| 单词 | basalt |
| 例句 | Most of us lack expert knowledge of the flaking properties of flint and basalt and the fine motor skills needed to work them precisely. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A blustery dawn was breaking over the basalt fortress as the intention craft flew in from the south. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I grabbed the glass hemisphere and dashed it against one of the basalt blocks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Where once a mighty curtain wall had stood, only scattered stones remained, blocks of black basalt so large it must once have taken a hundred men to hoist them into place. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had a very long way to go still, but they flew without pause except for essential maintenance, and the commander, the Afric King Ogunwe, kept in twice-daily touch with the basalt fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His face was chiselled and bronze, his eyes black as basalt, his curly dark hair glistening with oil. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Like the stadium, most were being clad with natural stone, all of it German—more limestone from Franconia, basalt from the Eifel hills, granite and marble from Silesia, travertine from Thuringia, porphyry from Saxony. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But dead ahead, not more than thirty miles away, rose the snow-covered basalt peaks of Elephant Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Most of the rocks brought back from the moon were basalt, a dark, smooth stone formed by the cooling of molten lava. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Immense blocks of black basalt, each as large as a crofter's cottage, lay scattered and tumbled like a child's wooden blocks, half-sunk in the soft boggy soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It had a black basalt relief figure of an African slave in chains, bent down on one knee. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The basalt highway led gradually downward, and after a while the slope increased, so the creatures could freewheel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At the north end of the pavilion was a sunken rectangular courtyard fenced on three sides by a row of seven-foot basalt columns atop a low red and yellow adobe wall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So' she held herself at the far end of the basalt slab they were using for a table. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The wind had blown the ash from the ice and the ice was black and the creek looked like a path of basalt winding through the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Like the others they had faced, this one wore a simple white tunic over skin as rough and dark as basalt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All were at least six feet tall and fifteen feet round and made from single blocks of volcanic basalt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A few hours before they left camp for the last time, however, she had walked to an open area and flung her basalt among all the others over the fence. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a dark gray basalt, and she used to hold it to her forehead, and it would immediately make her feel better: two and a half million years, right there against her skin. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Under pale blue skies, he drove along the base of high, sheer basalt cliffs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The temple contains a monumental frieze of basalt relief sculptures created by the ancient Hittites, whose empire once stretched from Anatolia to northern Syria. Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures 2012-08-15T22:13:47Z It’s 100 miles east of Portland atop basalt cliffs overlooking the Columbia River and affording stunning views of the Gorge and Mount Hood. Maryhill Winery offers a delicious destination 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Perfectly judged, the project strikes the difficult balance of being a powerful geological presence in its own right, without upstaging the Unesco world heritage site of basalt columns that lies beyond. Stirling prize 2013: shock of the new as five first-time nominees shortlisted 2013-07-17T23:01:00Z This gloomy, basalt Victorian monument may be grade A-listed but no one needs long memories to recall its notorious past. NI Opera Shorts – review 2012-07-07T23:05:46Z A long splashy rope of a waterfall, Elowah drops 289 feet into an amphitheater of layered basalt, kicking mist into a mossy forest populated with boulders the size of small houses. Easy hike to Elowah Falls is a gem of the Columbia Gorge 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z This bottle is made with país, better known in the United States as mission, planted around 1900 in volcanic basalt soils. 20 Wines Under $20: For When the Weather Is Sultry 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z A long splashy rope of a waterfall, Elowah drops 289 feet into an amphitheater of layered basalt, kicking mist into a mossy forest populated with boulders. Easy hike to Elowah Falls is a gem of the Columbia Gorge 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The setting Mull has a dramatic 300-mile coastline of ash blond sand dominated by black basalt cliffs. Scotland's best classical music festivals 2012-05-25T21:45:07Z Local herbs also infuse the essential oils used in Beresheet's 2,500-sq-m spa, where signature body treatments range from lavender and salt peels to warm basalt and cold marble stone massages. Crater-Side Luxury in Israel 2011-10-19T06:30:00Z The neo-Hittite temple of Ain Dara lies 40 miles north-west of Aleppo, with its massive black basalt lion guarding the entrance. Letters: Syria – destination for tourism and torture 2012-07-08T20:00:11Z With plenty of patience and luck, German scholars and archaeologists have managed to re-assemble over 30 monumental basalt sculptures that were once thought lost to World War II bombs. From the Ashes: Reviving Ancient Works in Berlin 2011-02-05T14:35:00Z As for “Spiral Jetty,” for years, there was so much rain and runoff from snow in the mountains, the 1,500-foot coil of basalt rock and rock crystals was submerged. How Do You Sell a Work of Art Built Into the Earth? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The fireplace was surrounded by chiseled gray basalt. Looking to unplug in your own house? Here’s some inspiration 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z All those memories — the scraps, the rumbles, the loves and lovers — are still in there, hardened into basalt for all time. Critical Shopper: Kinfolk, a Men’s Wear Boutique in Brooklyn, Caters to Men With Confidence 2014-03-06T00:03:06Z Ms. Kraemer takes scrupulous care of the vines, farming organically and maintaining a permanent cover crop on the well-drained basalt soils. For Farmers of Wine Grapes, the Pandemic Sows Doubts 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Whether granite, limestone, basalt, shale, gravel, slate or clay, each, they argue, imparts consistent characteristics when matched with the proper grapes, particularly when carefully and conscientiously farmed. Five Wine Books to Give This Holiday Season 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Where there was once an open sewer outlet bordering a mountain of garbage there’s now a stunning teak boardwalk, ample terrace seating and gray basalt walkways. Heads Up: In Beirut, the Zaitunay Bay Promenade Opens 2012-02-17T20:41:35Z In October 2001, a team of archaeologists and restorers delicately embarked on what seemed then to be an impossible mission: piecing together the 27,000 fragments to re-create the original basalt sculptures. From the Ashes: Reviving Ancient Works in Berlin 2011-02-05T14:35:00Z Polished yet pockmarked, this charcoal black sphere of basalt is accentuated by the white remains of coral somehow melded to part of its surface. In Hawaii, local legends enrich, inform the visitor experience 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Amir grew up in the Old City, in a stone house built hundreds of years ago from the distinctive local black basalt. While other countries turn Syrian refugees away, Canadians are taking them home 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Nearby, at the striking basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway, the new Clifftop Experience is a three-hour guided trek exploring five miles of the Causeway coast. What’s new in Britain and Ireland for 2018 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The Palisades derive from volcanic basalts formed during the Triassic and Jurassic eras, the time of the dinosaurs. When Manhattan Was Mannahatta: A Stroll Through the Centuries 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z There is Josiah Wedgwood’s 1770 black stoneware teapot, “designed to imitate basalt,” the volcanic rock widely admired in Pompeii’s ruins by Europeans taking the Grand Tour. Museum Review: Shelburne Museum Is Opening a New Visitors Center 2013-08-16T22:18:25Z Designed by Native American architect Johnpaul Jones, the heart of the exhibit is a memorial “story wall” of red cedar, granite and basalt. Weekend getaways: Bainbridge Island makes a ferry good escape plan for families 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The Lebanese Bakery in London opened earlier this year and features a menu consisting almost entirely of manousheh; it bakes them in a traditional basalt rock oven, using only Lebanese ingredients. Manousheh: the Lebanese breakfast pizza that stole my heart 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z At its front is a slick basalt wall, with an inch or so of water passing over it to create the infinity-pool effect. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z An imposing basalt sarcophagus from about 600 B.C. gets pride of place in one gallery of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s illuminating new exhibition... ‘Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World’ Review: A Cross-Cultural Journey Begins 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z Hot lava pumps through this basalt pipeline, channeling deeper into the earth until the eruption stops. Into a Lava-Lined Underworld Near Albuquerque 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Destruction of antiquities is clear from the air, but so are enormous man-made rock structures in Jordan’s basalt desert. Going airborne to protect historic sites in Jordan 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The water, filtered by volcanic basalt rock, is crystal clear, and so pristine you can drink it. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Interwoven into the cityscape were squat houses of local basalt connected by twisting alleyways that provided shelter from the sun. Trapped in Homs, Architect Imagines a New Future for Syrian Cities 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z In 2016, archaeologists in Australia found remnants of one of the world’s oldest handled axes — a chip from a basalt blade over 40,000 years old. Put Your Ax Into It, at This Los Angeles Restaurant 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z In the town of Hofsos, a minute’s walk from the parking lot, we trekked on a seaside cliff of lava-formed basalt columns. Place 20 of 52: On an Icelandic Road Trip, Mossy Moonscapes and More 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z He takes me on a walk into the jungle that leads, eventually, to a vast grotto of basalt columns into which a huge waterfall thunders. Magical mystery tour: a road trip through Mexico 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z When hoses were trained on the smoldering ruins, many of the still-hot basalt sculptures exploded. ‘Assyria to Iberia,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z These slabs of tuff, basalt or dolomite are carved with highly decorative crosses, and their elaborate patterns suggest the influence of Islamic culture even as they attest to an unshakable Christian faith. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The basalt bowl stands on its own three legs; the grinding stone is the size and texture of an avocado. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z The trail takes you through aspen, birch and pine groves until it reaches a small basalt column cirque with a peaceful waterfall. You’ll find good eats and plenty of hiking options on a weekend getaway to Ellensburg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z A natural and picturesque area, the Gorge encompasses impressive tableaus: etched basalt tiers, more than 70 waterfalls, as well as 800 species of wildflowers. Spring wildflowers add beauty on tour of Columbia River Gorge 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Lie down, if possible in the center basalt dome, and watch the sun and clouds moving overhead. 36 Hours in Canberra, Australia 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Ahead, the garden opens up to an expanse of lawn with a cluster of basalt benches inviting you to sit and contemplate the vastness of the view. Once overgrown, island garden is airy and bright 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The most scenic portion of the trail is around midway as the single track drops through columnar basalt cliffs into Lake Creek Canyon. Smell of sage lures hikers, bikers to E. Washington in March 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z It rewrites the history of modern art by digging deeper than ever before, and scatters the art of the 20th century with shards of primordial basalt and bone. Painted on the Cave Wall, an Image of Modern Life 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z From 1911 to 1913, Oppenheim's team of excavators carefully unearthed what turned out to be parts of a royal residence from the 10th and 9th centuries BC, replete with basalt sculptures and relief slabs. From the Ashes: Reviving Ancient Works in Berlin 2011-02-05T14:35:00Z Then you stand knee deep in its cold Crooked River, fly rod wagging at the sun-fired walls of a basalt canyon, and suddenly it’s the only place you can think about. