Sentence examples for quantities of trapped from inspiring English sources

He said that large quantities of trapped carbon monoxide from nearby disused Soviet uranium mines had escaped, and the increased levels of the harmful gas in the air had caused ill effects in some nearby residents.

From July to December, the wildlife viewing is extraordinary as ever-growing numbers of animals gather around shrinking bodies of water to drink and feed on the huge quantities of trapped fish, producing a concentration of fauna not often witnessed in the New World.

This is especially true if the dam has accumulated substantial quantities of trapped sediment that have altered topography, stored nutrients or contaminants, or altered organic content or particle size distributions.

Typically, the electron population of the outer belt increases by several orders of magnitude during geomagnetic activity associated with the passage of a solar sector boundary; then, over the course of the following week or so, this enormous quantity of trapped electrons precipitates into the atmosphere.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has opened access to vast quantities of gas trapped in rock.

Instead, new drilling technologies — hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling — have enabled energy companies to tap vast quantities of gas trapped in rock.

In 1953 the search for oil in the deserts of southern Libya led to the discovery not only of significant oil reserves, but also vast quantities of freshwater trapped in aquifers under the Libyan desert.

The nature of reservoir rocks containing oil and gas dictates the quantities of fluids trapped within the void space of these rocks, the ability of these fluids to flow through the rocks, and other related physical properties.

Fossil aquifers contain large quantities of water trapped in fissures.

Quantities of radicals trapped from tobacco smoke were: 54 +/- 2 nmol.R per Marlboro cigarette, 66 +/- 9 nmol.R per Djarum clove cigarette, and 185 +/- 9 nmol.R per Swisher Sweet cigar.

One invasive fungus that kills ohia trees can spread just from the quantity of dirt trapped in the tread of a sneaker.