Sentences with phrase «volcanic glass from»

The team analysed samples of volcanic glass from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans that contained traces of seawater that had been deeply cycled throughout Earth's interior.

But when Lavigne's team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn't match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match.

Researchers have shown that melt inclusions within volcanic glasses from the Moon contain carbon.

Not exact matches

Where other ovens use ceramic or glass - based insulation, Fontana Forni ovens use rock wool spun from basalt or volcanic rock.

The entire cliff would have been deposited very quickly from a fast - moving current of hot gas and ash (a pyroclastic density current), and the extreme temperatures (900-1000 °C) caused the ash to weld to the ground and effectively enameled the area in dense volcanic glass.

Other ancient mariners, he discovered, had ventured into stormier waters to the north: Some 21,000 years ago, people had paddled boats across 30 miles of choppy water from Honshu to Kozushima Island to fetch shiny black obsidian, a type of volcanic glass, for stone tools.

«The combination of water and halogens found in the volcanic glasses enables us to preclude local seawater contamination and conclusively prove the water in the samples was derived from the mantle,» Dr Kendrick said.

The electron probe was calibrated using a suite of characterized minerals and oxides standards; accuracy and precision was monitored by intermittent analysis of fused volcanic glass standards ATHO - G and StHs6 / 80 - G, from the Max - Planck - Institut für Chemie — Dingwell (MPI - DING) collection (35, 36)(Table S1).

Glass compositions of the YTT (open squares) are clearly distinct from tephra of the Rungwe Volcanic Province (26) and of the Olkaria (27) and Eburru (28) volcanoes, Kenya, which have produced rhyolitic eruptions during the last 150 ka..

In the spring 2017 issue, meet the people who work round the clock at Argonne's giant synchrotron, using X-rays to tease out the secrets of everything from volcanic glass to batteries to bacterial machinery — as well as engineers who travel the world to make reactors safer, physicists who collect model ships, and scientists inventing materials for the next technology breakthroughs.

Scientists have found traces of carbon in volcanic glass collected from the Apollo missions to the Moon.

UNLV emeritus geosciences professor Gene Smith (right) and colleagues identified glass shards from 74,000 - year - old volcanic eruption for study in this week's edition of the journal Nature.

Last summer, we found small pieces of volcanic glass in a cave that might be from an eruption that occurred in Indonesia nearly 70,000 years ago.

The XV Crosstrek Hybrid looks good with the rear side glass blacked out from volcanic ash.

The first type of home insurance policy, HO - 1, covers 11 basic home perils: fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, explosions, riot or civil commotion, damage from aircraft, damage from vehicles, smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, glass or safety - glazing material damage.

The first type of policy, HO - 1, is known as the basic home insurance policy and includes coverage of these basic perils: fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, riot or civil commotion, explosions, damage from vehicles, damage from aircraft, smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, glass or safety - glazing material damage.

The first geographical feature you'll notice is the Glass House Mountains — a collection of volcanic cores that pop up from the surrounding plain.

The interiors feature, Colonial iron and glass lamps, silk materials, Victorian baths, Arabic tiles salvaged from old Andalusian patios and arched volcanic ceilings.

«Their sculptural works have a highly sensory appeal, ranging from the gleaming visual surfaces of hand - blown glass to the coarse textures of volcanic stone.

The first type of home insurance policy, HO - 1, covers 11 basic home perils: fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, explosions, riot or civil commotion, damage from aircraft, damage from vehicles, smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, glass or safety - glazing material damage.

HO - 1 or Basic Coverage, is the type of packaged Homeowners Insurance policy meant for protection of home, detached structures, and personal property from losses caused by the following disasters and perils: fire or lightning, wind or hail, explosion, riot or civil unrest, aircraft, vehicles, volcanic eruptions, smoke, theft, vandalism or malicious mischief and self - damaging instances (e.g. damage by glass material that is part of the building, a part of the building falling, etc).

The first type of policy, HO - 1, is known as the basic home insurance policy and includes coverage of these basic perils: fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, riot or civil commotion, explosions, damage from vehicles, damage from aircraft, smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, glass or safety - glazing material damage.

Basic perils include coverage for losses resulting from fire or lightning, volcanic eruption, windstorm or hail, vehicle explosion, riot or civil commotion, aircraft, smoke, vandalism, theft, and glass breakage (when the glass is part of a building).

Along with the 11 basic home perils (fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, explosions, riot or civil commotion, damage from aircraft, damage from vehicles, smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, glass or safety - glazing material damage), you might want to make sure your home insurance policy covers ice dams, frozen pipes, snow damage.

Many home insurance policies cover what's known as the basic 11 perils of homeownership (fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, explosions, riot or civil commotion, damage from aircraft, damage from vehicles, smoke damage, vandalism, theft, volcanic eruption, glass or safety - glazing material damage).

Heathfield & Co's Verdi table lamp is made from blown glass with volcanic frit, lava and marble textures that create a unique patina, while its smooth curvaceous shape makes a stunning silhouette.