The crackle-glaze boulder shapes, the crinkum-crankum ledges, the skewed pagoda silhouettes of the mountains belonged to no Occidental geography.
These equations take into account boulder dimensions (a-axis = major axis, b-axis = medium axis, c-axis = minor axis), boulder shape and density of rock (bulk density).
The dimensions (a-, b-, and c-axis) of the boulders were measured in the field by approximating the boulder shape as a rectangular parallelepiped.
They are circles and ovals of boulders, many shaped like ships, with a taller stone at prow and stern.
We dutifully examined the shoreline through our binoculars and, as the oddly shaped boulders come into focus, each was topped with a common seal.
And he drew my attention to scores of massive, oddly shaped boulders from Thailand's River Kwai that decorate the grounds of the ranch, the residence where he spends most of his time (he sold the former Hilton estate 10 years ago).
Santa Fe Dam, as it is called, gives up at a glance its own story, for it is made of boulders that are shaped like potatoes and are generally the size of watermelons.
Murdock has decided he needs a fancier one, with extensive gardens interspersed with tons of weirdly shaped boulders shipped from the banks of the Kwai River in Thailand.
A detailed TLS/DGPS surveys has been performed in order to obtain more detailed data that can describe, morphologically and topographically, the three biggest boulders and the berm shaped by the impact of the waves.
Based on direct observations of each boulder (size, shape, weight and long axis azimuth), together with hydrodynamic equations it is possible to hypothesize the extreme event geodynamic or meteorological— which was responsible for this singular accumulation.
After repeating the process 72 times and tying all the pieces together, Steger had successfully mimicked the boulder's shape.
