Basalt

paddocks and has 2 creeks flowing conveniently through the farm. There is an average rainfall of 24 inches annually and Ralphs ranch has 404 ha of arable land and 688 ha of timbered country (paddocks 10, 11, 12 and 13). The soil type is nutrient rich basalt and granite because of the Great Dividing Range, this soil is high in nutrients and has good drainage as granite is made up of bigger particles. We will utilise this land by growing…

The Olmecs believed in animal-human transformations and how they came from caves. They were big on stone carvings, rock paintings, and religious imagery. “Olmec media for art and symbolic expression were jade, basalt, clay, and the earth itself in the forms of caves, hills, and artificial volcanoes such as was used at the ceremonial civic center of La Venta to represent an earth pyramid” (Carrasco pg 49). La Venta was an example of how The Olmecs built ceremonial…

the space to be built upon, similar to any current construction site surveying. The bed for the cornerstones was cut to handle lateral and axial stresses. Foundation blocks are laid at about a two degrees inwards gradient and crevices are filled. Basalt pavement was placed on the level surface. At this point in the building process, rock is standing free but terraced in the center adjacent to a projection of steps. The building stones are interlocked with the bedrock, and longer stones tie…

SP: Local Aquifer Use What problems are associated with pumping too much water from our aquifers in Florida? What major problem seems to be associated with parts of primarily Hillsborough County during late January and February? What is the reason for this and how does it disrupt peoples’ lives? Water just flows above ground right? Wrong. Water can even come from an underground source, as a few sorts of rocks have minor spaces, or pores in them which gradually permit liquids to move through.…

The experience of nature can be interpreted countless ways with endless attempted explanations. This indescribability makes profound moments within nature that much more individual and sometimes life-changing. For myself, I have been fortunate to work for land management agencies with the opportunity for these experiences on a daily basis. There are a few that stand out, seared into my memory, forever with me to reflect back on and experience again in my mind's eye. For me, my most profound…

Evaluating The Coatlicue One of the most mysterious archeological discoveries in recent history was made in Mexico City in the latter years of the 17th century. A nine feet statue made out of stone and finely carved was found but immediately reburied. The statue was so shocking that incited terror and huge admiration to the people that found it. The statue depicts the Aztec goddess Coatlicue which means “snakes-hers-skirt” in the native tongue of the Aztecs, which is the mother of all other…

volcano are not steep at all, which is one of the reasons why the Piton de la Fournaise is considered to be a shield volcano. The Department of Geosciences at Oregon State defines shield volcanoes as the largest type of volcanoes consisting of mostly basalts in its lava flow. The Department also states “Shield volcanoes are the common product of hotspot volcanism but they can also be found along subduction-related volcanic arcs or all by themselves” (The Department of Geosciences at Oregon…

Yellowstone national park is considered to be one of the most beautiful places in the United States. Beautiful landscape, incredible creatures, and home to amazing geysers. Despite all that beauty, Yellowstone has the potential to be a catastrophic killer. What could make Yellowstone National Park a threat lies beneath the all the beauty on the surface. Yellowstone is home to a massive super volcano. Super volcanos sound frightening but that makes one wonder. What exactly is a super volcano?…

Introduction Mountain building is a process that takes place slowly on a geological timescale. It is, therefore necessary, in order to explore the role mountain building plays in global climate change to examine past epochs where the full impacts of these processes may be evaluated. One period in which evidence for possible connections between mountain building and global climate change is particularly rich is during the Oligocene-Miocene transition. As such, this essay focuses on the…

Since the Olmecs were a mother civilization, many jaguars have been seen throughout more modern Mexican deities. The Mesopotamians molded sculptures of animals, deities, priest, and worshippers. The Mesoamericans formed 17 humongous heads made of basalt, jade jewelry, and tools of bone and stone. The Sumers were quite the architects, for archaeologists uncovered houses, temples, palaces, and ziggurats. Their structures were of the highest level of design because the Sumerians used exact…