Nationalism makes sovereignty in the East China Sea a highly explosive issue, much more so than the South China Sea for example.
The sea's pressure prevents explosive eruptions.
The Sea Kings have been explosive in the previous four contests, averaging 36 points per game.
Furthermore, following the abandonment of the ram, the only truly "ship-killing" weapon available prior to the advent of gunpowder and explosive shells, sea combat became, in the words of John Pryor, "more unpredictable.
It's filled with the kind of impossibly large, explosive showstoppers — a spiny sea scorpion, dueling sea lizards — for which the team is justifiably famous.
Following the pattern of Hawaiian volcanics, Kīlauea would have started out as a young submarine volcano, gradually building itself up through subsurface eruptions of alkali basalt before emerging from the sea with a series of explosive eruptions about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago.
FOR years navies have employed human divers, dolphins and sea lions to search for explosives attached to the hulls of warships by a scuba-diving enemy.
FOR decades navies have employed human divers, dolphins and sea lions to search for explosives attached to the hulls of warships by a scuba-diving enemy.
The end product of the project will be a prototype of a complete coastal survey system, including a neutron-based sensor capable of confirming the presence of explosives on the sea bottom.
The results of the study were clear, with more explosive blasts occurring when sea level was changing most rapidly - either up or down.
The 1964 whale was towed 35 miles out to sea, fitted with 500 pounds of explosives, and blown up.
