| 单词 | geological process |
| 例句 | Internal geological processes slowly deform the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Ganymede and Europa, as well as Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Over millennia, the limestone on top eroded, revealing what the Spanish called huecos, or hollows — the bowl-like remnants of trapped gas and other unknown geological processes. In Texas’s Hueco Tanks State Park, the native art really rocks The contrast between the domestic and the industrial suggests that violence often unfolds as an almost geological process, implacable, mindless, indifferent to the lives it swallows. Die and do 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s more of a geological process, water rising from an aquifer, desperate to be tapped. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The building, in her moodily black-and-blue paintings, emerges in a seemingly geological process of fracture and flow, out of the dense and intense geometries of Hong Kong far below. Zaha Hadid Was Just Getting Started 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Samples from the Earth's surface, for example, are rapidly "diluted" by geological processes. Exploding stars 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Given Mars lacks the geological process called plate tectonics that generates earthquakes on our planet, scientists suspected a meteorite impact had caused this marsquake. Scientists surprised by source of largest quake detected on Mars 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z In theory, the dissolved oxygen in the groundwater could have originated in plants, microbes or from geological processes. Cells Discovered Making ‘Dark Oxygen’ Underground 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Since then, scientists have documented many chemical and geological processes that can “grow” intricate, tiny structures without any life involved. We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Over millions of years, the sediments that bury a given site are compacted and shifted by geological processes before erosion reveals them. It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Mars also lacks plate tectonics, the geological process that on Earth recycles the crust and continues to spew water and nutrient-rich lavas through active volcanoes. Mars rover digs up intriguing clues in the hunt for life beyond Earth 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Many of the geological processes described in this section have taken place on other planets as well, but usually in their distant pasts. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Name three geological processes that have shaped Earth. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z Levels of arsenic can regionally vary due to farming and industrial activity as well as natural geological processes. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z One is so that we can fully understand how geological processes that seem impossibly slow can produce anything of consequence. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Because glaciers are among the earliest geological processes studied by geologists whose studies were in Europe, the terminology applied to glaciers and glacial features contains many terms from European languages. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z This is because these small, inert space rocks have not undergone the same geological processes as their massive planetary cousins. Asteroid mining: Helping to meet Earth's natural resource demands 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z It states that the geological processes we can see today, such as volcanoes and erosion, are the same processes that shaped Earth millions of years ago. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z She has created maps of nonexistent islands, periodic tables of collective delusions and ersatz fossils using sped-up geological processes as a form of “fiction writing.” An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z All of the important processes of metamorphism that we are familiar with can be directly related to geological processes caused by plate tectonics. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The International Mineralogical Association in 1985 defined “A mineral is an element or chemical compound that is normally crystalline and that has been formed as a result of geological processes.” An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z If they are rocky bodies—super-Earths—their atmosphere should reflect geological processes, like volcanism, that often spew molecules such as methane or ammonia. On the launch pad at last, NASA’s Webb telescope will probe first stars and weather on alien worlds 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z There are stories that weave human achievement with geological processes. Opinion | Our greatest libraries are melting away 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z But phosphorus-based compounds might be produced by geological processes and then transform into other chemicals, such as phosphine, as they rise into the clouds, said Mogul. Prospects for Life on Venus Fade—But Aren’t Dead Yet 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Furthermore, as we’ve discussed, even though most geological processes are very, very slow, the vast amount of time that has passed has allowed for the formation of extraordinary geological features, as shown in Figure 8.1. