rock core in a sentence
Examples
- The scientists believe rock cores from 1, 500 feet ( 500 meters ) below the sea bed could unlock the history of the frozen continent's climate and offer clues to global warming.
- It said thousands of seemingly promising crushed rock core samples collected by Bre-X had been doctored with gold from elsewhere in a scam " without precedent in the history of mining ."
- Both tests were conducted in 1980 by using charred vegetation directly below individual flows ( for the radiocarbon test ), and from rock core samples ( for the paleomagnetic work ) . }}
- It was an intended destination for the astronauts of the Apollo 15 mission, but due to problems extracting a rock core near the landing site, there was not enough time to make the journey.
- The rig will sit on 6-foot ( 2 meter ) thick sea ice and extract two 1, 300-foot ( 400-meter ) rock cores from 650 feet ( 200 meters ) below the ocean surface.
- A section of rock core taken across the Cretaceous Paleogene boundary ( K T boundary ) records a major meteorite impact event that is believed to have led to the final demise of the dinosaurs.
- The operation has recovered rock core samples from 490 feet ( 150 meters ) below the ocean surface since Oct . 17, which may reveal climatic conditions dating back to between 17 and 22 million years.
- A study carried out in early 1943 had shown that the optimal location for its deployment would be within a hill with a rock core into which inclined drifts could be tunneled to support the barrels.
- A follow-up expedition to Lake Vida in 2004 sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation will use a robot originally designed to gather rock cores on Mars to drill through the ice into the liquid brine.
- Doves have just released a rivetingly atmospheric CD, " Last Broadcast, " a trance-like sound collage that makes use of everything from the rock core of guitar, bass, and drums to a trumpet sample and various layers of oceanic synths and brass.