Sentences with phrase «tuff rock»

What it lacks in speed, it more than makes up for in scenic splendour, passing by fascinating slate and volcanic tuff rock formations and then across the Brohl valley via a viaduct 120 metres long and 12 metres high.

Volcanic eruptions created this surreal moonscape: the lava flows formed tuff rock, which wind and rain sculpted into sinuous valleys with curvy cliff faces and pointy fairy chimneys.

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The scientists dated the hominin remains by correlating the rock strata where they were discovered with well - known radiometrically dated tuffs (volcanic ash).

More ash fell, and over eons it was compressed into a soft rock known as tuff.

Geologists study rocks called tuff, or hardened volcanic ash, that they can date using specialized tests.

The fortress - like Seongsan Ilchulbong tuff cone, with its walls rising out of the ocean, is a dramatic landscape feature, and Mount Halla, with its array of textures and colours through the changing seasons, waterfalls, display of multi-shaped rock formations and columnar - jointed cliffs, and the towering summit with its lake - filled crater, further adds to the scenic and aesthetic appeal.

At sunset, we cruise around Kicker Rock (Leon Dormido), a vertical tuff cone formation that abruptly juts up almost 500 feet out of the ocean.

Whether blasting the latest pop country from Kacey Musgraves or listening to the gruff indie rock like King Tuff, the Uniti Atom revealed every musical layer, from meaty kick drums to airy acoustic guitars.