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Later missions in the Venera series into the 1980s gave scientists a better understanding of the planet’s geological processes. Missions to Venus: Highlights From History, and When We May Go Back 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z For instance, some of the stone artefacts are so simple that sceptics say they were probably produced by natural geological processes rather than by people. Controversial cave discoveries suggest humans reached Americas much earlier than thought 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z At the same time, the fine sediment scraped from glaciers, including silicate and carbonate, when tossed along in the rushing waters, begins the geological process known as chemical weathering. Glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests, scientists find 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In the same way that the sun, the wind, the rain, and geological processes slowly shape the surface of the Earth, evolution works slowly. Winston Churchill’s Thoughts on Evolution 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The region is also endowed with a range of geological resources, spanning the periodic table from beryllium to uranium, and the geological processes have produced awe-inspiring scenery and world- class recreational opportunities. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That's not necessarily the case on Mars; geological processes are very capable of making it as well. Curiosity rover senses methane spike 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Together with other geological processes, it powerfully influences how we eat and work today, even how we vote. Review | For the human race, geology is destiny 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z What we imagine for extraterrestrial life should not be solely defined by the natural chemical and geological processes that took place spontaneously on Earth. Are We Really the Smartest Kid on the Cosmic Block? 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z As Switek ponders the sediments in which his own bones might be fossilized, he needs to think of larger geological processes. The skeleton articulated 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Many important geological processes take place at plate boundaries. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the geological processes that can produce methane is "serpentinisation", which yields the gas at the end of a chain of reactions when water comes into contact with certain rock minerals. Curiosity rover senses methane spike 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Biofuel is produced through biological processes rather than the geological processes that create fossil fuels. High-tech approaches advance sustainable forestry | Provided by Washington Forest Protection Association 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Yet another avenue is to mimic a geological process known as weathering in which rocks are broken down in a chemical reaction that draws carbon dioxide from the air. Race to pull greenhouse gases from air 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The source could be geological processes, such as reactions between certain types of rock and water—or, more intriguingly, buried microbes or other forms of life. Mars Scientists Edge Closer to Solving Methane Mystery 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s such a huge amount of time that even extremely slow geological processes can have an enormous impact. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The methane’s ultimate source, whether from geological processes or some form of life, is still a mystery. Daily Briefing: Lessons from a huge retractions database 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The source could be geological processes, such as reactions between certain types of rock and water — or, more intriguingly, buried microbes or other forms of life. Mars scientists edge closer to solving methane mystery 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z To do so, Brodsky would like to update some experiments done in the 1970s that took steps towards understanding geological processes like these. Oil Drillers' Attempts to Avoid Earthquakes May Make Them Worse 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z “From my point of view, it is entirely irrelevant if this was triggered by an earthquake or drilling—this system was prepared naturally, by long and complex geological processes,” he says. Scientists Unearth Revealing Details about the World's Biggest Mud Volcano 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Over that time, almost every conceivable geological process has taken place here, resulting in the formation of a wide array of rock types, and some of the most important fossil deposits in the world. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Previous estimates assumed that the geological process that led to the event took millenniums to occur. A Surprise From the Supervolcano Under Yellowstone 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Complex geological processes distribute the meltwater in a distinct pattern, or 'fingerprint', that causes seas to rise unevenly around the world. Global fingerprints of sea-level rise revealed by satellites 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z He has also appeared in many documentaries about Mount St. Helens, speaking about the complex but amazing evolution of natural and geological processes. Mount St. Helens Monument scientist leaves legacy 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z “It’s a geological process here. Things get uncovered, sometimes it’s fossils, sometimes it’s parts of shipwrecks and sometimes it’s munitions,” Schwarzer said. WWII pilots used North Carolina waters for target practice. Now their bombs are washing ashore. 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Scientists use simulants to explore geological processes such as how rocks weather in space. Why planetary scientists want better fake space dirt 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Again, experts were split on whether the evidence was strong enough to suggest the structures were made by organisms, rather than through geological processes. Do the Quebec fossils prove that life begin much earlier than we thought? