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- 1From:Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Vol. 54, Issue 2)Byline: Syed Amjad Ali Bukhari, Muhammad Basharat, Haluk Akgun, Yasir Sarfraz and Muhammad Tayyib Riaz Keywords: Chitral; Gahirat marble; Geotechnical properties; uniaxial compressive strength; Brazilian tensile...
- 2From:Geographical (Vol. 94, Issue 11)* Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand have found evidence that large, long-lived, molten magma chambers once existed in the Earth's crust. Rais Latypov, a professor of igneous petrology, says that the...
- 3From:Cruise GuideThe world's largest active volcano is shooting fountains of lava more than 100 feet high and sending a river of molten rock down toward the main highway of Hawaii's Big Island. The leading edge of the lava flow gushing...
- 4From:AirGuide BusinessThe world's largest active volcano is shooting fountains of lava more than 100 feet high and sending a river of molten rock down toward the main highway of Hawaii's Big Island. The leading edge of the lava flow gushing...
- 5From:Natural History (Vol. 130, Issue 8)The cypress trees of California are not related to the bald cypress and pond cypress of the southern United States. California cypress are evergreen trees and shrubs-I recognize eleven species--and most of them are rare....
- 6From:Astronomy (Vol. 48, Issue 10)Under normal conditions, the deeper you go, the older the rock layer. But, thanks to plate tectonics and erosion, rocks from every time period can also get jumbled up and exposed on the surface. Researchers use fossils...
- 7From:Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Vol. 51, Issue 2)Byline: M. Sadiq Malkani, M. Sufyan Qazi, M. Raza Shah and Tehseen Zafar Abstract The uranium (and may be thorium and other radioactive minerals) may occurs primarily in the igneous rocks especially in the Chagai,...
- 8From:Science World/Current Science (Vol. 73, Issue 2)This year marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of Mount Rushmore. The monument features the six-story-tall faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln....
- 9From:Pakistan Journal of Science (Vol. 65, Issue 1)Byline: Z.Ali, M.Akram, M.Z.Abu Bakar, S.M.A.Shah and M.U.Khan ABSTRACT: The mineralogical composition, grain size, dry density, tensile strength, uniaxial compressive strength, Young's modulus, Poisson's ratios and...
- 10From:Parks & Recreation (Vol. 53, Issue 12)Nestled at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Mount Airy, North Carolina, is a small but notable place: it's Andy Griffith's hometown, and the basis for the fictional town of Mayberry in the "Andy Griffith Show."...
- 11From:Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Vol. 43)Byline: Muhammad Sajid and Mohammad Arif The igneous rocks around Utla in Gadoon area, NW Pakistan are considered to be a part of the Peshawar Plain Alkaline Igneous Province (PPAIP), which extends from Tarbela in...
- 12From:Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Vol. 49, Issue 2)Byline: Jahanzeb Khan, Lothar Ratschbacher, Daniel Rutte, Raymond Jonckheere, Konstanze Stubner, Afzal Gulzar and Shazia Qamer Abstract Central Asia offers the most spectacular area in active intra-continental...
- 13From:Science World (Vol. 52, Issue 7)Various rock types can be observed in the stones used to make big buildings. The Supreme Court building in Washington, DC is made from a metamorphic rock, marble. Granite, an igneous rock, covers Chicago's Amoco...
- 14From:Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Vol. 49, Issue 2)Byline: M. Sadiq Malkani Abstract Due to present energy crises, the hydrocarbons (and coal) are the hottest commodities. Pakistan has large sedimentary basins like Indus (533,500 km2) and Balochistan (300,000 km2)...
- 15From:Canadian Chemical News (Vol. 64, Issue 3)The late Permian extinction (LPE) wiped out more than 90 per cent of ocean life and 70 per cent of life on land. Now, geochemical analyses of mercury from the Canadian Arctic are providing a picture of how it happened...
- 16From:Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Vol. 45, Issue 2)Byline: Hasnain Ali Bangash, Yasir Shaheen Khalil and Mohammad Arif The igneous rocks around Sher Dara village, Swabi, NW Pakistan are the southeastern extension of the Ambela granitic complex of Peshawar plain...
- 17From:Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Profile: United KingdomThe UK is not rich in non-energy minerals, and most of the demand for industrial raw materials is met by imports. Minerals that are extracted include common sand and gravel, limestone and dolomite, clays and igneous...
- 18From:Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Profile: United KingdomThe UK is not rich in non-energy minerals, and most of the demand for industrial raw materials is met by imports. Minerals that are extracted include common sand and gravel, limestone and dolomite, clays and igneous...
- 19From:Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Profile: United KingdomThe UK is not rich in non-energy minerals, and most of the demand for industrial raw materials is met by imports. Minerals that are extracted include common sand and gravel, limestone and dolomite, clays and igneous...
- 20From:Economist Intelligence Unit: Country Profile: United KingdomThe UK is not rich in non-energy minerals, and most of the demand for industrial raw materials is met by imports. Minerals that are extracted include common sand and gravel, limestone and dolomite, clays and igneous...