Sentences with phrase «rock structures found»
The tiny Japanese island of Yonaguni, near Taiwan, has become famous for the huge submerged rock structures found near its shores — the ancient city of a lost civilisation, some claim.
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The graptolites built many theca together to form a branching structure that then drifted in ancient seas and therefore can be found in sedimentary rocks of a certain vintage all around the world.
«Study of Chile earthquake finds new rock structure that affects earthquake rupture.»
Its powerful influence on the structure of pop music continues today; the occasional rap interlude now finds its way into many a rock song, for example.
Geologists at UC Santa Cruz have now taken a close look at the structure and chemistry of glacial polish and found that it consists of a thin coating smeared onto the rock as the glacier moved over it.
Becker hadn't learned of Gorter's find until 2002, but when she called him he said he could also get her rock cores drilled from the top and the flank of the structure's uplifted bull's - eye.
They found glassy minerals with a disorganized crystalline structure characteristic of violently smashed and internally rearranged rocks.
Both types of structures are preserved in geyserite, a type of rock that is only found in and around freshwater hot springs in volcanic areas on land.
If found in rocks having experienced a diagenetic history, these structures could help identify the presence of low oxygen concentrations in ancient iron - rich environments.
Found on cliffs, ravines, and bare rocks from Italy to Yemen, Ephedra is a gymnosperm, meaning, like pine trees, it houses its reproductive structures within cones.
also found «gorgeous, striking evidence» of dune structures preserved in the rocks, Squyres said.
Evidence of Ngaro occupation includes stone axes and cutting tools found in a stone quarry on South Molle Island, numerous fish traps (stone structures made for catching fish) throughout the Whitsundays, and rock art discovered at Nara Inlet on Hook Island.
Susan Cianciolo, RUN PRAYER, 2016 - 2017 Metal and timber structure, tapestry, plants, found rocks, items from «Run Restaurant Untitled» 2017 Whitney Biennial, 11» 6» x 12» 10» x 16» 3»
Personally, I find it very hard to believe that the descendants of a population of individuals intelligent enough to spread throughout the Americas, producing the Clovis culture, producing burial mounds in Ohio, rock structured settlements on the East coast, being the contemporaries of the Anasazi, Incas, Aztecs, those who produced the Nazca lines etc., were stupid enough to attempt to farm in the forest when easily accessible low lying rich and abundant farmland lay just to the west and south.