A rock or fault is younger than any rock (or fault) through which it cuts. This principle was developed by James Hutton.
Example
In a series of horizontal sedimentary beds, there is an igneous dyke which cuts vertically through them.
The dyke is younger than the sediment beds, as the beds would have had to be around before […]
Gălăciuc (pronounced Gah-lah-chook) is a youth camp in Vrancea county, Romania, 3 km west from Tulnici village, 10 km east of Lepşa resort and 75 km west of Focşani at an altitude of 710 meters, near National Road 2D, in some of the most beautiful and picturesque surroundings in the Carpathians. Built in the 1970’s […]
A plinth is the base of a cabinet in cabinet making.
It is also a word used in the popular internet game word whomp.
In architecture, a plinth is the platform or base upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument, or structure rests.
Notes
See also
Set-off (architecture)
Socle (architecture)
Dark Water is the title of several things:
There have been several films entitled Dark Water:
Dark Water a 2001 film about a serial-killer stalking recently prison-released pedophiles, directed by Ron Chartier.
Two films based on the story, “Floating Water” (浮遊する水; Fuyū Suru Mizu) by Koji Suzuki, which appeared as part of Suzuki’s anthology Dark […]
North Vista Hospital for-profit hospital is owned and operated by IASIS Healthcare and is the only hospital in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The hospital provides 185 beds.
History
The hospital opened in 1959 as Lake Mead Hospital Medical Center with 33 beds.
Purchased in 2003 by IASIS Healthcare.
Services
Provides the only geriatric psychiatry beds in Las Vegas.
Accreditation
Joint Commission on […]
Water therapy is the use of water to improve health.
According to alternative medicine advocates, one form of water therapy is the consuming of a gutful of water upon waking in order to “cleanse the bowel”. A litre to a litre and half is the common amount ingested. This water therapy, also known as Indian or […]
Water Music may refer to
Water Music (Handel), orchestral suites by George Frideric Handel
Water Music (novel), a novel by T.C. Boyle
Water Music (Kershaw), a novel by Melanie Kershaw
Water Music (Ryerson), a photography book by Marjorie Ryerson
Water Music Records, a record label
Ouvertüre Wassermusik (Hamburger Ebb und Fluth) TWV 55:C3, an orchestral suite by Georg Philipp Telemann
The National Maritime Museum in Galle, Sri Lanka is located within the Galle fort. This museum specializes in the fauna and flora of the sea. Artifacts consist of underwater artifacts and scaled-down models of whales and fish.
Other exhibits include life-size dioramas of the traditional methods of fishing and the “walk into the sea” diorama, showing […]
The San Leandro Oyster Beds in San Leandro, California, were the origin of the oyster industry in the U.S. state of California. During the 1890s the oyster industry thrived until it became the single most important fishery in the state. Moses Wicks is supposed to have been the first to bring seed oysters around Cape […]
Mesotrophic lakes are lakes with an intermediate level of productivity, greater than oligotrophic lakes, but less than eutrophic lakes. These lakes are commonly clear water lakes and ponds with beds of submerged aquatic plants and medium levels of nutrients.
The term mesotrophic is also applied to terrestrial habitats. Mesotrophic soils have moderate nutrient levels.
Water therapy is the use of water to improve health.
According to alternative medicine advocates, one form of water therapy is the consuming of a gutful of water upon waking in order to “cleanse the bowel”. A litre to a litre and half is the common amount ingested. This water therapy, also known as Indian or […]
Kokopu are a group of three fish found in the rivers, lakes and swamps of New Zealand and is unique to that land. Kokopu are galaxiids and like others of that family it lacks scales and has a thick, leathery skin covered with mucus. Kokopu like streams with plenty of cover (e.g. logs and overhanging […]
Speeton Beds, in English geology, a series of clays well exposed at Speeton, near Filey on the Yorkshire coast.
Peculiar interest attaches to these beds for they are the principal representatives in Britain of the marine phase of the Lower Cretaceous system. The Speeton Clays pass downwards without break into the underlying Kimeridgian; they are capped […]
Double distilled water (abbreviated “ddH2O” or “Bidest. water”) is prepared by double distillation of water. It is used, among other things, when single distillation does not lead to sufficiently pure water for some applications in biochemistry.
Bidest water is used when pure, sterile water is essential. Whereas distilled water is enough for most chemical reactions, […]
Captain Jack’s Stronghold, named for Modoc chief Captain Jack, is a part of Lava Beds National Monument.
The stronghold can be accessed from the Perez turnoff, off Highway 139 between Tule Lake and Canby, California.
During the Modoc War, Captain Jack’s band settled here following the Battle of Lost River, and held off a United States Army […]
The Varner Unit is a high-security state prison in Arkansas, United States. It is located near the small town of Grady in Lincoln County.
The Varner Unit was opened in 1987 with 300 beds, and its capacity was soon increased to 700 beds. Further construction has brought the total capacity to over 1600 prisoners, a […]
The Bullock Creek Fossil site is one of three known vertebrate fossil sites in the Australia’s Northern Territory, along with the Alcoota Fossil Beds on Alcoota Station and the Kangaroo Well site on Deep Well Station. It is located about 550km south-southeast of Darwin, on Camfield Station.
The Bullock Creek Fossil Site is part of the […]
Epsomite is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula MgSO4·7H2O or simply MgSO4. Epsomite forms as encrustations or efflorescences on limestone cavern walls and mine timbers and walls, as a volcanic fumaroles, and as rare beds in evaporite layers. It was first systematically described in 1806 for an occurrence near Epsom, Surrey, England, for which […]
Charles Lapworth (September 20, 1842 – March 13, 1920) was an English geologist.
Born at Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), and trained as a teacher, Lapworth settled in the Scottish border region, where he investigated the previously little-known fossil fauna of the area. He married in 1869 and stayed in the area. Eventually, through […]
Going Away is the debut release of Montreal-based Brit-Rock act The Beds.
Track listing
“Vacation” – 2:36
“Listen” – 3:15
“Circles” –3:12
“Can’t Sleep” – 1:52
“Mistakes” – 3:33
“Mexico” – 3:46
“Thoughts” – 3:06
“Road Trip” – 3:47
“Jeanie” – 4:02
“Give it All” – 3:24
“Everything is Okay” – 1:05
“Sleepyhead” – 9:09
External links
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Bracklesham Beds, in geology, are a series of clays and marls, with sandy and lignitic beds, in the Middle Eocene of the Hampshire Basin, England.
They are well developed in the Isle of Wight and on the mainland opposite; and receive their name from their occurrence at Bracklesham in Sussex. The thickness of the deposit is […]
A rock or fault is younger than any rock (or fault) through which it cuts. This principle was developed by James Hutton.
Example
In a series of horizontal sedimentary beds, there is an igneous dyke which cuts vertically through them.
The dyke is younger than the sediment beds, as the beds would have had to be around before […]
Water therapy is the use of water to improve health.
According to alternative medicine advocates, one form of water therapy is the consuming of a gutful of water upon waking in order to “cleanse the bowel”. A litre to a litre and half is the common amount ingested. This water therapy, also known as Indian or […]
A four poster bed is a bed with four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, or upper (usually rectangular) panel. There are a number of antique four poster beds extant dating to the 16th century and earlier; many of these early beds are highly ornate and are made from oak. […]
The Great Beds Light sits in the Raritan Bay in South Amboy, New Jersey. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy.
History
Built in 1880, the 60 foot (18 m) tall Great Beds Lighthouse sits atop a caisson. It is constructed of white steel plates. […]