee because of mineral rich fertile volcanic soil and Kona tropical climate.

There are three main growing regions — Antigua, Coban and Heuhuetanango — and in each, one finds a breath - takingly rugged landscape and rich volcanic soil.

For example, Central Anatolia is described as an elevated, dry, cold plain of Lycaonia in Strabo's Geographika in 7 BC, and even cave paintings in the region dating to approximately 7000 BC record active volcanic eruptions on the plateau.»

The white line represents the present - day Mediterranean coastline, blue regions show the submarine area in case of a 2 km Mediterranean sea level lowering as it was proposed during the Messinian salinity crisis and red circles show the location of volcanic provinces whose activity was enhanced during the Messinian (the size of the circle is proportional the activity augmentation).

In fact, this study showed that all regions with above - average temperature are located near volcanic hot spots, which points to mantle plumes as the culprit for the excess volume of magma in these areaIn fact, this study showed that all regions with above - average temperature are located near volcanic hot spots, which points to mantle plumes as the culprit for the excess volume of magma in these areain these areas.

«Arsia Mons was creating about one volcanic vent every 1 to 3 million years at the peak, compared to one every 10,000 years or so in similar regions on Earth.»

In the first study of its kind, scientists sought to better understand how big volcanic eruptions, which can trigger a shortage of rainfall in many regions of the world, can impact on riverIn the first study of its kind, scientists sought to better understand how big volcanic eruptions, which can trigger a shortage of rainfall in many regions of the world, can impact on riverin many regions of the world, can impact on rivers.

The link between crust thickness and age prompted two possible explanations — both related to the fact that hotter mantle tends to make more magma: Mantle hot spots — highly volcanic regions, such as the Hawaiian Islands and Iceland — could have thickened the old crust by covering it in layers of lava at a later time.

The few young soils, the volcanic ones, are very porous and occur most often in arid and semi-arid regions.

First Vitruvius, an engineer for the Emperor Augustus, and later Pliny the Elder recorded that the best maritime concrete was made with ash from volcanic regions of the Gulf of Naples (Pliny died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that buried Pompeii), especially from sites near today's seaside town of Pozzuoli.

There has been no increase in volcanic activity in the northern Taupo region.

But he acknowledges that there are other explanations for the carbonate finding — volcanic activity in the region, for instance, could have contributed localized carbon dioxide to form the Comanche minerals.

«The techniques we used provide an automated way to detect, locate, characterize, and monitor volcanic eruptions, particularly in remote, difficult - to - monitor regions like Alaska.»

A volcanic winter could have decimated human populations, especially in the Toba region, contributing to a genetic «bottleneck,» where only the survivors» genes got passed on, as some researchers have reported.

Indeed, the era between 65,000 and 25,000 years ago, toward the end of the Paleolithic, was a time of major volcanic eruptions, along with extremes of climate that included rapid shifts in temperature accompanied by alternately creeping and contracting glaciers across many regions of Eurasia.

The new findings suggest that after the lime was consumed via these pozzolanic chemical reactions (so named for the volcanic ash found in the Pozzuoli, or Naples, region of Italy), a new period of mineral growth began.

Working with Head, Marchant, and Lionel Wilson from the Lancaster Environmental Centre in the U.K., Scanlon looked for evidence that hot volcanic lava may have flowed in the region the same time that the glacier was present.

The combined effects of pyroclastic flows, volcanic ashes and tsunamis had disastrous results in the region.

This Mars Global Surveyor image shows a martian crater that has been encroached by a field of dark, wind - blown sand dunes in the Syrtis Major volcanic region of the red planet.

In the greater NZ region, we have undersea hot springs (hydrothermal vents of the Kermadecs), marine hydrocarbon seeps and gas hydrates (offshore eastern North Island — possible analogues for oceans on Icy Worlds), and terrestrial (on land) hot springs in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and elsewhere around the countrIn the greater NZ region, we have undersea hot springs (hydrothermal vents of the Kermadecs), marine hydrocarbon seeps and gas hydrates (offshore eastern North Island — possible analogues for oceans on Icy Worlds), and terrestrial (on land) hot springs in the Taupo Volcanic Zone and elsewhere around the countrin the Taupo Volcanic Zone and elsewhere around the country.

