(1) Photograph: Alamy The Devils Postpile, near Mammoth Lakes on the east side of Yosemite, looks as if it might have been created by some satanic sculptor, but really it's just one of the world's best examples of columnar basalt, a similar geological feature to the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland.
(2) The US Geological Survey estimated the waters in the Arctic contain about 90bn barrels of recoverable oil.
(3) The US Geological Survey said it was the biggest earthquake to hit Japan since officials began keeping records in the late 1800s and one of the biggest recorded in the world.
(4) "Autumn colours are very patchy and depend on regional variation in climate and differences in geology.
(5) A tentative analysis of the data with regard to the geological situation is presented.
(6) In December the US Geological Survey also warned that sea-level rise could be even worse than feared, as much as 1.5 metres by the end of this century, partly due to increased melting of the volume of water stored in glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland.
(7) The possible association between the geological nature of the soil, as related to radioactivity, and lung cancer occurrence has been explored in an Italian province.
(8) The authors relate the tentative measurement data on radon-222 concentrations in different buildings situated in the Ukrainian bedrock geological region.
(9) Europe is geologically resource poor [so] there is a lot of scope to try to move towards an economic development [model] that would be decoupled from the consumption of resources and move more towards the reuse of the resources we already have”, he says.
(10) A total of 435 United States Geological Survey and United States Forest Service workers in Alaska were studied for serologic evidence of past infections with four arboviruses known or suspected to be human pathogens.
(11) This is a big deal.” geology graphic He said that the scale and rate of change on measures such as CO2 and methane concentrations in the atmosphere were much larger and faster than the changes that defined the start of the holocene.
(12) The determination of platinum in geological samples by this method has been compared with an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric method.
(13) There are 4,000 SSSIs, described by government officials as the “best of our wildlife, geological and physiographical heritage” in England.
(14) ID7720613 Restaurante da Praia, Praia da Arrifana, Algarve Stewed octopus with sweet potato is the speciality at this restaurant, which sits alone at the bottom of the steep access road that winds down to one of Portugal’s most beautiful and geologically interesting beaches.
(15) The northerly region has become a new frontier for exploration since global warming caused ice to melt, oil escalated in value to its current $114 a barrel and the US Geological Survey concluded that almost a quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves may lie in the Arctic.
(16) The National Geological Survey recorded a seismic event of 2.1 magnitude.
(17) When I ask him how his background in geology is being used here, he tells me of his fieldwork at the Grand Canyon.
(18) Prof Hugh Sinclair, a specialist in surface geology and one of 59 Productions’ advisers, said he felt frustrated that there was no statue to Hutton anywhere in Edinburgh, despite the huge significance of his work.
(19) These revisions suggest sea-level rises could easily top a metre by 2100 - a figure that is backed by the US Geological Survey, which this year warned that they could reach as much as 1.5 metres.
(20) Many of the contemporary correlations between geological factors and human behavior are also apparent within historical data.
Geologist
Definition:
(n.) One versed in the science of geology.
Example Sentences:
(1) A geologist and native Texan, the patient had traveled extensively in south-central Texas, but not outside of the continental United States.
(2) That is higher than previous estimates, and includes a wide variety of jobs from those directly employed in the industry, such as geologists and drilling experts, but also cement manufacturers and people working in local retail and service companies near the drill sites, which is a more controversial measure of employment.
(3) The paper reminds of the great Danish anatomist, geologist, and bishop Niels Stensen (1638-1686) whose 300th anniversary of his death was in 1986.
(4) Geologists located four promising-looking abandoned mines.
(5) It is a single inter-connected energy market and it works very well for consumers.” But the geologists cautioned that there was not enough data yet in Scotland to be sure of how much of the anticipated resource could be profitably extracted.
(6) Mr X knew much about making money, but he knew little about coal extraction, so he had to hire some professional geologists.
(7) As a planetary geologist, the author has analyzed results of the various space missions.
(8) The celebrated geologist Herbert Henry Thomas linked the Stonehenge bluestones with Preseli in 1923 and pinpointed the tor on Carn Meini as the likely source.
(9) Rinehart has previously dismissed climate change: “I have never met a geologist or leading scientist who believes adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will have any significant effect on climate change.” But rather than hobnobbing with scientists, she is better known for funding speaking tours for opponents of climate science, such as the former Ukip deputy leader (Lord) Christopher Monckton .
(10) Nasa geologists said the rounder shape of some of the pebbles suggested they had travelled long distances from above the crater rim.
(11) Digging deeper Geologists say that Iceland has barely scratched the surface of its geothermal energy potential.
(12) The geologist testified that Pistorius's bedroom would have been almost completely dark on the evening of the shooting, supporting the accused's claim that he did not see whether Steenkamp was still in bed when he got up.
(13) Ian Plimer, a geologist and prominent critic of mainstream climate change science, made donations totalling $37,500 to the Liberal party in Queensland and Western Australia in the lead-up to the 2013 federal election.
(14) The danger is only likely to increase, say geologists and weather experts.
(15) The Christchurch earthquake in February, which killed more than 180 people, was set off by a fault that geologists did not even know about.
(16) Geologists sort the waterfalls into two types: wedding-cake falls, which descend in multiple tiers, and bridal-veil falls, that plunge over a ledge into a pool.
(17) The Mohs scale is a relative scale used by geologists and mineralogists to describe minerals and goes from one, which is super soft, to 10, which is super hard,” explained Alford.
(18) The comments irked the geologists' professional body, which was founded in 1807 as a dining club in a London pub.
(19) The Aussie geologist Ian Plimer is the latest international pin-up among climate sceptics.
(20) Now geologists have decided those changes have been so profound, so global and so permanent that our catalogue of the Earth’s history needs to change accordingly.