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A simplified map of the geological structures of Indonesia. The tectonics of Indonesia are very complex, as it is a meeting point of several tectonic plates.Indonesia is located between two continental plates: the Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Plate; and between two oceanic plates: the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate.
Mount Gede (Indonesian: Gunung Gede; lit. ' Big Mountain ' in Sundanese) is a stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia.The volcano contains two peaks with Mount Gede as one peak and Mount Pangrango for the other one.
A study conducted in 2001 determined that Tangkuban Perahu had erupted at least 30 times in the previous 40,750 years. Studies of the tephra layers within three kilometres of the crater revealed that 21 were minor eruptions and the remaining were significant eruptions.
Map of the Zimbabwe and Kaapvaal Cratons SW end of the 550 km long Great Dyke of Zimbabwe from ISS, 2010. Brachiosaurus femur and Geologist Metrinah Ruzvidzo, 2005. The geology of Zimbabwe in southern Africa is centered on the Zimbabwe Craton, a core of Archean basement composed in the main of granitoids, schist and gneisses.
Solidified lava flow in Hawaii Sedimentary layers in Badlands National Park, South Dakota Metamorphic rock, Nunavut, Canada. Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth' and λoγία () 'study of, discourse') [1] [2] is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. [3]
Topographic map of Nepal. The geology of Nepal is dominated by the Himalaya, the highest, youngest and a very highly active mountain range.Himalaya is a type locality for the study of on-going continent-continent collision tectonics.
The geology of China (or the geological structure of the People's Republic of China) consists of three Precambrian cratons surrounded by a number of orogenic belts.The modern tectonic environment is dominated by the continued collision of India with the rest of Asia starting 40–50 million years ago.
Trevorite and nepouite from the Musongati nickel-cobalt-copper lateritic deposit, which lies on top of a layered intrusion. Mining began in the 1920s though minerals are not a significant contributor to Burundi's economy, accounting for less than 1% of GDP.