Sentences with phrase «shallow areas of»

Snorkelling is also used by fishermen to harvest lobster, conch and other marine products in relatively shallow areas of up to 50 feet of water depth where they can spot their traps or targets from the surface, and then free dive for retrieval.

This research not only provides the first clear evidence that microorganisms were directly involved in the deposition of Earth's oldest iron formations; it also indicates that large populations of oxygen - producing cyanobacteria were at work in the shallow areas of the ancient oceans, while deeper water still reached by the light (the photic zone) tended to be populated by anoxyenic or micro-aerophilic iron - oxidizing bacteria which formed the iron deposits.

Better are the (very) shallow areas of the massive and beautiful adult pool — some parts are only 1 - 2 feet deep!

You won't have too much time to look around but as you slowly ascend to the shallower area of the reef the visibility can be excellent.

The dive starts in a shallow area of 3 to 8 m in a wonderful coral garden.

The shallow area of the Arctic Ocean referred to in this study has been one of the main study areas for CAGE.

Not exact matches

A number of high priority targets with strong potential for discovery were identified, including at least 30 known gossan outcrops with similarities to the original gossans above the known lodes at Bawdwin and at least 30 shallow historical mine adits outside the known mine area, with several containing substantial base metal sulphide intersections.

In support of the Administration's priorities to advance domestic energy production, generate revenue, and increase job opportunities nationwide, BOEM is moving forward with wind energy planning efforts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight region, which represents an area of shallow waters between Long Island (to the north and east) and the New Jersey coast (to the south and west).

In support of the Administration's priorities to advance domestic energy production, generate revenue, and increase job opportunities nationwide, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is moving forward with wind energy planning efforts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight region, which represents an area of shallow waters between Long Island (to the north and east) and the New Jersey coast (to the south and west).

Taylor creates sculptures out of environmental friendly materials and then sinks them in shallow, empty areas off tropical coastlines where they can act as artificial reefs.

There were wide areas dotted with mesquite and huisache, open, grassy prairies, knolls covered with groves of gnarled live oak trees, shallow depressions which are flooded in times of rain and dense thickets covering the bottom land along the river.

They're not alone in this, of course, and every other team angling for the Champions League places has their own irreplaceables and shallow squad areas.

At the beginning of this season, it appeared that a shallow Liverpool side was only truly secure in one area: midfield.

Schmetzer acknowledged that, while his team does have depth at a number of positions, current circumstances have exposed the team as rather shallow in other areas.

This table features a water area that's deep enough for lots of toys but shallow enough for your toddler to be safe.

15 or 16 are great with little ones as it is a quieter area but right at the «quiet» pool which is the one with lots of palapas for shade and a nice shallow area.

Williams Development and Williams Architects, both of Carol Stream, presented the suggested changes to the plan, which included moving the toddler area from the south to the north end of the park so it is closer to shallow end of the pool and the bathhouse.

Elevated levels of radium have been found in groundwater samples from shallow monitoring wells on the Bethpage High School campus and the state DEC plans to take more samples and scan field and soil areas there for more radioactive elements.

Groundwater - numerous aquifers and two aqueducts serving New York City, and areas of shallow groundwater where the water table is less than three feet below the pipeline, which could be contaminated by a spill.

In the report released today, the EPA said that pollution from 33 abandoned oil and gas waste pits 2013 which are the subject of a separate cleanup program 2013 are indeed responsible for some degree of shallow groundwater pollution in the area.

Imagine a world where the average daytime temperature is -179 °C, and torrential rains of liquid methane fall from the skies, forming vast but shallow pools that cover an area larger than the Great Lakes.

A six - year study of seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault found that the 2004 Parkfield earthquake caused breakage and microcracking in shallow rock layers that changed the speed at which seismic waves moved through the area, making it more vulnerable to tremors for more than three years afterward.

In this NASA satellite image from 2009, it is possible to see how the many islands of the Bahamas are actually the highest points of distinct areas where the sea is shallow and turquoise.

Dividing the area into a grid of 210 - meter cells, they simulated ground motion for a magnitude 7 Seattle fault earthquake and then further subdivided into 5 - meter cells, applying anticipated amplification of shaking due to the shallow soil layers.

No plants grew on the few areas of land that poked above a hot, shallow, Earth - enveloping sea.

«The earth's surface — and areas of shallow water — were subject to high levels of ultra-violet radiation,» Andreas Kappler explains.

