Sentences with phrase «indicates ancient lakes»

In central China's Jishi Gorge, gray sediment layers — now well above the Yellow River — indicate an ancient lake created in a landslide and then released by a devastating earthquake.

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WATERY PAST Sandstone deposits laid down by ancient rivers on Mars, seen in this image from the Curiosity rover, indicate that Gale Crater was once a shallow lake.

Antarctica's Friis Hills in the central Dry Valleys of the eastern portion of the continent contains ancient lake deposits indicating that the area has remained frozen for 14 to 17.5 million years.

' The report adds an important type of wet ancient Martian environment to the diversity indicated by previous findings of evidence for rivers, lakes, deltas, seas, groundwater and hot springs.