#sedimentology — Public Fediverse posts
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Laterite (Pedology 🟤)
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminum that often forms in hot, wet areas; most such soil is found in the tropics. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration due to high iron oxide content. Laterite soils develop by intensive and prolonged weathering of the underlying parent rock, usually under conditions of high temperatures and heavy rainfall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laterite
#Laterite #Pedology #Regolith #Weathering #OreDeposits #Sedimentology
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SWAIS2C Core Workshop Offers First Glimpse Of Sediment From Below Ross Ice Shelf [GNS Science, New Zealand]
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https://www.gns.cri.nz/news/swais2c-core-workshop/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.swais2c.aq/ <-- Sensitivity Of The West Antarctic Ice Sheet To 2° Warming (SWAIS2C) page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #Antarctica #SipleCoast #core #sediment #sampling #ORCA #NewZealand #SWAIS2C #Sensitivity #WesternAntarctic #IceSheet #TwoDegrees #Warming #samples #workshop #Xray #CTscan #environment #cryosphere #iceshelf #geology #sedimentology #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #drilling #coring #rossiceshelf
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The Egyptian Pyramid Chain Was Built Along The Now-Abandoned Ahramat Nile Branch
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01379-7 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Egypt #pyramid #pyramids #Nile #NileR #NileRiver #water #hydrology #archaeology #AncientEgypt #desert #meander #branch #radar #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #EO #geophysics #GPR #sampling #soil #coring #subsurface #sedimentology #NileValley #Ahramat #AhramatBranch #WesternDesertPlateau #OldKingdom #MiddleKingdom #causeways #ValleyTemples #harbours #construction #engineering #transportation #river #buildingmaterials #paleohydrology