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The Musée Guimet, for example, houses a small but serious collection of Indian art, including sculptures of wood, clay, basalt, bronze, sandstone and schist dating from as early as the third millennium B.C. | India in Paris 2012-01-23T23:25:27Z Hot lava poured into the caldera and hardened into basalt cap. Topping off a resort vacation on Oregon’s Smith Rock 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Thru-hikers on the P.C.T. spend up to five months walking from Mexico to Canada, through a landscape that ranges from high desert scrub to giant sequoias, basalt craters and alpine meadows. Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Junipers and ponderosa pines grow straight out of the basalt, forming one of El Malpais’s “pygmy forests,” where trees remain small and are much older than they look. Into a Lava-Lined Underworld Near Albuquerque 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z In October, the Noguchi Museum will display around 100 contemporary stone works—a granite chair by Scott Burton, a basalt column by Stephen Lichty—alongside Noguchi pieces. Noguchi's Stone Works on Display in New York City 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Four pieces from this year’s festival are being installed, including David Oliver’s “Portal,” an imposing, multicolored, tiled round gate suspended between two basalt pillars which one steps through, according to Mr. Oliver, “with powerful frequencies.” Missed Burning Man? Burning Man, or at Least Its Art, Is Coming to You 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The next morning we drove 5 miles to the Columbia National Wildlife Reserve near the O’Sullivan Dam where basalt cliffs overlook trails and seepage from reclamation projects flood into marshes and small lakes. For summer fun in Potholes State Park, just add water (and sand dunes) 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Winiarski still lives in a house overlooking the vineyards and the basalt outcropping known as Stags Leap, and he tends a small vineyard of his own in southern Napa Valley. The wine tasting that shocked the world — and forever changed what we drink 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z The Hoa Hakananai’a is unique among the Moai because it is made of basalt, while the larger statues that still populate Easter Island were hewn from blocks of compressed volcanic ash. Easter Island delegation heads to British Museum to lobby for... 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The centerpiece will be four basalt boulders that Noguchi pulled from the Uji River in Japan. Two Museums to Host Pollock ‘Black Pourings’ 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z After stopping at Floreana Island and Champion Islet, we circled east to Española, a rocky plateau whose southern edge is rimmed with black basalt cliffs. Journeys: A Limited Human Footprint for a Natural Wonder 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z It is still being built from locally quarried basalt rock on an outcrop of land in north-east Iceland, overlooking the remote village of Raufarhöfn – the corner of the mainland closest to the Arctic Circle. From Stonehenge to Iceland's Arctic Henge, by motorbike – photo essay 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Craggy gray basalt towers loomed over the canyon and shaded the hillside opposite. Want to bike from Spokane to Coeur d’Alene? Take the 2-state, 60-mile Centennial Trail 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Most of the rooms are not only atmospheric but offer furnishings, from basalt benches to tea tables, for sitting, snacking, relaxing. Once overgrown, island garden is airy and bright 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z "He had a real passion for the Middle East and was absolutely fascinated by the basalt sculptures at Tell Halaf," says Lutz Martin, one of the curators of the exhibition, which runs until August. From the Ashes: Reviving Ancient Works in Berlin 2011-02-05T14:35:00Z Recently, in one snowbank, Akin found a sketch done in creamy pastel of a basalt mountain and drifting clouds. The San Francisco Bookstore Where the Revolution Ends up 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Seeing my fascination, Lizete explained, “The variety of colors — yellow, red and black — each represent different sorts of volcanic eruptions over the centuries: basalt, red and black scorias, ashes and volcanic sands.” The Azores: An untamed island paradise only a few hours by air from North America 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z The first was an outcropping of basalt - lava rock - with grooves showing the direction a glacier moved in as it receded and uncovered the Keweenaw thousands of years ago. Geoheritage website links local history, geology 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z He also gives tours of the town and takes people on guided hikes, bike trips or drives to basalt cliffs, waterfalls, haciendas, hamlets and vistas. Find history and personality in Mexican hilltowns near Puerto Vallarta 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Silence saturates the emerald green slopes and basalt cliffs. In the Faroe Islands, Art, Food and Fashion Take a Cue From Nature 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Part of the fun is walking the beautiful stone streets and sidewalks of the city, done in the Portuguese style with intricate designs of contrasting basalt and limestone. In the Azores, the tradition of the ‘emigrante’ endures 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The upper part of the 200-foot-tall mountain is basalt brown, and the lower rocks are mossy green. Taking the Plunge at the New Volcano Bay Water Park in Orlando 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The spectacular 27-metre drop down a basalt cliff is set in a wooded valley. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The project takes its name from the rolling and grassy formations upon which it would sit, a series of hills formed of volcanic basalt and covered in fertile soils. Proposal for WA’s largest wind-solar project shows challenges ahead 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Those relics came in the form of a particularly telling mineral — basalt. How does an ocean-sized tectonic plate go missing for 20 million years? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Fresh from the interior of a planet, magma usually forms a blackish rock called basalt—not granite, says planetary geoscientist Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee. Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Carefully sited to maximize panoramic views of the signature 500-foot basalt ridge and across the revered Columbia, each home features single-level living with particular attention placed on modern design features and optimal functionality. Luxury homes offer views of Columbia River | Provided by Crescent Ridge 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The logo combines elements from across the state, like Mount Spokane, columnar basalt formations, picturesque coastlines and the official state tree, the Western hemlock. WA State Parks unveils new logo 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The unmistakable vistas overlooking this stretch of the Columbia River, set against a 500-foot basalt cliff, imprint an image that’s hard to forget. Columba River views on display at newly released luxury homes | Provided by Crescent Ridge 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The product of basaltic lava flows dating back more than 135 million years, basalt’s formation process is shaped by the natural magnetic fields present in its location at the time. How does an ocean-sized tectonic plate go missing for 20 million years? 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z That’s why Mercury, Venus, Mars, and even Jupiter’s volcanic moon have plenty of basalt but little granite. Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z In 2022, he enabled the discovery of an “extraordinarily biodiverse abyssal ecosystem on a previously unknown basalt formation near the Titanic,” according to the company. Paul-Henri Nargeolet Has Made More Than 35 Titanic Site Trips 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The water’s natural capacity to store carbon can be boosted by pulverizing and adding alkaline rocks such as basalt or limestone. News at a glance: Long Covid treatment, global earthquake model, and deep-sea mining 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Covered with dense forest, the hillsides sit atop large fields of basalt boulders. Agutaya archipelago doctor who cared for 13,000 people on her own 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Geller spent the night on the lump of basalt rock with just a sleeping bag. Swimmers brave dangerous tides to collect rock from Uri Geller island 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Without the gel the basalt would have torn a chunk out of the plate. How the power of protein is being uncovered 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z But the tiny pieces of basalt rock that are left over are prized by Jim's company. Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z It takes at least two days to even begin exploring the area and hike the many paths offering views of basalt canyons and vistas. These 5 kid-friendly PNW destinations make learning fun 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Try the Jewett Creek Watershed Recreation area for hiking, mountain and BMX biking trails, Catherine Creek hike’s flowers and arch, and Coyote Wall Labyrinth Loop’s columnar basalt. Road trip to White Salmon, Washington | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The imagery, taken during a 10 March flyby, indicates that Deimos’s surface is covered by volcanic basalts like those on Mars, with no signs of the carbon-rich rock more often found on asteroids. News at a glance: U.S. rules on carbon emissions, better vehicle batteries, and a Mars moon’s close-up 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Stop off at Beacon Rock State Park and hike a breathless mile to the 848-foot-tall summit of the basalt plug. Road trip to the Columbia River Gorge: Resorts and recreation | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z As a cliff, or piled up in the quarry, the basalt weathers very slowly. Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z You can still walk the original road, over Roman basalt paving stones, the grooves worn by carriage wheels still visible beneath your feet. Walking the Appian Way: a stroll through time on Rome's ancient road 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Researchers also uncovered celts, or ax heads, made from shell and stone, including some made from basalt that likely came from the distant Appalachians. In Miami, a modern clash over a 2000-year-old archaeological site 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z From the wave-lashed basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway to the jutting prow of the Titanic museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland is restyling itself as a tourist destination, famous for attractions other than the Troubles. A Look at Northern Ireland 25 Years After the Peace Accord 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Some common iron-rich Earth rocks, such as basalt, can also attract magnets, whereas the meteorites that come from Mars or the Moon often don’t. Magnets wipe memories from meteorites, erasing billion-year-old data 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z As well as locking away carbon, the basalt has been shown in trials to improve both crop yields and the quality of grazing. Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z You don't have to walk the whole stretch to get a feel for it – those basalt stones are tough on the feet, after all. Walking the Appian Way: a stroll through time on Rome's ancient road 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z The magma plume fueling Mauna Loa is made primarily of molten basalt, which is less viscous than the magma beneath steeper stratovolcanoes like Mount St. Helens and Mount Vesuvius. With Mauna Loa’s Eruption, a Rare Glimpse Into the Earth 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The landscape around the viewpoint is a mosaic of forest, patches cleared by wildfire, exposed basalt and river drainage, as a fork of Rattlesnake Creek cuts through a canyon to the north. Scientists: Thinning, prescribed burns helped forest during 2021 fire 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Molcajetes come in various sizes and materials, such as granite or other polished stones, but I suggest reaching only for proper black volcanic basalt. 15 tasty gifts for cooks and self-proclaimed foodies 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z A trailer is loaded with 20 tonnes of basalt before a tractor drags it up and down, a rotating wheel at the back scattering the tiny rocks. Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Further on, as I stumble on basalt slabs beneath tall umbrella pine trees, I pass what looks like a temple, its marble columns setting the stage for the brick building behind it. Walking the Appian Way: a stroll through time on Rome's ancient road 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z So, the couple and their two children relied on a well punched into a basalt lava rock aquifer to quench their thirst, cook, clean and bathe. Heartache, anger in Central Washington over drinking-water wells tainted by ‘forever chemicals’ 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z For a day trip, visit the Columbia River Gorge, where autumn’s maple-heavy displays frame sheer, wall-like basalt cliffs and numerous waterfalls and line the vast Columbia River. Find fall color: 5 great leaf-peeping WA road trips | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The most affected area of the national park was the extinct Rano Raraku volcanic crater, which once served as a quarry for the construction of the large statues carved out of basalt. Fire damages famed Easter Island statues; island’s mayor says the blaze was man-made 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z "It's free of charge which is quite important to a farmer," John Logan tells me with a chuckle as the basalt is put on his field. Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The buoyant magma then rose to the surface, where it solidified into basalt and looked much like the dark rocks in Hawaii or Iceland, though on colossal scales. The Milky Way’s Spiral Arms May Have Carved Earth’s Continents 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Cascades spill over the basalt columns that loom above, splashing onto her head and off the brim of her baseball cap. How Northwest tribes are leading the push to restore eel-like lampreys 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z What about the amazing patterns of the basalt columns at Giant's Causeway? Why does nature create patterns? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z The rocks over which Burney Creek flows are made of porous basalt, allowing hundreds of springs to seep directly into one cascade. Chase Cascade lava on a Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway road trip 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z UNDO's scientists calculate that four tonnes of basalt rocks are needed to capture one tonne of CO2. Can ‘enhanced rock weathering’ help combat climate change? 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The 198-foot Palouse Falls is Washington state’s official waterfall, juxtaposed among the dry basalt plateaus about 100 miles southwest of Spokane. Do go chasing waterfalls: Waterfall-spotting road trips in WA | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Produced by the cooling of volcanic lava, basalts are made primarily of the elements silicon, oxygen, iron, aluminum, and magnesium. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The cooling caused the top layer of basalt to contract. Why does nature create patterns? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Geller described his experience on the lump of basalt rock as "hard, freezing and uncomfortable - but well worth all of the aches and pains". The mysteries that gave birth to the world’s newest micronation 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z “Layer after layer, rising up through time. We’d float up through the whole Tunguska sequence, and then we’d meet the flood basalts themselves.” Review | A geologist’s journey from the terrestrial to the celestial 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Just a few miles further, pull off at Lake Lenore Caves to hike a short sagebrush-scented trail to narrow, shallow basalt caves used as shelters as long as 5,000 years ago. Washington state’s best prehistoric road trip through time | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z What is the volume of new oceanic basalt added to Earth’s crust each year? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Eventually, the cooling basalt broke into the hexagon-shaped columns of rock that still create such an impressive pattern millions of years later. Why does nature create patterns? 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z At around 42 Ma, sea-floor pillow basalt and gabbro of the Crescent Terrane accreted to the southern margin of Vancouver Island and also to the adjacent part of Washington State. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, she became fascinated with the Siberian flood basalts, the most voluminous mass of lava to ever erupt upon a continent, enough to cover the Lower 48 states. Review | A geologist’s journey from the terrestrial to the celestial 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Because mafic lava is more mobile, it is less common than basalt. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The probes found that the rock in the landing areas is igneous, primarily basalts. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Chile’s Villarrica National Park—As a motley medley of mycologists climbed the basalt slopes of the Lanèn volcano earlier this year, the green foliage at lower elevations gave way to autumnal golds and reds. ‘Myconauts’ aim to reveal the often hidden soil fungi that shape ecosystems 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z In terms of area, there is very likely more pillow basalt on the sea floor than any other type of rock on Earth. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The basalt rock columns on basalt rock at Devil’s Postpile National Monument are only about 10 miles from Mammoth Mountain. Winter in Mammoth is great, but summer is when it shines 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Oceanic crust has a relatively high density, especially when cold and old, and composition similar to basalt. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z In this sample of basalt from the mare surface, you can see the holes left by gas bubbles, which are characteristic of rock formed from lava. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z He sent samples of five different basalt glasses to the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution. Did volcanic ‘glasses’ help spark early life? 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z On the map the Superior Province, rocks are mostly pink, representing granitic and gneissic rocks, with strips and blotches of green, representing metamorphosed sea-floor basalt and sediments, also known as greenstone belts. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Thermal emission spectrums of the planet’s daylight side will be compared to known rocks like basalt and granite to see if they can deduce a surface composition. James Webb Space Telescope Set to Study Two Strange Super-Earths 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z These dark ferromagnesian minerals are commonly found in gabbro, basalt, diorite, and often form the black specks in granite. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z It is typically about 6 kilometers thick and is composed of volcanic rocks called basalt. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Along the way, you’ll experience an incredible change from forest to desert as you travel through the beautiful basalt canyon. 5 scenic, winding WA motorcycle routes, and how to stay safe on them 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Quartz-poor material, such as shale or basalt, generates soils with little sand. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But while this lump of volcanic basalt carpeted with birds feels entirely inhospitable to people, it’s seen more than its share of Scotland’s complex human history. Scotland’s Bass Rock belongs to the birds 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Flood basalts are some of the largest and lowest viscosity types of eruptions known. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The largest known terrestrial eruptions, such as those that produced the Snake River basalts in the northwestern United States or the Deccan plains in India, are of this type. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The farm is near a seaside town called Castlerock that is damp to its basalt with the smell of the Atlantic. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Almost all of the clasts in this view are well-rounded basalt pebbles cobbles eroded from the Triassic Karmutsen Formation which makes up a major part of Vancouver Island. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Residents nearly doubled the lake’s size in the 1920s by blasting a basalt canal connecting a natural body of water, called Sucker Lake, to Lakewood Bay. Judge to Lake Oswego: Lake within city is a public resource 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z This is because the local rock is composed almost entirely of basalt and provides an abundant source of dark-colored clasts loaded with mafic minerals. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The outer layer, or crust, consists primarily of oceanic basalt and continental granite. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Offshore shales may record how the islands’ volcanic basalt eroded. Earth’s oldest living landscape spotted in South African rock cores 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Of the common rocks of the crust, velocities are greatest in basalt and granite. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The island is a craggy basalt rock that juts up from water so rough that boats cannot dock. Terrible Tilly, Oregon’s Legendary Lighthouse, Is for Sale 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Fine-grained shale and basalt, which happen to be chemically similar, characteristically recrystallize to produce hornfels. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The company is aiming to land Nova-C in an area of the Moon called Oceanus Procellarum, the largest of the Moon’s mare — dark plains of basalt that dot the lunar terrain. Artist Jeff Koons aims to send sculptures to the Moon on commercial lunar lander 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z An unassuming mountain of iron-rich basalt, the vestige of ancient lava flows, conceals the single largest fuel repository in the world — but not for long. A military fuel leak in Oahu that poisoned the water supply is the tipping point for Hawaiians 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The basalt columns in Figure 12.4a are a good example of fracture. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But when another team at the IGG examined the lunar basalts, they determined that high levels of these elements were not the source. China’s First Moon Rocks Ignite Research Bonanza 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Thumbnail: A ball of lustrous, royal-blue cavansite blades is set on a starkly contrasting snow-white crust on basalt matrix on this fine specimen from recent finds at the Wagholi Quarry of India. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, the path is ringed by a narrowing border of basalt rocks, representing horses the mob used to hem the Chinese in as they were marched out of town. How Tacoma’s small Chinese community reckoned with the city’s anti-Chinese history 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z The byway’s 27 miles of snakelike curves follow the river, surrounded by gently sloping, tuft-covered hills that climb to stunning basalt columns. Discover Ellensburg: Vintage charm and Sunday drives | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Similarly, a gneiss that originated as basalt and is dominated by amphibole, is an amphibole gneiss or, more accurately, an amphibolite. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Construction began in 1940, when the facility was carved into the basalt rock to shield the fuel from aerial strike, a move that proved prophetic when the Japanese attacked the base the following year. Lawmakers scold Navy over tap water contamination that has sickened thousands in Hawaii 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z They are usually found in igneous rocks, such as granite, rhyolite, and basalt as well as metamorphic rocks and detrital sedimentary rocks. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The other is a blocky basalt figure of the Aztec fire deity Xiuhtecuhtli, or “Turquoise Lord.” Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Thrastarson, a geophysics graduate student at ETH Zürich, joined a throng of sightseers on a ridge of weathered basalt 2 kilometers from the summit, and watched as globs of lava leaped out of the caldera. Cheap and rugged optical fibers are revealing Earth’s hidden motions 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z A xenolith of diorite incorporated into a basalt lava flow, Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Japanese attack 80 years ago, the Navy — concerned its aboveground fuel depots were vulnerable — carved out a massive underground facility deep into the basalt rock at Red Hill on Oahu. Water contamination at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii forces over 1,000 military families from their homes 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z When basaltic lava erupts underwater it emerges in small explosions and/or forms pillow-shaped structures called pillow basalts. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The state’s Ecology Department is reviewing a request to pull the same amount of water from the Spokane aquifer that Airway Heights would otherwise be using from the Columbia River basalt system. Airway Heights seeks new well on Spokane aquifer, but city and advocates urge caution 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Then it’s heated with geothermal energy and is combined with water and pumped deep underground into basalt rock formations. Air-scrubbing machines gain momentum, but long way to go 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Examples of rocks are granite, basalt, sandstone, limestone, and schist. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Timothy Malone’s return as winemaker and the fractured basalt soils combine for a drink of creamy blue fruit, attentive acidity and earthiness with a minty finish. 36 celebratory wines — a case each — for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z This happens when seawater circulates down through fractures in the fresh, still-hot basalt, reacting with and removing mineral ions from it. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Volcanically active Iceland has relatively young and porous basalt rock that’s ideal for this kind of storage. The US has big, new plans to pull CO2 out of the air 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The two-lante road threads between the Columbia River and dramatic basalt columns, sweeping vineyards and swirling sand, as autumn turns nearby shrubs yellow, orange and red. Extend summer in Washington’s Tri-Cities | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z At the juncture, go left to cross through a Japanese gate to the lovely Pacific-fusion-style Yao Garden, where chunky basalt plays the bass notes to moss, a primrose-filled pond and, of course, maples and rhododendrons. Take a pretty stroll through the many plant offerings at the Bellevue Botanical Garden 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The river tracks a diverse landscape from the southern edge of the Rocky Mountains through rugged basalt hillsides, layers of volcanic tuff, and the red and yellow cliffs made famous by painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Drought tests centuries-old water traditions in New Mexico 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Another big event at this time was the Deccan Traps flood basalt volcanism in India. