The Alpine Fault Investigate the evidence relating to geological event(s) Micheal Munro AS91412 Intro The Alpine fault is the boundary of the Pacific oceanic plate and the continental Australian plate. It is located almost through the entire south island of New Zealand extending about 600 Km across it1. It is one of the world’s major geological features and is responsible for the amazing Southern Alps. Each time it has ruptured it has moved both vertically as well as horizontally. Some believe
Premium Dendrochronology
THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING [AERIAL PHOTO-INTERPRETATION] IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL RESOURCES DETECTION & ESTIMATION Arvind Dewangan‚ Associate Professor – Civil Engineering Department‚ HCTM Technical Campus Kaithal‚ Haryana‚ 136027‚ INDIA Email: arvinddewangan237@gmail.com ABSTRACT Many aspects are involved in the interpretation of the lithological units on aerial photographs viz. rock types horizons and delineation of individual beds. If we want to interpret photogeologically in a proper way
Premium Geographic information system Remote sensing Aerial photography
ancient erosion‚ recent glaciation has left steep scars‚ U-shaped valleys‚ lakes‚ and moraine deposits. The Park’s oldest rocks were produced when plate movements subjected sea sediments to intense pressure and heat. “The resulting metamorphic rocks (schist and gneiss) are estimated to be 1.8 billion years old. Later‚ large intrusions of hot magma finally cooled about 1.4 million years ago to form a core of crystalline igneous rock (mostly granite).”( NPS) The Rocky Mountain National Park also includes
Premium Colorado United States Great Plains
Called the dung beetle because of its practice of rolling a ball of dung across the ground. The Egyptians observed this behavior and equated it with the ball of the sun being rolled across the sky. They confused this balled food source with the egg sack that the female dung beetle laid and buried in the sand. When the eggs hatched the dung beetles would seem to appear from nowhere‚ making it a symbol of spontaneous creation. In this role it was associated with the sunrise. Khepri was the scarab headed
Premium Beetle Ancient Egypt
Green Salamander The Green Salamander is a rare‚ small to medium salamander reaching lengths around 3-5 inches. The scientific name for the green salamander is aneides aenus. The Green Salamander is easily recognized because of the bright green markings on the black background. It has long legs and squared toe tips. The squared toe tips allow climbing to very easy (Waldron). The green salamander is very agile salamander and is able to jump six to ten inches. It is able to crawl
Premium Appalachian Mountains Male Female
Norton Simon Museum Vishnu is depicted in ways that both easily recognizable‚ and subtle. Sometimes works will even give the impression of Vishnu but are actually other deities or figures. Vishnu is clearly represented in a 10th century brownish-grey schist relief called “Vishnu as Vaikuntha.” This three-headed version of Vishnu‚ shows Vishnu as the boar avatar and man-lion avatar. He holds in his upper hands a lotus flower and conch shell while his lower hands touch the heads of a club-women and wheel-man
Premium Shiva Vishnu God
GOTTHARD BASE TUNNEL‚ SWITZERLAND 1. INTRODUCTION Currently under construction to stretch a record length of 57 km‚ the Gotthard Base tunnel located in Switzerland spans the north of Europe‚ spanning through the Swiss Alps to the south of Europe. This railway tunnel has been designed to bypass the inefficient route of windy roads and cutting down travel time. The Gotthard Base tunnel consisting of twin tunnels is connected by cross passages at every 325m. The twin tunnels have been constructed
Premium Sedimentary rock Rock Plate tectonics
mantle‚ the increasing pressure and temperature conditions cause a reform of the mineralogy of the rock‚ this metamorphism. My surface feature is a greywacke rock and greywacke is semi-metamorphosed. The types of metamorphic rocks are Greywacke‚ Slate‚ Schist‚ Marble and Sandstone. The transition to sedimentary the earth’s surface is always eroding this means rocks are being broken into smaller pieces by weathering of wind‚ water and ice. By erosion and weathering sediments are
Premium Plate tectonics Convergent boundary
Formation of Rocks The three main ways rocks are formed: • Sedimentary rocks are formed through the gradual accumulation of sediment: for example‚ sand on a beach or mud on a river bed. As the sediment is buried it is compacted as more and more material is deposited on top. Eventually the sediment will become so dense that it is essentially rock. This process is known as lithification. • Igneous rocks are rocks which have crystallized from a melt or magma. The melt is made up of various components
Premium Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock Igneous rock
Use of Technical and Semi-Technical Vocabulary in Petroleum Engineering Texts Introduction The mastering of a foreign language opens the roads for the transit of citizens whether for work‚ business‚ or tourism purposes‚ as well as for cultural and informational exchanges of all kinds. In this light‚ the status of English as a global language in politics‚ economics‚ education and the media‚ especially the Internet‚ is widely acknowledged. Typically‚ ESP has functioned to help language learners
Premium Vocabulary Language Second language