Sentences with phrase «of deep sand»

To illustrate how demanding it was, the offroad route through the Finke Gorge comprised rutted, rocky sections and long, horror stretches of deep sand that even tested the ability of a 70 - Series LandCruiser tray operated by the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service!

The redesigned 2016 Toyota Tacoma is here to help with its new Crawl Control system, and this impressive new video shows a Tacoma digging its way out of some deep sand.

Not exact matches

The EPA fracking study was commissioned in 2010 by the US Congress and stands as the most comprehensive review of the controversial mining technique, which releases natural gas by injecting a high - pressure mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into rock formations deep below ground.

More than half of affected reserves are in deep - water projects, and nearly 30 percent are in Canadian oil sands.

«The cost of actually doing deep - sea drilling, the cost of doing fracking in North Dakota, the cost of tar sands, the cost of Arctic drilling is way, way, way higher than anyone admits,» Shah said.

They do not in fact bury their heads in the sand as the old wives» tale tells it, but the fact that most of us believe that myth to be true only makes a stronger point: if the move you choose is to burrow in deeper to protect the current nest on which you rest, the odds are high that you're leaving yourself a sitting duck (or ostrich, as it were).

Recovering crude from the oil sands is a massively capital - intensive business and there aren't enough deep - pocketed Canadian companies capable of making the necessary investments.

The CEO of Mammoth says Cobra has electrical experience in the Midwest, but according to Mammoth's website, the company's deeper expertise is in drilling and fracking, including «pressure pumping services, well services, natural sand and proppant services, contract and directional drilling services and other energy services.»

The Crown corporation's original government funding of $ 100 - million increased over time to $ 1 - billion, with the objective of developing technologies and processes that would get the private sector back working on the 90 per cent of the oil sands that were too deep to be surface mined.

Whether you're looking for sand and sea, a skyline full of high - rises, or a secluded retreat deep in the mountains, our top countries can offer you all that and more.

Further reading: Robyn Allan, «Oil sands «money left on the table» and more myths» Robyn Allan, «Bitumen's deep discount deception and Canada's pipeline mania» Oil Change International, «Tar sands: the myth of tidewater access»

Such asperity reflected deep frustration over the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow's continued rudeness (some would say, cruelty) to John Paul II and its nasty habit of throwing sand into the gears of the international Orthodox - Catholic dialogue.

The drive was into a sand trap about halfway to the green, which was then played from the trap with a six - iron to a deep trap in front of the green.

Discovering that, after years when a wreck shook like a giant sifter in rough seas, the small relics have often trickled beneath the ballast and even under the hull planks, McKee sought some way of mining deep in the sand.

The only thing I did not get to see was the famed «Sandbox» (a special workout that Shaw devised which an athlete performs in a 50 - yard by 10 - yard area hacked out of native scrubland and filled ankle - deep with thick, cloying sand), but this camp was all about strength, flexibility, and speed.

Miles upon miles of golden, sun drenched sand, in some places up to 1 km deep.

The process involves injecting large volumes of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, deep into the ground to break up rock formations and release natural gas.

With fracking, millions of gallons of water, dangerous chemicals, and sand are injected under high pressure deep into the earth, fracturing hard rock to release oil and gas.

Hydrofracking relies on a high - pressure blend of chemicals, sand and water pumped deep underground to break up gas - bearing rock formations, freeing gas to rise up the well to the surface.

Extracting gas from deep shale deposits by fracturing the rock using a high - pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals is a hot topic.

To free the gas trapped in the Marcellus and other shale formations, drillers pump millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals deep underground under pressure.

Deep in a sinkhole, buried in a pile of sand and mastodon dung, was a small, ancient knife used for hunting and cutting carcass meat from the bone.

Centuries of travel have cut banks two feet deep into the baked sand.

Fracturing deep shale deposits by injecting them with water, sand and chemicals at high pressure — with the aim of releasing the gas they hold — is causing concern worldwide.

