Grounding the works culturally and geographically, the paintings and sculpture in the show are composed of materials — rocks and minerals,
iron rich soil, roots, and branches — sourced from various locales in East Africa.
Not exact matches
We recognize this goodness in the fertility of the
soil, natural harbors, scenic beauty, the availability of water, and the subsurface
riches of coal, oil, gold,
iron and other substances.
It could also dampen existing
soils, stopping
iron -
rich dust from blowing off the Sahara and into the Atlantic Ocean, where it nourishes sea life, the study points out.
What remains is the residual product of rock decay: the red pseudo-lateritic
soil which is
rich in
iron and aluminum and lacking in the bases potassium, calcium and sodium.
They also collect
iron -
rich magnetic materials within these layers, which originated in overlying
soil and are transported into the cave during precipitation and flooding events.
The area is close to the Tweed volcano, so the
soil is of a type
rich in
iron oxide, known as krasnozem
soil.