Sentences with phrase «shallower rock surfaces»
Dense colonies of sea anemones cover many of the shallower rock surfaces, providing homes for at least four different species of clown fish.
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In mountaintop mining, companies use explosives and heavy machinery to clear away surface rocks and extract shallow deposits of high - quality coal.
Created nearly 400 million years ago on the surface of a shallow inland sea, the Marcellus Shale formed as tectonic plates pushed up the landmasses that created the Appalachian and Catskill mountain ranges and buried the ancient sea under a layer of rock almost two miles thick.
-RRB- is frequently found in the shallow waters of its eponymous sea, attached to rocks or other hard surfaces through an adhesive foot.
The hydraulic fracturing process — pushing gallons upon gallons of chemical - laden water into shale rock in order to bubble up natural gas — takes place deep in the ground, thousands of feet below the earth's surface and thousands of feet below the shallow aquifers that provide drinking water.
The shallowest part is about 12 - 14 metres from the surface and the rock falls away to over 50 metres deep.