Sentences with phrase «outcrops as»

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We looked coast to coast as one was pre-med (almost every school has a program) one in Geology (somewhere near good rock outcrops) and one is a competitive Dressage Horse rider (read business school while training for olympics so had to be near top trainers).

At those outcrops, the researchers calculated the percent of mud rock in the overall deposit by measuring the thickness of the muddy layers compared with the thickness of layers containing larger grains such as sand.

«We're probably being monitored by both sides,» says Atkinson as we bump along, since the drug cartels are known to post spies on the rocky outcrops.

Over time, as wind blows sand against the small cliffs, or scarps, that bound the Yellowknife outcrop, the scarps erode back, revealing new rock that previously was not exposed to cosmic rays.

That actually would be a big advantage, as the falling climber would be less likely to collide with a rock outcrop.»

At the beginning of each Martian day, scientists will choose a zone of interest, such as an intriguing rock outcrop, and instruct the rover to fire pulses around the area.

But internal features of the slide, exposed in outcrops, yielded evidence such as jigsaw puzzle rock fractures and shear zones, along with the pseudotachylytes.

Equipped with a rock - abrasion tool and a suite of spectrometers, the robotic geologist poked around the formation known as the Comanche outcrops, but its findings were not conclusive at the time.

The minerals appear to be iron — magnesium carbonates that constitute as much as a third of the outcrop rocks.

But in late 2005, when the rover was still mobile, it had investigated a group of rock outcrops in a region of Gusev Crater known as the Columbia Hills.

Interestingly, whole - scale removal of the vine from the Pyramid was discouraged as the vine is assisting with soil stabilisation on the steeper outcrops.

Each country, although different in culture and history, shares snow leopard habitat characteristics such as mountains with steep slopes dotted by rocky bluffs, ridges broken by outcrops, and valleys interrupted by cliffs.

Built high on a rocky outcrop, Tshukudu Bush Lodge has been designed to offer you a perfectly indulgent bush getaway... Overlooking its own waterhole, set in rolling plains that abound with flora and fauna, Tshukudu Lodge allows the visitor a special glimpse of Africa as she was: untouched, unspoilt, unforgettable... Tshukudu Lodge, «Place of the Rhino» in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve, offers 6 luxury cottages...

End the day an hour away in Stanley, a fishing village framed by the volcanic outcrop known as The Nut.

As we rounded a rocky outcrop the water changed from sapphire blue to emerald green and we found ourselves in the middle of Gemstone Bay (see what I did there?

You can dive vertical walls and sand slopes; steel and wooden shipwrecks; limestone shorelines and black, volcanic outcrops; peaceful bays and ripping currents; deep, coral - covered ridges, shallow sea grass beds and big bommies, as well as both shore and boat diving.

Sardinia was the first island to emerge from the Mediterranean and as a consequence it has a rugged interior and mountains with smooth granite outcrops.

Only lush jungle, palm tree islands, lotus - filled lakes and a few rocky outcrops vary the landscape, whilst breathtaking cave temples such as Mulkirigala are hidden within their midst.

Ancient castles peer from the top of the green banks, as we pass the imposing Lorelei Rock, a legendary rocky outcrop that soars 150 metres above the water line.

Vietnam boasts stunning landscapes — the karst outcrops of Halong Bay and the hilltribe - settled mountains around Sapa spring to mind — as well as beaches, charming colonial towns, the fascinating villages of the Mekong Delta and lush national parks.

For nature lovers there is hiking at Schaapplaas with a chance to view Khoi San rock art, preserved on the rocky outcrops from centuries ago, as well as 4 x 4 trails in the Outeniqua Mountains and mountain biking on the Bonniedale nature farm.

Wizards Thatch sits at the foot of a forest outcrop, which has views as far as the Pennine Way.

With its magnificent limestone outcrops, turquoise sea and white - sand beaches, Krabi is becoming better and better known as a choice destination.

The flowers are more seasonal in some regions, such as Coalseam Conservation Park, which bursts into carpets of brilliant colour between July and November, with pink, gold, cream and white flowers covering a dramatic terrain of rugged cliffs, rocky outcrops and red soil.

Located right on the beach in Senggigi is Puri Bunga Beach Cottages in Senggigi where you will be able to enjoy this fabulous beach environment where there are not only white sands, clear waters and palm trees but also many features such as pays and points, cliffs and outcrops which make that area memorable and enjoyable to walk or cycle around.

Famed for their marine megafauna — creatures like manta rays, turtles, whales — and big - as - a-car coral bommies (short for the Aboriginal word bombora, which means outcrop or mountain of reef), these southern ladies are true coral cay islands.

The sand is off - white and there are outcrops of rock and smooth reef areas which give features to the beach and rather than there being lots of tourist facilities on the beach, instead you will find local people enjoying the beach or fishing and backdrops which appear unchanged such as rice paddies and tropical trees making for a more tranquil and beautiful environment.

Orpheus has some of the most colourful coral outcrops (known as bommies) on the entire Great Barrier Reef, along with more than 1,000 species of reef fish, 340 varieties of hard corals and one of the region's largest collections of soft corals.

Clear waters meet white sands and the outcrop of the Buket is reflected on the south side end for picture perfect views.Eating in Jimbaran is notoriously excellent in every genre in and outside of the villas, as well as the notorious fresh seafood barbeques.

The only difference tends to be the shape of the level along with what obstacles are featured such as rocky outcrops, shipping containers and piles of red barrels.

French Landscape, 1953, a scheme of trees and interlocking rocks in blues, lavender - mauves, greys and browns grounded by a crescent of light gold - green, reveals a singular treatment of landscape — its hilly outcrops appearing simultaneously vast and somehow also intimate and accessible, a feat achieved through close colour harmony as much as Avery's distinct foreshortening of space.

Marcus Coates, a native Londoner, is the artist who has proposed the display resembling a great rocky outcrop — a precise replica of one of the gritstone formations of Brimham Rocks, in Yorkshire, which Henry Moore cited as an inspiration for his work.

I've always envisioned this as a future geologist, or whatever they might be called in the future, stumbling on an outcrop in a sequence of sedimentary rocks and thinking... well this is a bit strange...

Invoking the muses may earn tax breaks in strip - mine reclamation, but how did an outcrop of coal - fired patronage conspicuous as

For example, trees that are especially responsive to drought conditions can usually be found where rainfall is limiting, such as rocky outcrops, or on ridgecrests of mountains.

The building was conceived as a series of folding plates straddling the rock outcrop, which integrated large overhangs to address solar shading requirements.»

Methane clathrates are common constituents of the shallow marine geosphere, and they occur both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.

Field work consisted of documenting the sedimentary characteristics of the glacigenic successions preserved in these two areas as well as mapping outcrop geometry and stratigraphic relationships of the various sediment types.

Little Rock, Arkansas, named for an outcrop along the river, was first developed as a stop on the Southwest Trail between St. Louis and Texas.

San Mateo has a rock outcropped peninsula known as Coyote Point Park.

Thus the never - ending waves of part - timers continue to crash upon the beaches of rocky outcrops (where warm, smooth sandy beaches were held up by recruiters as being their rewards for taking the plunge, part - time or otherwise), only to become quickly spent and washed back out to sea from whence they came.