Sentences with phrase «movement of plates»

Beckett assembles a crack team to deliver and detonate not one but two nuclear bombs that must go off simultaneously in the only place on the planet in which they will do any good at stopping the movement of the plates — Los Angeles.

That could produce enough pressure to push slush up through weak points in the brittle surface ice, driving the movement of the plates.

As time passes, the movement of the plates causes the rocks around the fault to bend and stretch.

As time goes by, the movement of the plates causes the rocks around the fault to bend and stretch.

The presence of continents also indicates that the broad, slow movements of plate tectonics had started at this distant time.

An analogy is the study of the current geography of the Earth from the movement of plate tectonics,» said co-author Brent Tully from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy.

Not exact matches

I set up my computer day planner to interrupt me for regular movement and snack breaks, and at mealtimes, the palm of my hand hovers over the plate, measuring portions.

Stafford compares the pressure of sponsors on the system to the movement of tectonic plates on the Earth's surface.

Nevertheless, in the midst of his reshaping still lies the central story at the heart of the (original) Book of Mormon — that a 19th century treasure hunter called Joseph Smith claimed to have discovered a new revelation of Jesus appearing to South American tribes inscribed on golden plates which only he could translate, and became the self - appointed prophet of a new religious movement (and yes, that whole story comes in for a lot of ridicule along the way).

The only movement at the scene came from the rectangular plate dangling by a single bolt from the front of the car, swaying a little in the hot breeze.

BIBLE says that earthquakes, hurricances, floods, plagues, locusts, etc. are caused by God as punishment for sins SCIENCE explains that earthquakes are due to tectonic plate movements, hurricanes caused by ocean heat and coriolis effect, floods normal effect of weather fluctations, etc..

I'm not sure the parents of America are ready to make a federal case just to get their kids to eat, but some of them are probably hoping their kids will adopt the slogan of the clean - your - plate movement in China: «I'm proud of my clean plate.»

Champions of the local growers and artisan food movement, Extraordinary Artisan Table is a farm - to - plate eatery located in Uptown Temecula and featuring locally foraged and handcrafted breakfast items, lunches, and dinners - to - go (in compostable containers).

Champions of the local artisan food movement, E.A.T. Café is a farm - to - plate eatery featuring locally foraged and handcrafted breakfast items, lunch and dinners to - go.

It's definitely fooling hitters, but a bunch of them had little downward movement and caught a lot of the plate.

No one else's fastball has as much movement — and Maddux can make his sink and / or run it to either corner of the plate.

It had movement toward the plate, and it didn't get enough of the edge.

Martinez gradually gained control of the pitch, trading that erratic, sideways - riding movement for a late, explosive giddyap that appears to make the ball hop as it nears the plate.

Sports and activities that have repetitive movements are more likely to have growth plate injuries because of the increase torque on the muscle tendon insertions on the bone.

On the back of the car seat, there is a contoured steel back plate that will reduce flexing and forward movement during an accident.

Her academic pedigree, experience with education and health promotion, Director of Education roles and motherhood have all helped forge this path to leading the Rainbow Plate movement.

In the back of the seat, a contoured steel plate minimizes flexing, at the same time reducing forward movement.

A contoured steel back plate minimizes flexing and, along with the top tether hook, reduces forward movement in the event of a crash.

That rate of movement is «colossal», says Campbell — and not far off the displacement seen on the world - famous San Andreas fault in California, which is itself a conservative plate margin.

SHAKEN UP In 1964, the largest recorded earthquake in North American history shook Alaska to its core (damage in Anchorage, shown) and provided proof of tectonic plate movement.

The insight into the quake's origin provided some of the first real proof of tectonic plate movements.

This is in concordance with the movement of the tectonic plate.

The front plate had a circular dial with pointers tracking the movement of the sun, moon and five known planets across the sky during the calendar year.

A straight feature like this can indicate some spreading apart of the landscape, she explains, possibly due to a process similar to one on our own world: the tectonic movement of the Earth's plates.

I'm also experimenting with a headband to limit movement on the top of the head, and perhaps even a paper plate taped around the front of the glasses to block incidental light.

Water - rich fluids deep in the mantle could be important for driving the circulation that fuels the movements of tectonic plates and the eruptions of volcanoes.

The complex regional tectonic activity includes movement of three plates: the Caribbean plate that is subducting or being forced beneath Colombia in the north; the Panama block or Panama plate that is colliding with Colombia in the central part of the country; and the Nazca plate, which is an oceanic plate that is subducting beneath the southern part of Colombia from the Pacific.

By developing a better picture of the underlying engine of plate tectonics, scientists hope to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms that drive plate movement and influence related process, including those involving earthquakes and volcanoes.

There were high levels of crust movement elsewhere along the Pacific plate 50 million years ago, points out geologist Paul Wessel of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Three basic forces are believed to drive oceanic plate movement: plates are «pushed» away from mid-ocean ridges as new sea floor forms; plates are «pulled» as the oldest parts of the plate dive back into the earth at subduction zones; and convection within the asthenosphere helps ferry the plates along.

The Earth's lithosphere is divided into several plates that are in constant motion, and today's geologists have a good understanding of what drives these plate movements: heavier ocean plates are submerged beneath lighter continental plates along what are known as subduction zones.

Here in the underground there is a constant build - up of energy which results from an interlocking of the tectonic plates causing plate movement to come to a halt until a great tremor releases this energy.

Once the movement has begun, it is perpetuated due to the weight of the dense subducting plate.

To investigate the mechanisms of the very large fault movements, we conducted high - velocity (1.3 meters per second) friction experiments on samples retrieved from the plate - boundary thrust associated with the earthquake.

Perhaps the most ambitious aspect of the project is planned for the Pacific Northwest, where an entire tectonic plate — the Juan de Fuca plate — will be wired with sensors to monitor its movements and the resulting volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Plate tectonics theory does not draw a link between movements of the continental plates and processes taking place deep inside the earth, a view that Forte and Mitrovica hope will be overturned by their findings.

Go for a morning jog over hilly terrain and the very landscape is likely to be the result of tectonic plate movements, powered deep under our feet in great part by radioactive decays like that of the humble americium writ large.

The US already operates a network of 90 radio receivers, which are used in conjunction with the 24 GPS satellites to determine the orbits of satellites, monitor geological fault lines, and observe movement in the plates on the Earth's surface.

Van Avendonk mentioned this problem during a casual conversation with Joshua «Bud» Davis, a Ph.D. student in UTIG's plate tectonics research group and co-author, who said that the group could investigate both of the explanations using computer models of plate movement since the Jurassic and a global database of hotspots.

«The main driving engine in the system is the movement of the Indian plate, which winds up the Greater Himalaya like a giant spring compressed against the Himalayan plateau.

The scientists who deployed these GPS receivers expected to see both the slow, relentless motion of the planet's shell of tectonic plates and the relatively quick movements that earthquakes and volcanoes trigger.

For decades, scientists have theorized that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is driven largely by negative buoyancy created as they cool.

And over millions of years, the movement and collisions of tectonic plates have lifted some of these seafloor sulfide mounds onto land, where they have been discovered and mined.

This process usually takes millions of years, giving the oil and gas deposits plenty of time to migrate around the globe on the back of plate movements.

Birds stuck on landmasses that had drifted into isolation due to the long - term movement of Earth's tectonic plates, such as Australia and New Zealand, were consigned to evolve in isolation.