单词 | rift valley |
例句 | There are great mesas here, twice as high as the Tibetan plateau, an immense rift valley, possibly giant volcanoes and a mountain as high as Everest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Iceland’s most popular tourist destinations, the park lies in a rift valley that marks the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The resulting rift valley — dotted with waterfalls and craggy cliffs — is where the Vikings, in A.D. An airline’s brilliant marketing campaign has made Iceland a must-see stopover 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Surrounded by glaciers and rocky peaks, I stared south down the Albertine rift valley to Lake George and west into DRC. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The polar environment at that time was a rift valley with braided rivers. Birds set foot near South Pole in Early Cretaceous, Australian tracks show 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z In a few places, the crust has even torn apart to generate rift valleys. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In the Turkana Basin and in the larger rift valley to which it belongs, their efforts are greatly aided by a long history of volcanism. The Meaning of Time in the Place where Humanity's Earliest Ancestors Arose 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z These are determined to be ejecta from the impact - the material hurled outwards when a 1-2km-wide object slammed into what was probably then some kind of rift valley. Scientists close in on Scottish crater 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z The Dead Sea and Mount Sodom were formed by tectonic activity, the shifting of the Earth’s plates at the northern end of the 4,000 mile Afro-Arabian rift valley. Israel's Malham salt cave is world's longest, researchers say 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z A rift valley refers to a lowland region where tectonic plates rift, or move apart. Why This Giant Crack Opened Up In Kenya 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The East African Rift is one of the world’s largest rift valleys, about 3,700 miles in length and 30 to 40 miles across. Geothermal Energy Grows in Kenya 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Matt Herne from the University of Queensland’s School of Biological Sciences said the discovery helped demonstrate the diversity of the dinosaur life that populated the ancient rift valley that once connected Australia to Antarctica. Tiny dinosaur that roamed ‘lost world’ between Australia and Antarctica identified 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Diluvicursor roamed a forested broad rift valley floodplain between Australia and Antarctica, which remained connected until about 45 million years ago. Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z As the three plates separated, the crust thinned so much that a tear opened up and formed a rift valley that eventually filled with ocean water. Satellite Eye on Earth January 2017 – in pictures 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The Evrona is one of the most important nature reserves in the Jordan rift valley, which runs from the Sea of Galilee in Israel to the Red Sea. Oil spill 'worst in Israel history' 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z At that time, the region—a volcanically active rift valley where Gondwana, a remnant of the supercontinent Pangaea, was itself splitting apart—sat near Earth’s equator. New meat-eating dinosaur lived in the wake of a mass extinction 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The rift valleys filled in with lava until 3.5 billion years ago. Lunar Lava Left ‘Strikingly Geometric’ Shapes on Moon’s Surface 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Diluvicursor roamed a forested broad rift valley floodplain between Australia and Antarctica, which remained connected until about 45 million years ago. Fossil of dinosaur swept away in ancient Australian river found 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The angles seen in the edges of this valley are consistent with rift valleys on Earth. New evidence says the ‘man in the moon’ came from lunar plumbing, not an asteroid impact The famous Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland is a classic example on the small scale, but even in bigger settings, such as in East Africa's rift valleys, geological lines tend to intersect in this way. Moon's hidden valley system revealed 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z On the Moon, these rift valleys were later filled in with lava flows. Moon's largest plain is not an impact crater 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It remains uncertain whether the rift valleys formed before or during the volcanism that filled Procellarum with the lava that cooled to form the black rock that currently dominates the area, he added. Lunar Lava Left ‘Strikingly Geometric’ Shapes on Moon’s Surface 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z A giant plain on the nearside of the moon is bordered by ancient rift valleys that acted as a “magma plumbing system” for the region’s volcanoes billions of years ago, scientists say. Rift valleys rewrite moon’s fiery history 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The lake occupies a broad rift valley where Earth's crust has thinned, and radar surveys by Blankenship show putative volcanoes under the ice3, 4. Lakes under the ice: Antarctica’s secret garden 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The 2,500km-wide structure is believed to be the remains of old rift valleys that later became filled with lava. Moon's hidden valley system revealed 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The topography of East Africa completely changed: from a homogeneous flat region covered in moist forest, to a mountainous landscape with plateaus and deep rift valleys, where vegetation varied from cloud forest to desert scrub. How Climate Change and Plate Tectonics Shaped Human Evolution 2013-11-14T16:45:00.360Z In this model the earthquakes of Calabria and Sicily are mostly associated with a rift valley formed by the rollback of the Ionian Sea. December 28, 1908: The Tsunami of Messina 2012-12-28T20:45:03.683Z They took place in the Negev desert at the bottom of the rift valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Eilat. Strange but true: science's most improbable research 2012-08-18T23:00:02Z For scientists, news of the ice-filled rift valley goes beyond novelty. Scientists Uncover 'Grand Canyon' in Antarctica 2012-07-26T17:45:05.223Z And it bears scars from past geologic shake-ups, most likely triggered by large impacts, including rift valleys, mountainous uplifts and an intriguing belt of grooves near its equator. Planetary Pretender: Asteroid Vesta Has Planet-Like Features 2011-10-04T20:45:05.983Z Its discovery location was probably a flood plain in a rift valley created as Australia and Antarctica were breaking apart. Australian dinosaur's UK twin prompts re-think 2011-06-15T02:43:37Z The fertile green rift valley of my childhood is now a brown wasteland where nothing will grow. 2010-01-05T10:51:00Z Here, from Lake Champlain to Sandy Hook, is a "great rift valley" which lies upon the earth's scarred and diversified surface like a mighty trough. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman A line of recent volcanoes may be traced along the system of rift valleys which extends from the Jordan and Dead Sea through eastern Africa to Lake Nyassa. The Elements of Geology It corresponds to that larger and grander rift valley from Lebanon to Zanzibar, through Galilee and the Jordan, the Red Sea, and the great Nyanzas, or Lakes of Africa. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman Should you expect the lateral valleys of a rift valley at the time of its formation to enter it as hanging valleys or at a common level? The Elements of Geology This uneven floor could be accounted for either by the profound warping of a valley of erosion or by the unequal depression of the floor of a rift valley. The Elements of Geology |
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