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z There, the CO2 that was once helping to warm the atmosphere reacts with basalt rock and will turn into stone over the course of two years. "Orca," the largest carbon removal facility to date, is up and running 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Brushed basalt floors, warmed by the constant sunshine, are soft as talc underfoot. In Brazil, a House That Frames Its Landscape Like a Camera 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Climeworks also plans to lock the captured CO2 away in basalt rock formations just three kilometers from the geothermal plant. How the largest direct air capture plant will suck C02 out of the atmosphere 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Then it is mixed with water and pumped deep into underground basalt caverns, where over time it cools down and turns into dark-gray stone. The world’s biggest plant to capture CO2 from the air just opened in Iceland 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Featuring alpine granite, towering basalt columns and gargantuan boulders, Washington offers no shortage of varied rock-climbing terrain. Washington state is a rock climber’s playground; here’s a primer on how to start rock climbing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z And some of the oldest known rocks on Earth, 3-billion-year-old formations in Australia and Greenland, are pillow basalts, bulbous rocks that only form as magma cools underwater. Ancient Earth was a water world 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Green and yellow lichen color basalt columns, impossibly high until a thrill-seeking climber takes them on. Nature Conservancy’s ‘Human/Nature’ explores our connections — and responsibilities — to Washington’s outstanding surroundings 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z While basaltic rock is relatively common around the world, volcanically active Iceland is particularly suited for storing carbon dioxide because it has relatively younger basalt. How the largest direct air capture plant will suck C02 out of the atmosphere 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The team then examined how nanolites form in a comparatively runny type of magma that becomes basalt when it cools. ‘Nanolites’ Can Trigger Dangerous Volcanic Explosions 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Jagged basalt rock, slippery and sharp, marks the descent. Fazel Chegeni wanted 'nothing but peace'. Instead he died alone in Australia's island prison 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z It is “the youngest mare basalt on the Moon,” says Xiao Long, a planetary geoscientist at the China University of Geosciences, referring to the dark lava also seen in the Moon’s maria, or seas. China set to bring back first rocks from the Moon in more than 40 years 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Half of the samples contained one of three types of bacteria; the others contained just basalt. These Microbes May Help Future Martians and Moon People Mine Metals 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Fresh basalt is a better home for the captured CO2 because it’s more porous — giving the carbon more nooks and crannies to fill. How the largest direct air capture plant will suck C02 out of the atmosphere 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The researchers produced nanolites in the laboratory by melting basalt and then cooling it rapidly. ‘Nanolites’ Can Trigger Dangerous Volcanic Explosions 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z These are essentially small boxes containing basalt rock and a community of microbes known to leach metals from minerals. Rock mining with microbes may aid space explorers 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Evidence suggests numerous eruptions in the first billion years of the Moon’s existence blanketed the surface with volcanic basalts, forming the dark maria, before tapering off about 3 billion years ago. China set to bring back first rocks from the Moon in more than 40 years 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z But S. desiccabilis increased the amount of rare earth elements extracted from the basalt by roughly a factor of two, even in the zero-gravity environment. These Microbes May Help Future Martians and Moon People Mine Metals 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The ribbon of highway — with its single lonely car headed north, the empty railroad alongside the river, cradled by basalt hills — offers a haunting portrait of a singular landscape. Light — and a legendary photographer — caroms through the canyon 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z At a geothermal power plant in Hellisheidi, Iceland – which is considered an Arctic state – researchers have produced a unique form of carbon capture by injecting emissions from the plant into basalt rock. 10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The rock dust created by pulverizing basalt rock, which is already mined for construction aggregate, could do the job more cheaply, according to Renforth’s team. Industrial waste can turn planet-warming carbon dioxide into stone 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Using carbon-capture technology to inject excess atmospheric carbon into volcanic basalt, I propose the creation of a series of large spherical boulders that will eventually grow moss, lichen, plants and flowers. America’s Monuments, Reimagined for a More Just Future 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Instead of basalt, the match box-size containers will contain pieces of meteorites and fungi. These Microbes May Help Future Martians and Moon People Mine Metals 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But the compound is just volcanic basalt rock ground into dust, and the chemical reaction is weathering, which is a process as old as the Earth. Negative emissions tech helps, but it's no magic bullet for the climate crisis | Tamsin Edwards 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Excavations in the building’s main courtyard revealed the basalt slabs. Aztec palace and conquistador’s house discovered beneath historic Mexico City building 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z The basalt dust could also fortify soils with nutrients, such as potassium and zinc, depleted by intensive agriculture. Industrial waste can turn planet-warming carbon dioxide into stone 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Moreover, the machines that are required to spread basalt dust on fields already exist: farmers use them to treat soils with limestone. Pulling carbon from the sky is necessary but not sufficient 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z When crushed basalt or other silicate material is added to soil, it slowly dissolves and reacts with CO2 to form carbonates. Removal of atmospheric CO2 by rock weathering holds promise for mitigating climate change 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The idea is not new, and basalt is not the only suitable rock. Negative emissions tech helps, but it's no magic bullet for the climate crisis | Tamsin Edwards 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z He said mines in Northumberland, UK, that produce basalt aggregate for construction produced 20-30% waste dust. Spreading rock dust on fields could remove vast amounts of CO2 from air 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Today, it’s called Syrtis Major, and scientists think it’s a low-lying volcano made of basalt. Mars attracts fans on Earth even though it’s a long-distance love 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The early results also indicate that adding basalt boosted yields in these and other crops. Pulling carbon from the sky is necessary but not sufficient 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Beerling et al.1 demonstrate that enhanced rock weathering, achieved by adding crushed basalt or other silicate material to soil, is an effective strategy for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Credit: Removal of atmospheric CO2 by rock weathering holds promise for mitigating climate change 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The basalt rock was the result of an eruption from a volcano 8.7 miles away. Ancient 'volcano map' discovered carved into large volcanic rock 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z But he said some mining specifically to produce basalt rock dust would probably still be needed, using existing mine capacity rather than new mines. Spreading rock dust on fields could remove vast amounts of CO2 from air 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Most oceanic plateaus are made of basalt, implying that great volumes of magma rose from Earth's mantle and moved through the crust, squeezing up through the seafloor and pouring outward. Giant Volcano Rewrites the Story of Seafloor Formation 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z So the field directions preserved in the Honeyeater samples reveal the latitude at which the basalt formed. Diamond microscope reveals slow crawl of Earth’s ancient crust 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Sandstone layers of the Karoo Basin are more commonly buried beneath these huge basalt piles, which shows “that eventually the land surface was overwhelmed by the lava flows.” When Dinosaurs Left Tracks in a Land Consumed by Lava and Fire 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z On the Jordan River, railway ties run across a graceful bridge of black basalt that connects nothing. Opinion | Ghost Rails of the Holy Land 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Scrambling over basalt boulders, I saw figures with animated expressions, footprints, spirals and a snake — thankfully sketched into the rock and not slithering my way. You’re going where? Albuquerque 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Magma oozed up to fill the void and solidified as basalt. Giant Volcano Rewrites the Story of Seafloor Formation 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The team found that the flow seen in the Ovda Regio highlands plateau was "not granitic as was expected from its location," heightening the chances it was made up of basalt rock. Venus was made of lava and was not 'Earth-like' after all, stunning study says 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z While Hoover Dam is anchored in solid volcano-baked basalt, Glen Canyon Dam spans a gorge lined with sandstone. Environmentalists push for removing dam along Colorado River 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Hard hats clipped on, gas masks at the ready, we prepared for the possibility of ash emissions and basalt block explosions, which can claim lives in an instant. Perspective | As Sicily’s Mount Etna began to erupt, her ballet training turned out to be good prep 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The quarry owner agreed to the donation and Strange secured for the school a huge basalt rock. Fairbanks school’s spirit rock receives fresh coat of paint 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z The planet is believed to be covered in basalt, or volcanic rock. NASA glimpses surface of distant rocky exoplanet 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Approximately 100 years ago, part of the site was used as a rock quarry, producing basalt stone that was used in the Crediton Church, Medland Manor and a number of other buildings in Devon. 250-million-year-old volcano up for sale for $60G 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Many residents of affluent Jefferson County say the jobs are not worth burning 84 tons of coal each day by a foreign manufacturer that wants to turn basalt, olivine sand and bauxite into super-efficient insulation. Insulation plant divides community in West Virginia 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Like basalt, granite forms when molten magma cools and hardens. Venus is Earth’s evil twin — and space agencies can no longer resist its pull 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Because he was a Latin teacher, a Latin student was first to write on the basalt boulder, painting “Latin rules,” where Strange said the message probably remains today under decades of paint layers. Fairbanks school’s spirit rock receives fresh coat of paint 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Taking inspiration from their own 2017 precursor paper, the researchers compiled data from 200 preexisting studies examining the lab-based deformation of basalt and other common rock types over a wide range of pressures and temperatures. "Toffee Planets" Hint at Earth's Cosmic Rarity 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Chile is also demanding that London's British Museum return the figure of Hoa Hakananai, an imposing basalt statue from Easter Island. Norway to return Easter Island artefacts 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z One probe made a detection of what could have been lightning, while others analysed rock samples, which were found to be basalts - similar to general types found on Earth. Venus results raise hopes of return mission 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z With such little information, scientists weren’t sure whether they would be able to differentiate between granite and basalt. Venus is Earth’s evil twin — and space agencies can no longer resist its pull 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z It was a scene of austere beauty: the rolling plain, broken here and there by basalt outcroppings where the native Tehuelches took shelter from the wind and lie in wait for passing game. In Patagonia, a Duel With an Epic Trout 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z In one paper, they were able to determine precise dates for the eruptions, noting the "million-year sequence of eruptions" sent lava hundreds of miles across India, creating the Deccan Traps flood basalts. What really killed the dinosaurs? New studies suggest volcanoes may have played a part 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z A team including Keller and led by Blair Schoene, a geochronologist at Princeton, looked at zircon crystals trapped between layers of basalt. Did volcanic eruptions help kill off the dinosaurs? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Everywhere the rover looked, it was basalt — volcanic rock. Photos From the Opportunity Rover’s Mission on Mars 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Then the liquid is injected into a basalt rock formation deep underground. The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Beneath the oceans, Earth’s crust consists mainly of a rock called basalt. High-pressure experiments cast light on deep-Earth mineralogy 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Over four hours, with a few occasional stirs, the furnace heated the rocks to about 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit, until the basalt became a bubbling molten mix. Watch Scientists Brew Their Own Lava 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z At the very top were pillars of basalt rocks framing step terraces, with other arrangements of rock columns “forming walls, paths and spaces,” the scientists reported at AGU. Long-Hidden "Pyramid" Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Unfortunately for crews tasked with scraping the topsoil then removing debris, those systems sit in shallow basalt soil resting on hardened bedrock, said Clint Snyder, assistant executive officer for the Central Valley Water Board. Butte County faces massive cleanup after Camp fire: 'It is a historic, almost biblical disaster' 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z It was an emotional moment for the indigenous Rapa Nui visitors when they saw the basalt statue, which for them, contains the spirit of their people. Easter Island governor begs British Museum to return Moai: 'You have our soul' 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z When exposed to high pressures as a result of tectonic processes, basalt transforms into an assemblage of minerals that is denser than the rocks of the underlying mantle. High-pressure experiments cast light on deep-Earth mineralogy 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z First, Dr. Sonder and his colleagues got black chunks of ancient solidified lava, called basalt, from a quarry in Texas. Watch Scientists Brew Their Own Lava 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The pieces - a basalt fragment, similar to most of the Earth’s volcanic rock, and bits of surface debris known as regolith - are being sold by an unidentified private American collector who purchased them in 1993. Soviet-era moon fragments could reach $1 million at N.Y. auction 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Granite entry stairs open to a basalt floor on the lower level, where the girls’ rooms double as guest spaces. A family’s Ellensburg-area ‘cabin’ nestles into its surroundings to create a relaxed and recreational state of mind 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Residents of other nearby towns say the airport project requires so much basalt and another reddish volcanic rock that mines are altering their landscape. Public will decide future of Mexico’s $13 billion airport 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Carbon mineralisation involves the exposure of rocks including basalt that react with carbon dioxide which becomes trapped, turning to mineral in the pores of the stone. Five cheap ways to limit climate change 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z They poured about 120 pounds of basalt into a crucible inside a furnace. Watch Scientists Brew Their Own Lava 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z He also noted that sculptures of African people from the ancient world were sometimes carved from black stones, such as basalt, and then painted with reddish-brown pigments to create a lifelike effect. The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z So underwater basalt lava flows often mean pillow lavas, but not all rounded shapes in an old lava flow are pillows. Geo-Adventuring, the Beginning: Marys Peak Marvels 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z At the heart of a beautiful stained-glass window at the Washington National Cathedral is a 3.6 billion-year-old piece of basalt rock, weighing just over seven grams and sealed in a nitrogen-filled glass container. - The Washington Post 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z He’s along the Old Inland Empire Highway, known as the OIE, about 10 miles west of Red Mountain, in the shadow of basalt cliffs to the north, with the Yakima River to the south. Colin Morrell has turned an abandoned sheep farm along a remote stretch of the Yakima Valley into a source of high-quality grapes 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But the herders covered it over with pebbles and then, to mark the spot, somehow managed to drag a dozen giant basalt pillars to the site from a kilometer or more away. Ancient Burial Pits Reveal Sophisticated Rituals 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Ancient sculptures of African people were often made of basalt and painted with reddish-brown layers to create a lifelike effect. The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z It was born underwater, when the basalt erupted erupted and shattered. Geo-Adventuring, the Beginning: Marys Peak Marvels 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z They were made of basalt, so inside them you heard hardly any echoes at all, he said. “The Wind Cave” 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The fountains began producing Pele's hair, which is one of the most awesome things basalt does. The Late(?), Great Fissure 8 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The imposing black basalt city walls that date from the Byzantine era encircle the old city like a massive fortress on a hill above the Tigris River. Erdogan’s Most Charismatic Rival Challenges Him, From Jail 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Some appeared to be basalts, which are volcanic in origin. The unlikely story of the meteorite feud that ended up a fugitive from the law 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Starting in February 2015, his team dug about 20 test pits, unearthing modern debris, colonial porcelain, and, finally, the basalt slabs of a Mexica period floor. Feeding the gods: Hundreds of skulls reveal massive scale of human sacrifice in Aztec capital 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Eventually, the riders, including the Harder’s 24-year-old son, Harry, popped over the basalt ridges and ravines and herded the cows toward an open gate. Eastern Washington ranchers wrangling a living history 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Hunks of basalt as much as 8 feet in diameter and slabs of concrete 11 feet across armored the beach, left from a seawall built in the 1950s. Lawsuit seeks more review of projects that ‘armor’ Puget Sound shoreline 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z "Iceland is particularly favourable for this type of CCS simply because of the amount of basalt it's got". Turning carbon dioxide into rock - forever 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z That year a long-lived deep lake of bubbling molten basalt lava, a very popular tourist attraction, unexpectedly began to drop downward until it was no longer visible. Kilauea's Next Eruptions May Mirror a Big One in Its Past 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z When Darwin began his travels, James Hutton and other Plutonists had only just convinced most of the scientific world that basalt was deposited by volcanoes, not laid down by seawater. Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Evolution of Basalt 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Post-hole diggers mostly find rocks just below the soil’s surface, so Harder’s grandfather bought a jack hammer in the 1950s to bore holes into the basalt. Eastern Washington ranchers wrangling a living history 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z To answer the question, Lavallée and colleagues recreated the process in the laboratory using basalt cores drilled from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland. Scientists solve mystery of how Giant's Causeway was formed 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z On shore we found walls of stacked basalt columns, an engineering feat still shrouded in mystery. Micronesia: Scenic island-hopping and a lesson in letting go 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Contrary to our expectations before MSL, the crust being eroded by the rivers was not all dark, primitive basalt but a more evolved composition and mineralogy. Curiosity rover: 2,000 days on Mars 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z He saw how it must have evolved from the basalt itself, and recognized that the tuff cones must have erupted under water. Darwin, the Galápagos, and the Evolution of Basalt 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z So, when the lava cools it forms different rock types, such as basalt, pumice and obsidian. The Versatile Volcanic Rock That’s Showing Up in Home Décor 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Role of recycled oceanic basalt and sediment in generating the Hf–Nd mantle array. Hadean silicate differentiation preserved by anomalous 142Nd/144Nd ratios in the Réunion hotspot source 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Nearly every day, he clambers across the high basalt columns of the Tojinbo cliffs, the Sea of Japan thrashing 80 feet below. At Japan’s suicide cliffs, he's walked more than 600 people back from the edge 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Super-volcanos & potential basalt flows & numerous other natural causes exist - some of which may be mitigated to some degree. Daniel Ellsberg Thinks We’re in Denial About Nuclear War 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The basalt peak juts above the ocean like a gigantic thumbs-up. Once-secret hike to God’s Thumb features dramatic views 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Columns of stacked basalt blocks rise, precarious, by the sea. Climbing to New Peaks of Creativity 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Preservation of Earth-forming events in the tungsten isotopic composition of modern flood basalts. Hadean silicate differentiation preserved by anomalous 142Nd/144Nd ratios in the Réunion hotspot source 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z I'm talking about mudstones and basalts and all of those kinds of rocks that are deadly-dull to the average human being. How to Get Mistaken for a Geologist 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Pictures circulated online showed what appeared to be a crater in the centre of the Ain Dara site and rubble where there used to be carved basalt lions. Turkish strikes 'damage ancient temple' 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The slide is occurring in a rumpled layer cake of volcanic rock, or basalt, laid down by eruptions that began about 17 million years ago, interspersed with thin deposits of silt and other sediments. Watching a Ridge Slide in Slow Motion, a Town Braces for Disaster 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Whatever happens, even one hit from a basalt rock is particularly dangerous because of its sharp edges. Dozens evacuate before potential Yakima landslide; ‘Oso. We don’t want to feel what they feel.’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Rattlesnake Ridge is made up of thick layers of basalt, interspersed in some places with weaker sediment layers, Hammond explained. Geologist warns Yakima-area landslide could be worse than officials expect 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z To get lovely pahoehoe flows like the one in the video, you start with a nice mafic magma, usually basalt. Lava versus GoPro--Fight! 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z On a recent visit, archaeologist Hicks guides a visitor through the ankle-grabbing deep grasses, sweet sage, crumbling basalt and a small phalanx of guardian rattlesnakes to some of the canyon’s ancient sites. Site unseen: Floodwaters buried a treasure trove at Marmes Rockshelter 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The answer is a resounding yes when CO2 is injected into the igneous rock basalt, says Matter. Emissions: We have the technology : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z About 2.7 billion years ago, basalt lava flowed underwater near what’s now the state’s border with Canada; the lava hardened, and the creep of geologic time turned it into a bedrock of greenstone and granite. In Northern Minnesota, Two Economies Square Off: Mining vs. Wilderness 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z She said that there were similar basalt deposits in many parts of the world. From thin air to stone: greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z This true Hero of a camera pluckily filmed itself catching on fire and being immersed in 2K+°F basalt, and survived to not only tell the tale, but film its own rescue. Lava versus GoPro--Fight! 