Sentences with phrase «volcanic basalt»

According to Oddity Central, the restaurant's customized grill was a bit of an architectural feat: in order to bypass the problem of not being able to build conventional foundations due to the heat underground, architects Eduardo Caceres and Jesus Soto used nine layers of volcanic basalt rock to make a suitable cooking pit.

Because it was his, because it represented so much of what was cool about New Zealand in general, because it sat in the middle of the most stunning slice of Pacific Rim scenery, all green hills running to the sea and waves breaking on black volcanic basalt.

Hallis previously used hydrogen isotope ratios in volcanic basalt rocks to conclude that Earth's water may in fact have been part of the very dust cloud from which the planet first condensed.

Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic basalt that covers the Earth's mantle where there are no continents.

The yellow green areas show volcanic basalt that cooled at Vesta's surface.

A project in Iceland plans to inject carbon dioxide — infused groundwater into volcanic basalt about 1,800 feet underground.

A popular beach that's alive with activity on any weekend or summer day, Short Sand Beach lies sheltered in a cove blanketed by forests and edged with volcanic basalt and sandstone cliffs characteristic of the Oregon coastline.

In exchange, the mainland imported elite goods such as pottery, jade, obsidian and grinding stones made of volcanic basalt.

Sublimation on Dolerite: Through an ongoing process of snowfall and sublimation, small holes are carved into pieces of a volcanic basalt called dolerite.

Included in the package are two massages — a holistic essential oils massage, and a hot stone massage using the volcanic basalt native to the islands — as well as access to the hotel's wellness center and outdoor pool with a view of the Atlantic.