Faster sea floor spreading, presumably associated with more volcanic activity at subduction zones, and / or other increases in volcanic activity or geologic outgassing, or faster oxidation of exposed fossil organic C (as in shales)-- greater geologic CO2 emissions (I think another way of looking at the inorganic part is that any given region of sea floor has less time to accumulate carbonate minerals from chemical weathering, so that C reservoir could shrink while others, including the atmosphere, can grow).

These phenomena — sun spots, a slightly different earth orbit, a decrease in volcanic activity — intermittently warmed the region through increased radiative forcing, and recently have been joined by a new force: greenhouse gases.

Another area where this volcanic ash occurs is Montmorillion, a region in France.

Puy Lentils or French Green Lentils are a type of lentil grown in the thin volcanic soils of the Le Puy region in France.

This Web site provides up to date information on the volcanic and seismic activity in the region as well as historical data.

«While the sun is shining and there is little sign of volcanic ash in the southern regions of Bali, evidence of volcanic ash at higher altitudes on aviation approach and departure paths has prompted the decision to close the airport,» Bali Tourism Board Chairman Ida Bagus Agung Partha Adnyana said in a statement.

The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal, comprising nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic.

We travel up the scenic Kapiti Coast towards the Taranaki region — home to wonderful beaches, crashing waves and the spectacular Mount Taranaki, one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world.

It is located in a less traveled region of northwestern Costa Rica, amidst sunny jungles and volcanic mountains.

Tour through the ancient volcanic Tropical Tablelands region, where you can swim in beautiful crater lakes, visit picturesque waterfalls and even spot the very elusive Platypus!

Now based in Northern New South Wales with his wife and two boys, Craig is welcoming their new season in Kingscliff and enjoying the luxury of creating locally - inspired meals using the rich volcanic produce found in the Tweed region.

Katmai was established as a Preserve in 1918 to protect the region surrounding Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes that was devastated by the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century.

Two of the most rugged, remote and uncrowded wine regions in California stretch from the crashing surf of the Pacific Ocean in Mendocino to the high desert - like volcanic peak Mount...

Hundreds of passengers are facing travel disruption after a volcanic eruption in Indonesia sent ash clouds over the region, forcing airlines to cancel flights to and from Northern Australia.

Santa Pau is located next to the Baixa Garrotxa Volcanic Nature Reserve in the Girona region of Catalonia.

While there is little sign of volcanic ash in the southern regions of Bali, evidence of volcanic ash at higher altitudes on aviation approach and departure paths has prompted the decision to close the airport.

«Volcanic ash clouds could continue to cause flight disruption and may result in further airport closures in the region.

Mount Taranaki, to the east, is an almost perfect volcanic cone and a welcome reason to visit New Plymouth named in Lonely Planet's top regions to visit in 2017.

From birding in the region's dry tropical forests to exploring the volcanic landscape of the Guanacaste Mountains, northwest Guanacaste has it all.

Amed has remained a small village in the northeast coastal region of Bali, with dry volcanic rock ridges along its coastline.

In Breath of the Wild, Rock Octoroks live in both volcanic and cold Regions, such as Eldin Canyon and Gerudo HighlandIn Breath of the Wild, Rock Octoroks live in both volcanic and cold Regions, such as Eldin Canyon and Gerudo Highlandin both volcanic and cold Regions, such as Eldin Canyon and Gerudo Highlands.

His Roden Crater, located in a dormant volcanic cinder cone in the Painted Desert region of Northern Arizona, is the culmination of his research in the field of visual and psychological perception.

There may be reason to strongly suspect that in any sufficiently complicated dynamical system model (such as climate) with stochastic parameters (e.g., exactly when and where a lightning strike starts a major wildfire or a major submarine earthquake perturbs ocean circulation in a region or a major volcanic eruption introduces stratospheric aerosols), it is almost certain that any given run of the model will have periods of significant deviation from the mean of multiple runs.

(The anomaly is the increase in volcanic activity is in regions that geographically and geologically separated.)

See e.g. this review paper (Schmidt et al, 2004), where the response of a climate model to estimated past changes in natural forcing due to solar irradiance variations and explosive volcanic eruptions, is shown to match the spatial pattern of reconstructed temperature changes during the «Little Ice Age» (which includes enhanced cooling in certain regions such as Europe).