News articles tagged with 'deposit'
'Spincasting' holds promise for creation of nanoparticle thin films
— 30 Mar 2011 17:34 | TechnologyResearchers from North Carolina State University have investigated the viability of a technique called 'spincasting' for creating thin films of nanoparticles on an underlying substrate…
Mars volcanic deposit tells of warm and wet environment
— 31 Oct 2010 18:16 | AstronomyRoughly 3.5 billion years ago, the first epoch on Mars ended. The climate on the red planet then shifted dramatically from a relatively warm, wet period to one that was arid and cold.…
Ancient Colorado river flowed backwards
— 5 Oct 2010 03:16 | Geology and palaeontologyGeologists have found evidence that some 55 million years ago a river as big as the modern Colorado flowed through Arizona into Utah in the opposite direction from the present-day river.…
Peculiar phenomena during northern spring on Mars
— 22 Sep 2010 18:36 | AstronomyScientists may have solved the mystery of the carbon dioxide ice disappearance early in the Northern Martian springs followed later by its sudden reappearance, revealing a very active…
Chott el Jerid, Tunisia - the closest thing to Mars on Earth?
— 24 May 2010 16:27 | AstronomyFrom 24-31 May, a team of nine scientists and geologists will be analysing one of the most Mars-like places on Earth, Chott el Jerid in South West Tunisia, in preparation for future…
Did phosphorus trigger complex evolution - and blue skies?
— 11 May 2010 05:57 | EnvironmentThe evolution of complex life forms may have gotten a jump start billions of years ago, when geologic events operating over millions of years caused large quantities of phosphorus to…
First detailed underwater survey of huge volcanic flank collapse deposits
— 6 May 2010 13:59 | EnvironmentA scientific team led by Dr Peter Talling of the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is currently aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook to map extremely large landslide deposits…
Rich ore deposits linked to ancient atmosphere
— 21 Nov 2009 10:40 | Geology and palaeontologyMuch of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion…
New analysers to unlock mineral value
— 7 Oct 2009 14:57 | TechnologyScientists are working on a new range of materials characterisation analysers and techniques that could help unlock the value contained in Australia's mineral deposits and improve processing…
Extinct rodent species discovered
— 28 Jul 2009 20:28 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of scientists has discovered an extinct rodent species, based on fossil tooth remains found in Alborache, Valencia. Eomyops noeliae, from the Eomyidae family,…