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z However, some experts were not convinced that the filaments and tubes were really fossils, rather than just the consequences of geological processes. Tiny filaments, tubes proposed as Earth's earliest fossils 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The Atlas Mountains were shaped by geological processes at work over hundreds of millions of years. Satellite Eye on Earth January 2017 – in pictures 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Occasionally, this can lead to a larger-magnitude earthquake if the injected fluids leak into a fault that is already stressed by geological processes. When the walls were shaking: earthquakes triggered by human activity, say scientists 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Precise boundaries are the basis for defining geological time, a prerequisite for the correlation of abiotic and biotic events and the understanding of the rates and timing of biological and geological processes on our planet. Anthropocene: keep communication clear : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Models reconstruct atmospheric CO2 based on the geological processes that affect the long-term carbon cycle. Fossil leaves suggest global warming will be harder to fight than scientists thought 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Instead The Bloc was created by a series of events that, in an almost geological process, added sedimentary layer after layer of voters to the Republican Party. Who are Trump's loyal army? - BBC News 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The study of the atmosphere’s trace gases may yield important clues to the geological processes on Mars, as well as possible hints that microbes thrive somewhere on the planet. Dark Spot in Mars Photo Is Probably Wreckage of European Spacecraft 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Transient methane has been detected on the planet, presumably produced by a geological process requiring heat and liquid water or, even more exciting, by microbes. Mars Landing and Orbit Attempt Underway by ExoMars Spacecraft 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z One is a geological process that requires heat and liquid water. Visions of Life on Mars in Earth’s Depths 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Those that survive have been cooked to such high heats by geological processes like mountain-forming that evidence of fossils and sedimentary layers is destroyed. World’s Oldest Fossils Found in Greenland 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “On Mars, we’d expect stromatolites, even as old as 3.5-3.8 billion years, to be better preserved than on Earth as Mars hasn’t experienced geological processes like plate tectonics,” he said. Oldest fossils on Earth discovered in 3.7bn-year-old Greenland rocks 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z And each year, an equal amount is returned to the skies by a mixture of other biological and geological processes. Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is today 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The unexpected geological process, described on May 2 in Nature Geoscience, was re-created in the lab during a simulated Martian day. Martian Sand May Be Boiling—Watch the Popping Action Addressing shoreline erosion is especially urgent for Maryland and other Mid-Atlantic states where land surface is sinking because of geological processes even as seas are rising because of climate change. Reshaping the Chesapeake Bay, one living shoreline at a time 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z While studying Mars’s atmosphere, the TGO’s major task will be to follow up on evidence that the red planet contains methane, which has been associated with active geological processes, as well as biological ones. Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z But this primordial crust was obscured by later volcanism and other geological processes. Dark Mercury's 'pencil lead crust' revealed - BBC News 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The team’s analyses are based on the same tried-and-true, well-established methods used to infer the geological processes that sculpted Earth’s rocks. Mars once hosted lakes, flowing water 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s a way to understand geological processes, and it’s a good way to promote creative thinking about our own future projects. Alfred McEwen 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z An oddly shaped mountain that towers 6km above relatively flat surrounding terrain is also puzzling the team, Prof Russell added, because it does not look like the result of known geological processes. Fresh views of Ceres but 'spots' remain mysterious - BBC News 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z But geological processes require heat, and therein lies the riddle. The Man Who Flew Mankind to Pluto 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z In places, the craters are heavily or partially worn away, so some as-yet-unknown geological process is thought to be eroding or burying them. Pluto’s massive mountains hint at geological mysteries 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The top image shows rugged topography, active geysers, and a distant rift suggesting Pluto has dynamic geological processes. Spacecraft Meets Pluto, Giving Last 'First Look' in Solar System 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Even though Mars is not volcanic, other geological processes could be at work. Methane gas clue to 'life on Mars' - BBC News 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Occasional methane burps might be created by residual geological processes, or even by bacterial respiration. Curiouser and curiouser 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The organics can be produced by geological processes and are not directly signs of life, but they add to the picture that Mars potentially had, or maybe even still has, all the