(n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.
Example Sentences:
(1) The baited drumline criteria in WA targeting all sharks over 3m in length – incidentally the breeding individuals – seem superfluous to the ‘rogue’ shark in this instance.
(2) But the state premier Colin Barnett has suggested it will not be possible to place baited drumlines across the WA coast this summer.
(3) With the suggested targeting of ‘rogue sharks’ there will no doubt be a tender process with private companies bidding for the permits, as was the way of the initial baited drumline programme.
(4) The initial drumline deployment at the start of the year rightly came under extensive fire and opposition from across the world following questions surrounding the great white’s population status and what was deemed unnecessary targeting.
(5) During the initial review of the baited drumlines in WA there was a positive note that provided a comprehensive suite of shark hazard mitigation strategies to be implemented for the future.
Esker
Definition:
(n.) See Eschar.
Example Sentences:
(1) The temperature in the esker is assumed to be at a constant level equivalent to groundwater temperature.
(2) Concentrations of radon indoors and temperatures indoors and outdoors have been recorded every hour with some interruptions for one 12-week period in a dwelling situated on top of an esker outside Stockholm.
(3) The concentration of radon in the house shows variations, which can be explained as a combined stack effect in the esker and in the building.
(4) Dickens's genius for human observation at its quickest reaches a kind of pinnacle with the young man who tries to exercise his French and says "Esker" at a Veneering dinner, says nothing more and never reappears.