Marked by massive wooden posts, the necropolis extends deep into the sands and is still a forbidding sight in the arid Taklamakan Desert of western China.

Some of the spill remains to this day, with a 2003 estimate pointing to about 20,000 gallons (75,700 liters) soaked deep into sands in intertidal zones, slowly poisoning ducks and other shore creatures.

Mount Baldy, a sand dune in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, may appear to be no more than an innocent pile of sand grains speckled with vegetation, but the rolling slopes hide narrow, deep holes, which are evidence of entombed oak trees.

In addition, the total amount of cesium retained more than 3 feet deep in the sands is higher than what is found in sediments on the seafloor offshore of the beaches.

(Deeper reserves must be forced to the surface by an injection of pressurized steam, with even greater emissions; about 40 percent of Canadian oil from the sands is produced this way.)

It uncovered «very serious» erosion in parts of the ancient city that, Fletcher believes, accounts for the deep sand deposits documented in the team's excavations.

«This finding makes a deep connection between the physics of inert granular matter such as sand and the geometry of multicellular living systems,» said lead author Lior Atia, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jeffrey Fredberg, professor of bioengineering and physiology at Harvard Chan School.

There are no drifts of sand close to the lander; however, several channels measuring as large as a meter in width and up to 10 cm deep, meanders through the pictures.

Others asserted the prints were indistinct and did not establish the characteristics of a fully extended stride, a deep heel strike and a nearly as deep (as when impressed on wet sand or moistened volcanic ash) «toe off», the impression left by the ball of the foot and toes when one, while walking, pushes off and shifts weight to the other leg.

Hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» is a petroleum - extraction procedure in which millions of gallons of water (as well as sand and chemicals) are injected deep into underground shale beds to crack the rock and release natural gas and oil.

The predominant approach is hydraulic fracturing («fracking») of deep shale formations via injection of millions of gallons of water, sand and toxic chemicals under pressure, thus liberating methane [155], [160].

Donnelly's team examined cores of sediment sampled from two of the salt pond's deepest points, searching for layers that were deposited when storms violently washed ocean sand into the 65 - acre waterway.

The required additional fossil fuels will involve exploitation of tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking for oil and gas, coal mining, drilling in the Arctic, Amazon, deep ocean, and other remote regions, and possibly exploitation of methane hydrates.

These plastic shades are lightweight and feature nose and ear grips to help them stay in place whether you're on a jog on the beach or deep into a game of sand volleyball.

The beach fronted reception area filled with deep burgundy, white and pink flowers and a collection of jewel tone decorations really accentuates their Boho chic theme and is just the most gorgeous colour scheme against the white of the sand.

Four Easy Steps 1: Apply Soft Touch Eye Shadow in Sand, a deep brown, in creases of the lids.

I have a tabletop with a deep gouge in it so it will never sand out so I need to look at painting instead of staining the driftwood color I wanted

I sanded the old finish off the top of the piece and, luckily, there weren't any deep scratches that couldn't be removed.

The picture is chockfull of cleverly curated film clips that illuminate Del Toro's stated belief that art can «erase the lines in the sand when the world tells us to make them deeper.»

Johnny Utah goes deep undercover to expose the felonious hijinks of a gang of fun - loving, sun - baked thieves, taking what they can from the man so as to better indulge their lifestyle of sand and surf.

It's often said that strong roles for women are rare nowadays, but three new movies — Under the Sand, Ghost World, and The Deep End — have the virtue of handing a juicy, sympathetic part to a talented actress and letting her run with it.

The ZDX would regain a measure of confidence during our next obstacle - deep sand.

Gittin's jump in the Raptor may be the most impressive part of the film, but the way the truck simply plows through deep sand like it's nothing is noteworthy as well.

Want a bit of controlled wheelspin to pull you through deep sand?

Don't let a patch of knee - deep sand give you the slip.

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