ingredients for life. A New Clue in the Search for Life on Mars 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Bauer is the interim director of the Carbon Management Institute, a grant-funded program that works closely with the School of Energy Resources investigating underground carbon storage and other geological processes. UW looks to shift focus, name of carbon institute 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Large-scale geological processes are pushing the ground on which the city sits down and under Italy's Apennine Mountains. Megacities contend with sinking land 2014-04-29T09:59:58Z In a geological process known as karstifying, acidic rains sculpted the carbonate rock into a maze of pits, sinkholes and caverns, including the cave we’ve trekked to on this visit. Death Valley's First Life Came by Land, Not by Sea 2014-04-28T20:40:00Z To find new resources, the geological processes that concentrate these metals need to be better understood. Resources: Track flows to manage technology-metal supply 2013-12-31T14:20:37.117Z About half the mercury that enters the environment every year comes from volcanic eruptions and other geological processes. A beautiful but deadly liquid metal 2013-11-30T02:16:47Z "Our study shows that as we learn more about our planetary next door neighbour, we are seeing more and more similarities with geological processes on Earth." Meteorite may solve Martian mystery 2013-10-22T18:59:59Z Such a difference could help to determine where and how long heat will continue to flow to drive geological processes such as plate tectonics — and how long it will take Earth to cool. Detectors zero in on Earth’s heat 2013-04-03T17:20:20.957Z That led them to try to determine what type of geological process would result in those rocks. Mercury May Have Once Had An Ocean Of Lava 2013-02-22T05:34:44Z Terrestrial Ice.—Each of the forms assumed by frozen water has its own characteristic action in geological processes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It is natural in the silence and the solitude for thoughts of the lapse of time to arise—of the endless centuries since, by some slow geological process, this hollow was formed. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z But the long timescales involved in geological processes make this a challenge. Europe's future lies under Africa 2011-04-11T09:32:55Z The significance of the book for biological speculation—for theories of the origin of species—lay in its thesis that the present condition of the earth is the product of geological processes incalculably long. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z Information from Goce is already being analysed to get a deeper understanding of the geological processes that cause earthquakes. Goce satellite maps the Earth's gravity in unprecedented precision 2011-03-31T18:19:57Z Mountain-making.—This subject may be referred to here for the striking evidence which it supplies of the importance of movements of the earth’s crust among geological processes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z But when rocks are heated in subsequent geological processes, they can lose or overwrite that record. Geophysicists Push Age of Earth's Magnetic Field Back 250 Million Years 2010-03-04T19:28:00Z If they had never been disturbed from where they were first laid down, it would be very easy to reckon time by geological processes. History of Human Society In the experience of American teachers it appears to have been found advisable to put geological processes and typical phenomena to the front and to take up geological history afterwards. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College These various influences of water on geological processes touch the economic field at many points, especially in relation to the concentration of ores and to the development of soils and surface forms. The Economic Aspect of Geology Contemporary Processes.—The geological processes of the present time are partly at work underground and partly on the surface of the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Take twenty square feet of snow with a streamlet through the centre, and we have an epitome of geological processes and conditions. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Sandstone and limestone suggest other worlds upon which occur processes like geological processes; but limestone, as a fossiliferous substance, is of course especially of the unchosen. The Book of the Damned Because the farmers in the West regard Crerar as almost a geological process, which sometimes results in a volcano. The Masques of Ottawa How few of the chemical, vegetative, animal, moral, social, or even geological processes, now progressing under our own observation, could give us notice of their existence by the two channels of light and gravitation? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity In treating of the epigene action of water in geological processes it will be convenient to deal first with its operations in traversing the land, and then with those which it performs in the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Therefore the aim has been, where possible, to show the ways in which geological processes and results are related to ourselves; how, in a word, this earth has been the well-appointed nursery of our kind. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Much useful information regarding many geological processes has been obtained from experimental research in laboratories and elsewhere, and much more may be confidently looked for 657 from future extensions of this method of inquiry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z As a working hypothesis we may suppose that the nature of geological processes has remained constant from the beginning; but we cannot postulate that the action of these processes has never varied in energy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z |
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