Sentences with phrase «volcanic material on»

New Zealand scientists mapped the Havre volcano, a caldera nearly three miles (4.5 kilometers) across on the seafloor northeast of the North Island of New Zealand, using shipboard sonar instruments in 2002 and again immediately after the eruption in 2012, revealing the presence of new volcanic material on the seafloor.

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It emitted the enormous amount of 2,800 cubic kilometers of volcanic material with a dramatic global impact on climate and environment.

In that sense, the researchers say, the moon is unique: Its craters are constantly erased by the solar system's most relentless volcanic activity — 25 times more frequent than that seen on Earth — which adds an estimated 1 centimeter of fresh material to Io's surface each year.

Brought to Earth's surface in eruptions of deep volcanic material, these rocks hold clues as to what is going on deep beneath Earth's surface.

Lepre said a layer of volcanic ash below the tool site set a «floor» on the site's age: It matched ash elsewhere that had been dated to about 3.3 million years ago, based on the ratio of argon isotopes in the material.

The widespread volcanic material suggests the presence of water - formed clay which can reduce friction — an effect seen on Earth at volcanoes in Hawaii.

Yet another surprising discovery would be cryovolcanism — volcanic eruptions of gaseous material such as water, ammonia or methane — on Pluto.

It has over 1000 miles of coastline with a variety of beach materials ranging from white sand on the Caribbean beaches to the darker materials which are volcanic in origin on the Pacific beaches.

Heavy rainfall on the fragmental volcanic materials triggered flows of mud and boulders to additional flanks of the mountain.

In 2016, Mutu opened a second studio in Nairobi, and this return to her «alien mother,» as the artist has referred to it, has catalyzed a transformation in her work.4 Fresh materials and methods referencing the Kenyan landscape — such as the distinctive rust - colored clay of Nairobi's volcanic soil and a dark, coal - like paper pulp — evidence a shift in the artist's focus from primarily two - dimensional works to the earthy, the organic, and the spiritual, with an emphasis on three - dimensional forms and performance - based installations, as well as the playful and imaginative opportunities of video animation.

Built beyond the boundaries of the urban plan, on a hillside of volcanic rock, the self - made neighborhood required an approach to building, materials, and community solidarity that has served as both a metaphor and a methodology for Cruzvilleagas» ongoing approach to artmaking.

As well as a meditation on art history, these works explore both figurative and abstract approaches to sculpture, through materials including volcanic stone, marble, bronze and steel and through series such as The Protesters, of which the artist has stated:

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I'm not interested in where you ski, but that it seems you're saying volcanic activity and hot material reaching the earth's crust have no effect on temperature or climate.