Science news articles about 'gentle slope'

  • Scientists discover concealed glaciers on Mars at mid-latitudes

    ... of water to support future exploration of Mars," said Holt. The gently sloping aprons of material around taller features have puzzled scientists since NASA's Viking orbiters revealed ...
  • Avalanches -- triggered from the valley

    ... knows that skiers swishing down steep slopes can cause extensive slab avalanches. But there is a less well known phenomenon: A person skiing a gentle slope in the valley triggers a slab avalanche on ...
  • The bone collector

    ... trove. As Leo Benedictus discovers, there are clues all around us I am standing by a gate in the upper corner of a gently sloping field near Frome in Somerset. The scene below is ...
  • Slowly slip-sliding faults don't cause earthquakes

    ... two pieces of the Earth's crust was at a very gentle slope, there was no movement along that particular fault ... towns in the region that lie near steeply sloping faults, including L'Aquila and Assisi, ...
  • Alfalfa sprouts key to discovering how meandering rivers form and maintain

    ... s moon Titan. On Earth, they typically form in low-sloping valleys where, over the years, they wander across their ... . He used sand to represent gravel. Working in a gently-sloping, 6.1x17-meter (20x56- ...

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