One of the most geologically complex volcanoes on Earth, Etna has four summit craters and more than 250 cinder cones on its flanks. |
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These developments require a new set of geologically consistent ideas about how life began. |
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It is important geologically, historically, topographically, ecologically, socially and spiritually and is very beautiful. |
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But a country's landmass often extends far offshore geologically, well beyond its coastline. |
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Modern geomorphologists recognize that mountain-building is a geologically recent event. |
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Here the aged lanes striate, as if geologically, in tight rows of narrow Levantine houses. |
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Dutch brick went round the world as ballast in trading ships, confounding its origins as a local, geologically dependent material. |
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Because of their tendency to crystallize, most natural terrestrial glasses are geologically young. |
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The island is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which means it is extremely geologically active. |
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However it was found to be geologically unstable and would likely blow itself to ashes in about six cycles. |
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Some environmental activists yesterday inspect the Nuanjiang section of the Keelung River, where geologically unique potholes are to be found. |
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In the west tube, the dismantling cavern is in the geologically favourable formation of striated gneisses. |
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The mapping in the area, as I'm sure you've heard, is really just ramping up geologically and hydrogeologically. |
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To geologically store carbon dioxide, it must be compressed into a fluid then injected into suitable deep rock formations. |
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Due to its location, Iceland is very geologically active, having many volcanoes and tremendous landscapes. |
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Experts say that geologically there are still enough resources underground for the next 40-50 years. |
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The landscapes through which armies move are geologically described. |
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It is, after all, on one of the most geologically active spots on the plant. |
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Wirtgen surface miners get their tough jobs done efficiently, especially under geologically challenging conditions. |
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Lastly, the repository is located in a geologically stable area where there is no seismic risk. |
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Carpathian Mountains, a geologically young European mountain chain forming the eastward continuation of the Alps. |
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Basically, you can divide North Korea geologically into three different areas. |
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An upraised coral island, it is geologically part of the Tuamotu Archipelago. |
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Of course, the Japanese archipelago and its regional surroundings are geologically and geophysically complicated. |
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At the least, its presence suggests Mars is more geologically interesting than some had feared. |
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And, on top of that, some geologists argue that the ridges of the early, geologically unevolved Earth would have been peridotite-rich. |
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The zone where the Eurasian and Indian subcontinent plates meet remains one of the geologically active areas, prone to major earthquakes. |
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However, Blackdown geologically is not part of the South Downs but instead forms part of the Greensand Ridge on the Weald's western margins. |
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The Pacific states are the most geologically active areas in the United States. |
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The original Indian plate survives as peninsular India, the oldest and geologically most stable part of India. |
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Some are not geologically part of the Outer Hebrides, but are administratively and in most cases culturally, part of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. |
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Radiocarbon dating is used for geologically young materials containing organic carbon. |
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Current disposal options favor burial in continental, geologically stable rock. |
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India contains a central shield, and the geologically recent Himalaya mobile belt forms its northern margin. |
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A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, such as the Philippines, for example. |
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The center, being thicker and more complex, is geologically divided into an inner and an outer arc with regard to the centers of curvature. |
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Anegada is geologically distinct from the rest of the group and is a flat island composed of limestone and coral. |
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The Southern Metamorphic Complex is elevated above the geologically younger, lower lying Northern Igneous Complex. |
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New Guinea and its surrounding islands are geologically considered as a part of Australian continent, connected via the Sahul Shelf. |
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Although the deposit is geologically rich with a good grade of molybdenum, it is complex and dispersed, and it is therefore questionable whether it will be economical to mine. |
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And yet the planetary conception of Bruno's work is developing, geologically, cosmically in the sense of the Pythagoreans, putting things in good order. |
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The term karst represents lands with geologically complex landscapes and special characteristics of landhydrology. |
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Importantly, the team discovered that these underground reservoirs of naturally carbonated water have been geologically stable for tens of thousands to millions of years. |
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The Red River, geologically a young river, can be described as having a very low gradient, slightly entrenched, meandering, silt-clay dominated, riffle-pool channel with a well developed, stable floodplain. |
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The St. Marys River flows in the narrow, geologically constricted passageway, which links three of North America's Great Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan. |
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The second method consisted in a regional till sampling program in an area which has been geologically underexplored despite being easily accessible by vehicle. |
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With the exception of Borneo, eastern Sumatra, and nearby areas, they belong to the zone of island arcs and submarine ridges, lying between Asia and Australia, which are geologically unstable and volcanically active. |