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z The Columbia River Gorge was formed largely by the Columbia River basalt flows and scoured out by the Missoula Floods. Geologists warn of landslides in wildfire-scarred Gorge 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z If the approach works well at other sites, Matter says, it will not be necessary to perform long-term monitoring of CO2 in basalt. Emissions: We have the technology : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The area is riddled with volcanic cones, with the Rio Grande flowing through an 800ft gorge in the layers of volcanic basalt flows and ash. 10 national monuments at risk under Trump's administration 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z She said that there were similar basalt deposits in many parts of the world. From thin air to stone: greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z He thinks the fire will reveal towers of basalt and other visually arresting geological features. A state's shared grief as fire chews through Oregon's beloved Columbia River Gorge 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Tons of basalt boulders are being dumped below I-90 in an effort to stop homeless people from camping in downtown Spokane. Spokane puts boulders under I-90 to keep homeless from camping there 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z These fragments are bound together in the sample by a glassy material, which the team say probably formed when some of the basalt melted following a meteorite impact. Moon had magnetic field at least a billion years longer than thought – study 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z One of my favorite beaches, Black Pebble Beach at Yaquina Head in Oregon, is made entirely of basalt. Shingle Beaches: Pebble Paradises 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z During the initial 300,000 years of the eruptions, basalt lava poured over a vast area of Siberia building to several kilometers thick. Underground magma triggered Earth’s worst mass extinction with greenhouse gases | Howard Lee 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Lim now also runs a similar dual-purposed research project, called Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains, that is looking at hydrothermal variations in the basalt terrains of volcanoes in Idaho and Hawaii. NASA’s new astronaut corps features an abundance of scientific talent 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Israel's capture of the strategic basalt plateau known as the Golan Heights represented the final Arab humiliation of the Six Day War. Six Day War: Six ways the conflict still matters - BBC News 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z According to a dating technique based on the ratio of different isotopes of argon, the basalt formed from lava flows about 3.3bn years ago. Moon had magnetic field at least a billion years longer than thought – study 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Atop a steep basalt outcrop, the students quickly spotted several of the brown, mottled snakes sunning themselves among the rocks. Don’t fear Washington state’s only rattler — get to know it, biologist urges 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Geologic wonders are in full view along the highway, which passes basalt cliffs and runs high above the canyon-carving waterway. A Hike and a Happy Hour: Up the Umtanum, with a side hop to hop country 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The Río Grande carves an 800-foot deep gorge through layers of volcanic basalt flows and ash. Here are the national monuments being reconsidered under Trump 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Zachary asked Marenakos Rock Center to saw slabs of stone from basalt columns, which were laid in wide strips to floor the front garden. A modern, sophisticated garden was inspired by ‘the feeling of Japan’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Ice-age floods gouged away the soil, exposing layers of basalt arranged into columns of almost architectural precision. The Pacific Northwest is a Disneyland for geology lovers, and this CWU prof wants to be your guide 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s the balancing act of all that ancient basalt. The burrowers: copper mine's fate hints at light at the end of tunnel for Michigan 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Oliver – ever the naturalist – knew exactly: “Why, these are basalt stones! This looks like a stairway carved out of a wall of basalt!” My life with Oliver Sacks: ‘He was the most unusual person I had ever known’ 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z This "parent rock" was very probably basalt of the sort produced on the ocean floor, they say. Scientists play 'geological genealogy' - BBC News 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Splotches of black basalt spilled by ancient volcanoes. Satellite Eye on Earth January 2017 – in pictures 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z It was standing room only when Zentner discussed Ellensburg blue agates — rare gems forged by chemical reactions in some of those basalts and scattered across the valley by ancient rivers. The Pacific Northwest is a Disneyland for geology lovers, and this CWU prof wants to be your guide 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z To enter the restaurant, guests will first pass through a row of Japanese maple trees and an open-air threshold cut into a wall made from local basalt. One of the World’s Best Restaurants Gets an Update 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Because this is our history, we built a memorial to keep the injustice of that sad day in memory: a 276-foot wall of red cedar, granite and basalt curving along that 1942 ferry dock site. Internment camps of WW II should remain a sad memory 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Once injected into basalt rock, the carbon dioxide rapidly was mineralized, or turned into rock. It wasn’t entirely bad news. Here are five positive environmental stories from 2016. 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z In the nineteen-seventies, the U.S. government built a dam on the Snake River in Idaho, atop a foundation of deeply fractured layers of basalt and rhyolite. A Bigger Problem Than ISIS? 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Where did the rivers of magma that formed the Columbia River basalts originate? The Pacific Northwest is a Disneyland for geology lovers, and this CWU prof wants to be your guide 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Try your hand at rock climbing with a guided adventure on the breathtaking red basalt cliffs at Smith Rock State Park, the birthplace of sport climbing. Bend's grownup fun ranges from showshoes to craft brews | Provided By Visit Bend 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z A frozen rope of a waterfall, Elowah drops 289 feet into an amphitheater of layered basalt, kicking mist into a mossy forest populated with boulders the size of small houses. Elowah Falls is a gem of the Columbia Gorge and an easy hike 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z But while Hoover Dam is anchored in solid volcano-baked basalt, Glen Canyon Dam spans a gorge lined with Navajo sandstone that critics compare with hardened sand dunes. Feds give 20 more years to Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Most of them were created by chipping and scraping the top surface of the basalt boulders to expose a lighter layer underneath. Turning rock carvings into laser projections - BBC News 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Later, he and the class would gather atop the basalt colonnade and jointly converge on an explanation: As molten rock cools from the surface inward, it often cracks into geometric patterns like drying mud. The Pacific Northwest is a Disneyland for geology lovers, and this CWU prof wants to be your guide 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z It is fished from float tubes or pontoon boats and offers dramatic scenery, being at the base of steep basalt cliffs. Lenore and Dry Falls lakes are good choices for late-autumn trout fishing 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Rocks derived from the mantle, such as basalts, consume O2 when they weather. Bridge the planetary divide 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The basalt rock found to the south and southwest poses an equally difficult challenge. Water-rights ruling sparks building-permit rush in Spokane County 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The Danakil is geologically a part of the ocean floor because it is underlain by this erupted basalt, rather than by granitic continental rocks. Topsy turvy 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Ranchers, farmers, office workers and students packed the auditorium for Zentner’s animated descriptions of the molten rock that surged across the area millions of years ago, creating the miles-thick Columbia River basalts. The Pacific Northwest is a Disneyland for geology lovers, and this CWU prof wants to be your guide 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Destruction of antiquities is clear from the air, but so are 2,000 enormous man-made rock structures once known as "the works of the old men" in Jordan's bleak basalt desert. Jordan's airborne monuments men discover, protect sites 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Destruction of antiquities is clear from the air, but so are 2,000 enormous man-made rock structures once known as “the works of the old men” in Jordan’s bleak basalt desert. Jordan's airborne monuments men discover, protect sites 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Stone and subpilot Terry Kerby, who helps run the Hawaii undersea research laboratory at the University of Hawaii, watched as the volcano and its rugged basalt walls came into view. Pacific Ocean's hidden wonders revealed on dive to underwater volcano 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z And the basalts used for the study aren’t reliable either, he says. The planetary collision that formed the Moon may have been way more violent than we thought 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Heizer’s valley is an ancient wash, filled with streambed cobblestones—limestone, dolomite, sandstone—and volcanic rocks like basalt: he chose this spot, he says, for the materials. A Monument to Outlast Humanity 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Look for pillow-shaped basalt, spires, cliffs and coves in the various surfaces. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Among them, sitting up straight and dignified, one red basalt headstone somehow appeared to be in better condition than the rest. At Site of P.G.A. Championship Lies the Legend of Baltus Roll 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Made of basalt and coral boulders, the 99 artificial islets of Nan Madol are home to ruins ranging from temple to tombs dating between A.D. UNESCO announces 4 new World Heritage Sites 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Wang and his team analyzed a mixture of lunar breccias and lunar basalts. The planetary collision that formed the Moon may have been way more violent than we thought 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The most frequently cited accomplice is volcanic activity, in particular the eruptions that produced the Deccan Traps, a mile-thick stack of basalt flows in present-day India. Did Oil Kill the Dinosaurs? 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z For many years, Lonar crater was thought to be volcanic in origin, due to its location in a basalt field made from volcanic rock from 65 million years ago. These Tranquil Lakes Are Actually Ancient Impact Craters 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In the end, the consortium sought $463 million from the canal authority to cover its losses from the long delays and poor-quality basalt. The New Panama Canal: A Risky Bet 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Laboratory tests by Matter’s team and others, along with computer modeling, had previously suggested that carbonation in basalt would take at least a decade. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Reactions with the minerals in the deep basalts convert the carbon dioxide to a stable, immobile chalky solid. Experiment 'turns waste CO2 to stone' - BBC News 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Scientists capture the carbon emissions by binding it to basalt rocks. How One Country Is Making Rocks Out of Air Pollution Volcanic rocks called basalts are excellent for this process, because they are rich in calcium, magnesium and iron, which react with CO2. Iceland Carbon Dioxide Storage Project Locks Away Gas, and Fast 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z There's basalt all over the world, in places like the Pacific Northwest, India and South America, Matter said. Scientists turn chief global warming gas into harmless stone 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z And there is no lack of basalt formations on land or offshore, which could make CCS possible for power plants “not near sedimentary rocks or depleted oil wells,” Matter adds. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z There’s basalt all over the world, in places like the Pacific Northwest, India and South America, Matter said. Scientists turn chief global warming gas into harmless stone 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Human and marine observers alike may be captivated by the odd growth between the eyes of the anglerfish, pictured here in the pillow basalts. 10 Stunning Undersea Creatures That Don't Even Look Real 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The thumbnail-sized fragment of basalt rock, polished smooth on one end, was discovered in the early 1990s at a rock shelter known as Carpenter's Gap in the northwest Kimberley region. Aboriginal Australians had innovative axe to grind 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The fingernail-sized sliver of basalt is ground smooth at one end and appears to date from 44 to 49,000 years ago. 'Oldest axe' was made by early Australians - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Otherwise, projects in basalt could suffer the same fate as the dozens of conventional CCS projects around the world that have failed to be commercialized. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Many have since settled down to menial jobs in the fertile farming region in the shadow of the basalt crags of the Sahyadri mountain range. An Indian teen was raped by her father. Village elders had her whipped. 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z At the time of the basalt eruptions, there was no free oxygen in the atmosphere—that didn’t happen until cyanobacteria flooded the atmosphere with the gas hundreds of millions of years later. Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is today 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The surface of the planet is covered with basalt from ancient volcanic eruptions. Transit of Mercury 2016: follow today's celestial event - live 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Evidence like this tell-tale basalt chip is difficult to come by. 'Oldest axe' was made by early Australians - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Unpublished data from a similar project in basalt near the Columbia River near Wallula, Washington, point to a similar conclusion. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z A mighty waterfall, one of the largest by volume east of the Mississippi River, tumbles nearly 80 feet over basalt cliffs, where the Passaic River flows through a narrow chasm. National Park in Paterson, N.J., Ponders 2 Paths: Natural Wonder or Historical Site? 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Last year, Buick published evidence that biological nitrogen fixation was already well established half a billion years before these Pilbara basalts erupted. Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is today 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The surface of the planet is covered with basalt from ancient volcanic eruptions. Transit of Mercury 2016: follow today's celestial event - live 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In 1916, the Ottoman governor Ahmed Djemal Pasha, nicknamed “the Blood Shedder,” executed Syrian rebels here, next to the striking bronze and basalt column that still rises above the square today. Damascus’s crossroads of dissent and the displaced 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z If carbonation generates minerals that quickly plug the pores in the basalt, she worries, they could trap CO2 near the injection site instead of letting it spread through the rock. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z A silicic lava dome that rises high above everything else in sight - it looks similar to Black Butte near Sisters - Hager Mountain was formed some 5.9 million years ago from basalt lava flows. Oregon mountaintop lookout is a journey back in time 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z But he still wants more evidence: A series of measures from other basalts of different ages would be ideal. Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is today 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Israel's Antiquities Authority said on Wednesday that an excavation exposed two houses with well-preserved remains and floors containing pottery vessels, flint tools and a basalt bowl. Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a 7,000-year-old settlement in northern Jerusalem in what they say is the oldest discovery of its kind in the area 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z It is a stone “mano,” a heavy grinding roller carved out of basalt and finely polished. See New Discoveries at the Mysterious City of the Jaguar But even CarbFix’s own scientists acknowledge that the biggest obstacle to CCS in basalt is financial: Power companies have little incentive to pursue it. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z At its center stands a grand Stonehenge-like grouping of basalt columns and paloverde trees. The Artist’s Artist: Robert Irwin Continues to Create and Inspire 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z This rover proceeded to identify a mineralogical mystery on the moon, a basalt with “unique compositional characteristics.” New type of moon rock discovered by Chinese lunar lander 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z "When I first saw the destruction in Homs, I cried," says Samer Wardeh, 53, a construction crew chief who specializes in restoring the black basalt stone structures built by Ottoman-era craftsmen in the old souk. Syrian rebels in the historic city of Homs are leaving behind a panorama of destruction 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The textbook explanation is that the Moho draws the line between the crust and the mantle: a demarcation between familiar igneous surface rocks - such as granites, basalts and gabbros - and those of the interior peridotites. Bid to drill deep inside Earth - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z They knew that unlike sandstone, the basalt contains metals that react with CO2, forming carbonate minerals such as calcite—a process known as carbonation. Underground injections turn carbon dioxide to stone 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Unlike the more famous monument built with about 100 huge stones topped by lintels, the Golan structure is made of piles of thousands of smaller basalt rocks that together weigh over 40,000 tons. Prehistoric 'Stonehenge' monument in Golan Heights fuels mystery 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z A grove of drooping pines provided shade, and the shoreline included large basalt boulders on one side and a sliver of sand beach on the other. Summit Lake: a beckoning hideaway in Oregon Cascades 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Operations manager Christian Anderson says the pad will be assembled from basalt pavers by a rover controlled remotely from NASA’s Kennedy Space Station in Florida. Hilo company works with NASA on sustainable landing pad 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z But by the ’60s he was increasingly interested in working with hard stones—including granite and basalt—as, he said, “an antidote to impermanence.” The Uncertain Future of Isamu Noguchi’s Works 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Carbonate-rich rocks are green, olivine is brown, and basalt is purple. Week's Best Space Pictures: 3 Hurricanes, Saturn's Equinox 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Highlights: Sights abound along this long stretch, starting with spectacular lichen-covered cliffs of columnar basalt near Soda Springs Dam. Southern Oregon trail courses 79 miles through a wonderland 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The path, which is carved into black basalt cliffs, was an engineering triumph - it's connected by a network of walkways and bridges - the most iconic of which was the tubular bridge. The Gobbins: Dramatic Islandmagee coastal path to reopen later - BBC News 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z “Some of these surfaces look flat on radar but are actually some of the roughest basalt surfaces on Earth,” Kobs-Nawotniak said. NASA, Idaho State University team up to research lava flow 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z A new basalt fountain in the entry courtyard was placed opposite the front door; it is supposed to allow chi, positive energy, to flow into the house. Feng shui and a center split open up a La Cañada Flintridge home 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Carbonate-rich rocks are green, olivine is brown, and basalt is purple. Week's Best Space Pictures: 3 Hurricanes, Saturn's Equinox 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z He points out a piece of vesicular basalt studded with Rice Krispie-sized pockets of whitish material. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Omer 9 — so named because it was the ninth sub made by students from the school — was molded of lightweight basalt fibers strengthened with a layer of fiberglass. Underwater rivals battle for fastest human-powered submarine 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z At this time Pollock carved a small black basalt head, a death mask with closed eyes. Why Jackson Pollock gave up painting 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The researchers also studied a range of meteorite samples - including non-martian ones - as well as a series of basalt 'blanks', or neutral control samples. There's Methane In Them Thar Martian Rocks! 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Carbonate-rich rocks are green, olivine is brown, and basalt is purple. Week's Best Space Pictures: 3 Hurricanes, Saturn's Equinox 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z But that layer of hard basalt, scraped off the oceanic crust and transported overland rather than being subducted, gives the tale a different ending. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z About six miles northwest of Gooding, Jawdropper’s loops and passages are lava tubes, formed as the surfaces of a river of molten lava solidified into basalt while the lava inside flowed and drained away. Southern Idaho cavers take the curious underground 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z “We call these pillow basalts, and the only way these pillows form is underwater. They’re not going to form in air,” he explains. Guides give geology lessons to visitors of Coast Range peak 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The Johnson Space Center, in Houston, uses pulverized lava from its slopes to study potential agriculture in space colonies; its iron-rich basalt is a close analogue to the soil on Mars. Roommates on Mars 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z If the basalt was mixed with sugar, which melts with the impact to produce carbon, then its surface became darkened with a carbon-rich "paint" - much like what the researchers believe is happening on Mercury. Mercury 'painted black' by passing comets 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Unlike the basalt that makes up much of the Coast Range, which cooled quickly after erupting on the ocean floor, gabbro forms deep underground. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z One Sentinel is black, like the basalt familiar to southern Idahoans. Southern Idaho cavers take the curious underground 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Or, perhaps most likely, the purported periodicities of mass extinctions, impacts and flood basalts are not as clear-cut and precisely aligned as might be hoped. Fact or Fiction?: Did Dark Matter Kill the Dinosaurs? 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The statue is one of only 14 carved from basalt, as the majority are made of the softer volcanic tuff. Museum installs 'Easter Island head' 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Then they fired projectiles at a sugar-coated basalt rock to confirm the darkening effect of carbon. Mercury 'painted black' by passing comets 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z The white stuff, he explains, is probably feldspar deposited long after the basalt formed. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Gypsum crystals, clinging like frost to basalt, float down in a caver’s breath. Southern Idaho cavers take the curious underground 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z But because basalt is so reactive, after a relatively short time — a matter of years, not centuries — most of the CO2 should be mineralized, making long-term monitoring unnecessary. Burying a Mountain of CO2 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Related images taken with an infrared telescope in Hawaii show the asteroid is primarily basalt, with a composition similar to lava flows found in Hawaii. Asteroid that buzzed Earth has a plus one, NASA says 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z For now, the eruption remains what volcanologists call an effusive one — the lava, consisting primarily of molten basalt, is thin enough that the gases bubble out with little explosive force. Predicting What a Volcano May or May Not Do Is as Tricky as It Is Crucial, as Iceland Well Knows. 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The vesicles — gas bubbles left behind by the volcanic eruption that created the basalt — were filled in by a silica-rich mineral solution that seeped into the rock after it had cooled. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The church had been built from “female basalt,” volcanic rock so porous that it breathed. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z The CarbFix approach accelerates the process by injecting into basalt, a very reactive rock. Burying a Mountain of CO2 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The first waterfall - created from the same Columbia River basalt that forms Silver Falls State Park - was a highlight early on, and the weather alternated between sunshine and rain. Kayaking on Thomas Creek offers rainy season fun 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z The idea was that he could come back to study the deposit years later and look for evidence of the basalt in areas around the initial deposit to see how it had spread. Can Geoengineering Save the Earth? More road cuts, some of them hundreds of feet above the valley floor, expose bands of sandstone or outcroppings of basalt. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Because female basalt had been mined to depletion, the porosity in many of the reconstructed stone blocks was ersatz; still, one had the sense of entering a living structure. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Large basalt deposits are found in other locales, including the Pacific Northwest in the United States. Burying a Mountain of CO2 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z There were five large orthostats in limestone and basalt, a dark grey to black rock, that portray row of individuals bearing gifts of gazelle. Archaeologists dig at ancient site near Syrian war 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Their names are inscribed on weatherproof blocks of black basalt, and beside one, under a pebble, there's a note in a polythene bag that couldn't keep out the Flanders rain. Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen? 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Soon everyone was peering at Sollins’ newly collected sample, wrangling over crystalline structure and trying to decide if they were looking at basalt or gabbro. Notes from the underground 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The floor appeared to undulate like sea swells, with the fallen basalt rocks floating among them. