News tagged with sedimentology
Ethiopia's climate 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil
Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Tsunamis buried the cult site on the Peloponnese
Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that travelled considerable distances inland, and not by ...
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Jul 11, 2011 |
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How Earth's orbital shift shaped the Sahara
A change in the Earth’s orbit, many scientists believe, transformed the “Green Sahara” into what is now the largest desert on the planet. While scientists are still trying to find out if the ...
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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These crocs were made for chewing? Mammal-like crocodile fossil found in East Africa (w/ Video)
Fossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth have been discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, scientists report in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The unusual creature is changi ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Underground Forces: Deformation Processes in Gravel Deposits
Deformation bands in the gravel layers of the Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin form as a result of heterogeneous displacement in the surrounding sediment. This is caused by gradients in the deformation intensity, which ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Not so fast! Andes rise was gradual, not abrupt
Trailing like a serpent's spine along the western coast of South America, the Andes are the world's longest continental mountain range and the highest range outside Asia, with an average elevation of 13,000 ...
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Apr 01, 2010 |
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Past climate of the northern Antarctic Peninsular informs global warming debate
The seriousness of current global warming is underlined by a reconstruction of climate at Maxwell Bay in the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic Peninsula over approximately the last 14,000 years, which ...
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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How will future sea-level rise linked to climate change affect coastal areas?
The anticipated sea-level rise associated with climate change, including increased storminess, over the next 100 years and the impact on the nation's low-lying coastal infrastructure is the focus of a new, ...
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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Scientists discover Amazon river is 11 million years old
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years old and took its present shape about 2.4 million years ago.
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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The Amazon River is 11 million years old
The Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river around 11 million years ago and took its present shape approximately 2.4 million years ago. These are the most significant results of a study on two ...
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Jul 07, 2009 |
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Early elephant 'was amphibious'
An ancient relative of today’s elephants lived in water, a team led by an Oxford University scientist has found.
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Apr 15, 2008 |
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