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Driving the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Piora syncline is progressing well: the tunnel boring machine in the east tunnel has already cut through 74 percent of this geologically challenging zone. |
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Although this seems old in human terms, geologically it represents areas that are still tectonically active and have the potential to erupt in the future. |
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All the sectors and showings are geologically associated with INPUT anomalies, and numerous zinc and copper anomalies are seen in lake-bottom sediments lying glacially downstream from the showings. |
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Much of the remaining oil and gas in the North Sea is stored in small or geologically tricky deposits that are expensive and difficult to develop profitably. Technology is one way to keep the hydrocarbons flowing. |
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In desperation, they are also depleting their own groundwater, causing the entire valley floor to sink and possibly making the aqueducts geologically unsafe. |
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This implies that the industrial activities of this sector are linked to geologically determined endowments of minerals which necessarily are geographically bound. |
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The name Tertiary was first given in about the middle of the 18th century, to a layer of sediments geologically younger than other deposits known as Primary and Secondary layers. |
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Phosphate rocks that originate from deposits that differ geographically and geologically can also differ greatly in their effectiveness when applied to soils. |
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In the west single-track tunnel to the south, both of the geologically difficult areas known from the exploratory bores have been cut through without incident. |
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Located on the mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland is volcanically and geologically active on a large scale, and the landscape is characterized by a mix of volcanic rock and sandfields, mountains and glaciers. |
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Aided by new core samples taken from various sites throughout the lake, several geologically distinct layers were recognized in the profiles and correlated to similar sequences found at onshore locations. |
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The benefits of the isolated, geologically stable, and anaerobic environment are considered to outweigh the negative impacts associated with the creation of a long-term source of groundwater contamination. |
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The Channel is of geologically recent origins, having been dry land for most of the Pleistocene period. |
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The concepts of Europe and Asia as distinct continents date back to antiquity and their borders are geologically arbitrary. |
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Mudflats may be viewed geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, resulting from deposition of estuarine silts, clays and marine animal detritus. |
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Rather, they consist of several orographically and geologically distinctive groups, presenting as great a structural variety as the Alps. |
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Central America is geologically very active, with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occurring frequently, and tsunamis occurring occasionally. |
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Matching the stages to named periods proceeds as new dates are discovered and new regions are explored geologically. |
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Moldova's hills are part of the Moldavian Plateau, which geologically originate from the Carpathian Mountains. |
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The island of Mauritius is relatively young geologically, having been created by volcanic activity some 8 million years ago. |
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The Lesser Sunda Islands consist of two geologically distinct archipelagos. |
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Central America is geologically active with volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occurring from time to time. |
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Trinidad and Tobago lie on the continental shelf of South America, and are thus geologically considered to lie entirely in South America. |
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The Persian Gulf is geologically very young, having been formed around 15,000 years ago. |
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It has a throw of 3000 feet and the area is still geologically active and subject to earth tremors. |
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A small area around Todmorden in West Yorkshire is geologically part of the coalfield. |
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The study area is geologically, geophysically, and geodetically one of the best-studied regions on the globe. |
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Sardinia is one of the most geologically ancient bodies of land in Europe. |
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Within its boundary are included not only the South Downs proper but also part of the western Weald, a geologically and ecologically quite different district. |
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The Yellowstone and Anahim hotspots are thought to have first arrived during the Miocene period and are still geologically active, creating earthquakes and volcanoes. |
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In hydrology, an oceanic basin may be anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater, but geologically ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level. |
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The creation of a dam in a geologically inappropriate location may cause disasters such as 1963 disaster at Vajont Dam in Italy, where almost 2,000 people died. |
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The Southern Ocean, geologically the youngest of the oceans, was formed when Antarctica and South America moved apart, opening the Drake Passage, roughly 30 million years ago. |
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He said that these two anomalies were geologically similar but that M63 had a higher hematite content associated with magnetite compared to M62 that is magnetite dominant. |
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The researchers examined 29 sites commonly referenced to support the impact theory to determine if they can be geologically dated to around 13,000 years ago. |
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If the sheet were to break down, ocean levels would rise by several metres in a relatively geologically short period of time, perhaps a matter of centuries. |
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The study area is geologically covered by Deccan trap rocks from the Cretaceous to the lower Eocene age, consisting of amygdaloidal and vesicular basalts. |
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It is not yet known whether this region is convenient for the construction of a nuclear facility geologically, geotechnically, seismologically or oceanographically. |
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Lying at the collision of two tectonic plates, the Lesser Sunda Islands comprise some of the most geologically complex and active regions in the world. |
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In a few geologically active areas such as the Southern California coast, Pleistocene marine deposits may be found at elevations of several hundred meters. |
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