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Everything about this section of trail is excellent, from a dense forest that lights up with gold in autumn, to caves in the layered basalt cliffs and multiple small waterfalls. Rainy season a good time to visit Multnomah Falls 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Ultimately massive floods cut loose, forming sinuous channels that separated and reconnected, carving into the basalt, leaving coulees, among other formations. Take 2: My bike ride to the past through the Moses Coulee 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The Zen-like abode was built for its excellent acoustics, tranquility and creativity-inspiring materials, like basalt stone, baked oak flooring and teak cabinetry. Celebrity Real Estate: Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Much of the moon’s near side is paved over in dark plains of basalt called maria. Recent volcanic eruptions on the moon 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z If you knew the right piece of basalt, you could reach out and touch it, but there was no way to know. Atoning for a Genocide | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z However, they are actually giant plains of the dark rock basalt. Lunar Lava Left ‘Strikingly Geometric’ Shapes on Moon’s Surface 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The walls protecting the practice field are made of basalt lava. Oregon is No. 1 in The Times' 'Super 16' countdown 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Archaeology students from Aleppo University have collected the fallen basalt and limestone blocks and put them in a safe place awaiting reconstruction when the war ends. The ancient sites targeted by high-tech guns 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Under the surface soil, known as regolith, it found a layer of debris from a crater-forming impact and two layers of lava flows, made of basalt. China's lunar rover limps into another long night 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Melted plastic binds together sand, shells, pebbles, basalt, coral and wood, or seeps into the cavities of larger rocks to form a rock-plastic hybrid. Future Fossils: Plastic Stone 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Lommer was inspired in part by the appearance of the rocks, as basalt is often dark in color and also the signature for sand seems obvious, other colors seem to be used just for convenience. How Colors Revolutionized Geological Mapmaking 2014-04-13T13:22:02Z "One bit of basalt can melt about 10 to 14 times its own volume of ice, so you get a lot of water appearing very, very quickly during an eruption," McGarvie said. Volcanoes Guard Ice Age Secrets 2014-03-11T20:36:00Z The volcano spews out carbonite lava, which, unlike basalt lava found in other volcanoes on Earth, is very runny — sort of like “motor oil,” Nadis says. Astrobiologist finds seven places on Earth that may offer close approximations to Mars 2014-03-10T20:31:13Z Sedimentary rocks examined by the Curiosity rover at Yellowknife Bay, Mars, were derived from sources that evolved from an approximately average martian crustal composition to one influenced by alkaline basalts. [Research Article] Elemental Geochemistry of Sedimentary Rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars 2014-01-23T19:25:10.596Z Minerals within basalt, including magnesium, calcium and iron, gradually react with CO2 to form carbonate crystals inside the pores and seams of basalt, entombing the carbon as a permanent solid. A Vault for Carbon Dioxide 2013-11-27T13:15:00.480Z Now, thanks to an experiment that brought basalt rock to the highest pressures ever tested, scientists think this lava sea was stratified, separated into lighter and denser layers. Early Earth Had Layered Lava Oceans 2013-11-06T20:15:00.373Z The basalt, a hard, dark rock formed from quick-cooling volcanic lava, was quarried from a site 20 miles away. Stirling Prize: Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre 2013-09-16T07:11:33Z In one instance, the researchers found more than 40 basalt ashlar blocks in a single garden. Biblical-Era Town Discovered Along Sea of Galilee 2013-09-17T23:45:00.777Z Until the gas is locked away, the porous basalt layers are capped by solid rock that will prevent leaking. Pilot Projects Bury CO 2 in Basalt 2013-07-29T19:15:03.477Z Testing will be needed, she notes, to determine how well basalt will retain the carbon. A Vault for Carbon Dioxide 2013-11-27T13:15:00.480Z It's one of the narrowest points along the route where the limestone and basalt face tower for 100 metres above the nervous driver. Beauty and beast 2013-06-14T06:01:34Z The basalt columns rise into the air, echoing the famous stones of the Causeway. Stirling Prize: Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre 2013-09-16T07:11:33Z They combined iron, basalt and chlorine and burned them under intense pressure. Matter: Chlorine, Swimming Pool Helper, Has a Checkered Past 2013-05-23T11:00:01Z In basalt, dissolved CO2 should react with calcium and magnesium to form limestone over the course of decades. Pilot Projects Bury CO 2 in Basalt 2013-07-29T19:15:03.477Z These floods deposited a wealth of gravel, silt and granite boulders while eroding the volcanic basalt that forms the bedrock. The Pour: Kevin Pogue Seeks Washington State’s Top Terroir 2013-04-25T21:09:54Z Such crystals are rare in basalt, but this team was ready to look anywhere. Mega-Eruption: Scientists Connect a Mass Extinction to a Major Lava Flow 2013-04-04T13:05:22Z It is a material more usually found in country walls and hardcore beneath the road surface, but it matches the basalt of the Causeway's 40,000 hexagonal stones. Stirling Prize: Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre 2013-09-16T07:11:33Z They found that all of the chlorine combined with the basalt, and none with the iron. Matter: Chlorine, Swimming Pool Helper, Has a Checkered Past 2013-05-23T11:00:01Z That might mean that sandstone is more economically viable than ocean basalt, at least in the short term. Pilot Projects Bury CO 2 in Basalt 2013-07-29T19:15:03.477Z The newborn rock — mostly basalt — is pushed away from the ridges and becomes buried under thick sediment. Life Found Deep Inside Earth's Oceanic Crust 2013-03-14T21:45:03.220Z To fill this gap, Olsen and his coauthors—including Terrence Blackburn, a fellow at the Carnegie Institute—embarked on a years-long rock hunt in search of zircon crystals trapped in the basalt. Mega-Eruption: Scientists Connect a Mass Extinction to a Major Lava Flow 2013-04-04T13:05:22Z The surface rock of Mauritius is made from volcanic oceanic crust, or basalt. Lost Land Beneath the Waves 2013-02-24T18:00:00Z Lighter rock, like basalt, floated up to higher levels. Matter: Chlorine, Swimming Pool Helper, Has a Checkered Past 2013-05-23T11:00:01Z Atop these gneiss layers are younger deposits of basalt, which are were formed by ancient lava flows. Laikipia Plateau: I have arrived 2013-02-04T23:15:06.263Z The sharp geological boundary is reflected at the surface: Some plants living above the chalk are not seen above the basalt, and vice versa. Blind Mole Rats Show Evolution in Action 2013-01-28T20:00:00Z “But what I think is really interesting is that there’s something unusual or interesting about the first basalt event.” Mega-Eruption: Scientists Connect a Mass Extinction to a Major Lava Flow 2013-04-04T13:05:22Z The magma, they suggest, punched its way through pieces of preexisting continental crust on the seafloor, and in the process it tore off zircons and incorporated them into the basalt lava. Lost Land Beneath the Waves 2013-02-24T18:00:00Z Its unusual composition — cemented fragments of basalt — is consistent with observations made by recent Martian rovers and orbiters. Observatory: In Ancient Meteorite, Hint There Was Life on Mars 2013-01-03T21:30:25Z This is precisely what the robot rovers studying basalts down on the ground on Mars also see. Rock is new Mars meteorite class 2013-01-03T19:06:13Z A more prosaic, but no less violent, explanation for the causeway's genesis attributes the creation of its 39,000 hexagonal, basalt stones to a series of volcanic eruptions 60m years ago. National Trust attempts to block £100m Giant's Causeway golf course 2012-12-29T23:25:17Z There do not seem to be further waves of extinction at the time of the later basalt flows, she notes. Mega-Eruption: Scientists Connect a Mass Extinction to a Major Lava Flow 2013-04-04T13:05:22Z At his feet are four containers, each filled with a different type of ground rock—granite, basalt, rhyolite or schist. Rock Tasting at Biosphere 2 2012-12-11T14:15:00.217Z It looked like just another dull piece of basalt, so much of which litters the Martian surface. Cosmic coincidence on the road to Glenelg 2012-10-17T12:02:50Z The sand is very probably just the product of weathered basalt, the ubiquitous volcanic rock on Mars' surface. Mars rover to scoop sand sample 2012-10-05T09:06:45Z The Causeway is a Unesco World Heritage Site and features more than 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. Giant's Causeway exhibit amended 2012-10-03T09:57:31Z This is because there are different methods for establishing the ages of layers of rock, depending on whether they are volcanic, like the basalt, or sedimentary, like fossil-bearing rock. Mega-Eruption: Scientists Connect a Mass Extinction to a Major Lava Flow 2013-04-04T13:05:22Z These features are typical of basalt lavas found on Earth. Where Volcanoes Snow 2012-09-07T14:45:11.890Z A basalt, which is also common under the ocean on Earth, typically has 48% silicon dioxide and percent amounts of iron, calcium and magnesium, and sodium and potassium oxides as well. Mars rover prepares to zap rocks 2012-08-18T01:07:44Z The Causeway is a Unesco World Heritage Site and features more than 40,000 interlocking basalt columns formed millions of years ago by volcanic activity. Causeway pricing policy slammed 2012-08-08T07:53:41Z Justly so — it consists of nearly 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, some as tall as 36 feet. Geologic Wonders and the Legend of Finn McCool 2012-07-05T18:15:04.170Z This is a lava tube formed in basalt flows of Castle Creek age. Prelude to a Catastrophe: "One of the Most Active and Most Explosive Volcanoes in the Cascade Range" 2012-06-07T15:15:16.157Z Next, another torchbearer walked carefully along the Giant's Causeway, an up-and-down natural stairway composed of tens of thousands of six-sided basalt rocks that run right into the Atlantic. IRA supporters force Olympic torch to alter course 2012-06-04T22:46:04Z Appreciable portions of the pit are gabbro, basalt that cooled underground without erupting, that is over 1,700 million years old. Oceans of Ore: How an Undersea Caldera Eruption Created Jerome, Arizona 2012-06-04T11:15:12.460Z Clay courts have long been closer to nature: topped off with crushed red brick or red tile in Europe, or in the case of the American green “clay” known as Har-Tru, by basalt. Tennis: Nadal Is No Fan of the New Blue Clay Courts in Madrid 2012-05-02T16:54:07Z The road is from twenty to thirty feet in width; generally it is made through basalt, which, in cooling, had crystallised, so that its surface resembles a mosaic pavement, and this readily breaks up. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z She switched back to andesite for a bit, then really mixed it up with some respectable basalt flows. Prelude to a Catastrophe: "One of the Most Active and Most Explosive Volcanoes in the Cascade Range" 2012-06-07T15:15:16.157Z The first expedition found free gold in the basalt, but the researches of the second yielded none. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z His miners tunneled through the young Hickey basalts downdropped by the fault. Oceans of Ore: How an Undersea Caldera Eruption Created Jerome, Arizona 2012-06-04T11:15:12.460Z Between each two pillars a colossal sphinx of basalt, crowned with the pshent, bent forward her oblique-eyed face and horned chin, and gazed into the hall with a fixed and mysterious look. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z This desolate islet of basalt was one of the most noted of the frequent “death” or burial places of the Indians. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Thomson was inclined to believe that a temperature of 7000° F. was probably too high, and results of experiments on the melting of basalt and other rocks led him to prefer a much reduced temperature. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z The saline properties are caused by the drainage from the basalt rocks, "the water being kept down by vaporisation, while the quantity of salt continually increases." Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The high altar is adorned with an urn of green basalt, sculptured with lions' heads, which contains the bodies of SS. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It is an acknowledged fact that the black basalt fonts of Norman times were imported from Flanders. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The prairies of the Umatilla have been succeeded by picturesque bare hills, and these by ragged palisades of columnar basalt, with higher hills yet, crowned with gnarled oak-trees. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; Ð also used instead of the general term pyroxene. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The scenery is finely broken up with glens formed by columns of basalt, giving it a look of great wildness. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z From diabases, basalts, andesites and other igneous rocks a third type of hornfels is produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z If you tear yourself away from the ribbon chert, you can investigate pillow basalts, greywackes, and a nice icing of glacial till, all within a few hundred yards. M lange et Trois: A Trip Across Subduction Zone Madness 2012-03-07T22:15:00.213Z It is an isolated cliff of basalt, nine hundred feet high, covering about seventeen acres, its summit thinly clothed with stunted trees. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Matter, who works with the program, said CarbFix is the first system that injects carbon dioxide into basalt, a form of volcanic rock. New Storage Projects Turns CO2 into Stone 2012-03-05T17:45:00.190Z The dark-coloured porphyritic crystals of basalts are known as basaltic hornblende. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z It formed when yet another terrane slammed into North America in the Cretaceous, about 120 million years ago, and is composed of metamorphosed oceanic basalt. M lange et Trois: A Trip Across Subduction Zone Madness 2012-03-07T22:15:00.213Z The three other peaks are broken crags of basalt, leaning as for support against the mighty mass at the centre. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Over time, the solution flows through the basalt formation and these elements recombine to form minerals like limestone. New Storage Projects Turns CO2 into Stone 2012-03-05T17:45:00.190Z In it were found some idols of basalt, a number of painted vases, and the remains of two dead bodies. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z The telemetry signal of the collared wolf brings us north of Tobin Harbor, where ancient basalt juts up from the earth’s crust to form the Greenstone Ridge. Scientist at Work Blog: An Eruption of Ravens 2012-02-27T18:27:37Z A vast outflow of basalt and andesite swept westward from the Blue Mountains to meet a similar outflow moving eastward from the Cascades. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The solution is then pumped 550 yards underground into a basalt formation, where the acidity leaches elements like calcium and magnesium from the surrounding rocks. New Storage Projects Turns CO2 into Stone 2012-03-05T17:45:00.190Z There are many different types of rocks, from volcanic basalt to peridotite, a rock that’s more like the mantle and gets pulled up from deeper within the earth. One Scientist s Journey to the Ocean Floor 2012-02-26T13:15:00.200Z We have no definite knowledge of his training, and but scant information as to the course of his life, though it is known that he owned a basalt business between 1640 and 1654. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z |
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