In 1991, the IMO adopted guidelines which recommend that ships should avoid taking on ballast in shallow areas and during toxic blooms of marine algae; keep accurate records of where and when ballast is loaded; exchange ballast water at sea, where toxic organisms are rare; and discharge sediments into approved areas at the port of destination («End of the line for deadly stowaways», New Scientist, 24 October 1992).

Exponentially less methane would be able to reach the atmosphere in waters that are thousands of feet deep at the very edge of the shallow seas near continents, which is the area of the ocean where the bulk of methane hydrates are,» Sparrow says.

R. J. Rayner and colleagues of the University of Witwaters - rand say that about 3 million years ago the Makapan area was much wetter and greener than it is today; the valley was shallower, the soil was more fertile and there was no pronounced dry season.

They are highly productive shallow water marine and coastal habitats comprised of marine plants, and these threatened areas provide important food and shelter for animals in the sea.

In the shallowest part of the survey area closest to the southern side of island, the seafloor levels out into a nearly flat shelf, which is likely important in explaining the pattern of redistribution for the eroded material, Ferrini said.

To conduct the study, Thomas Davies, a community ecologist at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, and his team traveled to the Menai Strait, a narrow, shallow stretch of water that separates the mainland of northwest Wales from the island of Anglesey, an area that remains largely unaffected by light pollution.

Yosemite toads only come together for about two weeks once a year in late spring to breed in shallow water areas located at elevations of 6,500 feet or higher in the Sierra Nevada.

Together with similar tracks found recently in other parts of the world, the Skye trackways reveal that sauropods spent lots of time in coastal areas and shallow water.

The presence of jarosite at Meridiani Planum means that a shallow caustic sea once covered this area.

On the other hand, a shallow rain garden will need a lot of surface area to provide enough water storage to filtrate runoff from larger storms.

Some of the shallow - water seeps are likely to be in now - submerged areas that were methane - producing wetlands during the most recent ice age, when sea levels were more than 100 metres lower than they are today.

This is the seventh year for the Bay outlook which, because of the shallow nature of large areas of the estuary, focuses on water volume or cubic miles, instead of square mileage as used in the Gulf.

Shallow groundwater in the area remains thousands of times saltier than it should be and continues to leak into the stream and through the ground, contaminating new areas.

This, says Webb, correlates nicely with Romanowicz's observation that, of all the areas she looked at in the Pacific, the Earth's hum matched up best with waves near the Vancouver coastline, off Canada, where the shelf is shallow and the ocean waves can be enormous.

This increased the area of continental shelf, produced shallow seas, thereby also expanding the diversity of environmental niches in which animals could specialize and speciate.

The researchers also determined that to achieve the best water quality in the Los Angeles River watershed, which covers 824 square miles and is the largest watershed in Los Angeles County, it could take 138,000 vegetated swales (shallow, sloped channels of vegetation) and 83,000 dry ponds (low - lying, depressed areas near rivers and lakes that typically are used to help clean stormwater).

These are the areas of seabed immediately surrounding a land mass, where the sea is relatively shallow compared to the open ocean beyond it.

On the GBR recent surveys have revealed up to 20,000 square kilometres of deep reef — equal in size to the combined area of all the shallow reefs,» Dr. Bridge says.

Judging by other fossils discovered near the location where the R. eurasiaticusfossil was found, the multituberculate apparently lived in a temperate area rich in plants by the shores of shallow lakes.

a: arrows point to one of several thin, orange pumice lapilli lenses typical of those found throughout the MV - 7 stratum containing the archaeological horizons; b: ventral side of a percussion flaked tool embedded in a 2 cm thick tephra lens located on an uneroded, elevated surface between narrow drainage channels in stratum MV - 7, Unit 56 (see Fig 6b for a close - up of the dorsal side of the flake); c: typical micro-setting where thin orange lenses form during the summer months in shallow humid grassy areas at Monte Verde.

We make falafel patties instead of balls because the wide, flat surface area gets extra crisp when seared and baked, a lighter approach to shallow frying.

Ponds should be included as an excellent way of encouraging wildlife, shallow areas for pond dipping with habitat creation for newts, frogs and toads.

Likewise, the roofline is lower and the glass area is much shallower, with Rolls - Royce director of design Giles Taylor and his team taking considerable effort to have the rear of the new fabric roof curve into the bodywork rather than abruptly dropping to the rear deck.

Behind the third row, there are two shallow under - floor storage areas — one that's pretty tiny and a larger one that extends nearly the width of the vehicle.