Sentences with phrase «into volcanic basalt»

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Now, new research by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis sheds light on what happens underground when CO2 is injected into basalt, illustrating precisely how effective the volcanic rock could be as an abatement agent for CO2 emissions.

Matuyama studied traces of Earth's ancient magnetic field frozen into basalt, a volcanic rock.

Scientists working at the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant near Reykjavik, Iceland, were able to pump the plant's carbon dioxide - rich volcanic gases into deep underground basalt formations, mix them with water and chemically solidify the carbon dioxide.

She writes: «Contemporary ceramic sculptor Aneta Regel incorporates volcanic rock, basalt, and granite into her colorful clay pieces.

Built in 1970, the 6,650 tons of black basalt (a volcanic rock also common to the moon and Mars) was paved into a 1,500 - foot counter-clockwise coil.

A recent paper in Science reported on a breakthrough experiment in Iceland in which CO2 (from a volcanic source) dissolved in water was injected into basalts at depths of 400-1000 metres.