Sentences with phrase «of volcanic activity»

The marked lack of volcanic activity over the last 20 years was irrelevant.

As you walk along the lava trails, you'll see evidence of the volcanic activity in the area and its effect.

The release of massive quantities of methane into the atmosphere as a result of volcanic activity over the space of a millennium is one possibility.

Thus the claim that a lack, or slowdown of volcanic activity could contribute in any meaningful way to the rise in temps.

I knew that we were seeing an unusual amount of volcanic activity around the planet so far this year.

It is thought that solar forcings played a role, and low levels of volcanic activity may also have contributed.

It is formed by a natural combination of volcanic activity and geothermal changes.

Then he shared even stronger evidence against the idea of volcanic activity.

He says the region is unique because its water is cleaner, and centuries of volcanic activity have left the soil rich in mineral content.

Visitors interested in the geology of the area don't have to look too hard to find excellent and diverse examples of volcanic activity.

A drop of volcanic activity in the early 20th century may have had a warming effect.

Despite some controversial evidence that an asteroid or comet caused the worst mass extinction in history, most researchers now believe a combination of volcanic activity and a warming climate was the cause.

Tourism Ministry expert staff member for infrastructure Judi Rifajantoro praised the airline's decision to open two new routes, saying it would help the island to recover from a decrease in tourism as a result of volcanic activity at Mount Agung.

Because of the volcanic activity on the «Big Island,» there are multi-colored beaches, including ones with black, green and white sand.

«Evidence of 2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars: Meteorite found in Africa provides clues to evolution of the red planet.»

Located amid the ruins of Vijaynagara (listed in UNESCO world heritage site) Hampi was caused by a lot of volcanic activities which leaves the area look arid.

we see from 1910 - 1940 could be explained, even in part, by some relative lack of volcanic activity during this period is a logical fallacy.

Many scientists think that a similar massive burst of volcanic activity in Siberia touched off the biggest extinction of all time, just 8 million years later, at the end of the Permian period.

The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP), based in Washington, D.C., documents the history and recent reports of volcanic activity around the world and makes that information available to civil authorities and the public.

Sharp then created a mathematical model that included the rate of volcanic activity before and after the bend.

«Exoplanets: Atmospheric signs of volcanic activity could aid search for life.»

Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene for the rise and age of the dinosaurs, new Oxford University research has found.

Born out of volcanic activity more than twenty million years ago, Lanzarote features spectacular countryside and out of this world scenery.

You might picture a supervolcano as just like a regular volcano, only super-sized, but it's more like a giant volcano that's been flattened into the ground, leaving extensive fields of volcanic activity like we now see at Yellowstone.

Unrest at large calderas rarely ends in eruption, encouraging vulnerable communities to perceive emergency warnings of volcanic activity as false alarms.

If the universe is as old as scientists say it is, a body like io should have been long vacant of volcanic activity.

Seventy per cent of volcanic activity goes on underwater.

«If we know how volcanic sulfur particles affect the atmospheric winds, we can have a much improved interpretation of the traces of volcanic activities in the ice cores,» says Dr. Toohey.

Based on these silent witnesses of volcanic activity, the scientists were able to establish that there were 13 eruptions around the Mediterranean between 5.9 and 5.3 million years ago.

The results of these studies have been a major contribution to our understanding of volcanic activity across the solar system, says Clark Chapman of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

«The fluid tidal heating component of a hybrid model best explains the equatorial preference of volcanic activity and the eastward shift in volcano concentrations, while simultaneous solid - body tidal heating in the deep - mantle could explain the existence of volcanoes at high latitudes,» said Henning.