Sentence examples for vast deposit from inspiring English sources

This vast deposit contains fossils and sedimentary structures, suggesting rapid deposition and burial of unoxidized organic matter in shallow lakes or marine embayments.

In 1979 a vast deposit of diamonds was discovered in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

But he reckons the vast deposit of potash under Yorkshire is of global significance, and says there are plenty of minerals left that might be exploited on a small scale.

The search for natural gas has widened beyond the usual venues like Texas and the Rocky Mountain West to Pennsylvania and New York State, site of a vast deposit called the Marcellus Shale.

Planetary scientists chose Meridiani Planum as the destination for the Opportunity rover because it was there that orbiting spacecraft had spotted a vast deposit of hematite, an iron mineral that usually forms in the presence of water.

But the current turmoil can be traced back to the last weekend of September, when it sought to reassert itself by swallowing Wachovia, the stricken bank based in Charlotte, N.C., whose vast deposit base would have turned Citi into one of America's dominant lenders.

Off West Africa's coast lie vast deposits of high-quality crude suited to US refineries.

Suddenly, vast deposits of previously inaccessible gas have become available for exploitation.

"We're not discovering new continents or encountering vast deposits of new minerals," Mr Dryden adds.

But the evidence of potentially vast deposits of gas beneath our feet cannot be ignored.

These include vast deposits of salt, potash, various borate minerals, and boron.