It has some of the world's richest mineral deposits.

该国拥有世界上最丰富的矿藏。

Evaporating water left mineral deposits, which rendered the soil too salty for agriculture.

蒸发的水留下了矿物质沉积，使土壤变得太咸，无法用于农业耕种。

Mineral deposits found in the last 20 years on the Atlantic ocean floor have already raised the possibility of mining bed in the future.

过去二十年间，人们在大西洋海底发现了大量矿床，这也为未来的海底采矿提供了可能。

The 227-meter ship will be able to extract mineral deposits from depths of up to 25-hundred meters below the sea.

这艘长227米的船能够从海下2500米处开采矿产。

But we do not need to send man down to get the oil out, as we must with other mineral deposits.

但是，我们不必像开采其他矿藏那样，把人送到地下去把石油取出。

The amount of mineral deposits varies in different parts of the lake basin showing as different colours in the refracted sunlight.

不同的位置 湖盆形状矿物质沉积量都不一样于是在折射阳光后就出现了不同的色调。

They also happen to sit on vast mineral deposits.

它们也恰好坐落在巨大的矿藏上。

First of all, here's what we actually see on the fossil: imprints of bones and feathers that have left telltale mineral deposits.

首先 这是我们最初能在化石上看到的：那些压印暴露出了各种矿物沉积的成分。

Rich mineral deposits have been found in the sea bed.

【rich】海底发现有丰富的矿床。

One type of plant might indicate the presence of rich mineral deposits.

一种植物可能表明存在丰富的矿藏。

The problem is that the mountains along the divide also hold some of the richest mineral deposits in America.

问题在于分水岭沿线的山脉也蕴藏着美国最丰富的矿藏。

The Fujian province at the time was becoming a powerful economic zone thanks to its mineral deposits and rich agriculture.

由于其矿藏和丰富的农业，当时的福建省正成为一个强大的经济区。

From infrared spectroscopy of minerals deposited on its surface they determined that, yes, it had been buried at some point.

根据沉积在其表面的矿物的红外光谱，他们确定，是的，它曾在某个地方被掩埋过。

As a result, the soils of several Indonesian and Japanese Islands get more minerals deposited within them more frequently from all the ash that falls from volcanoes.

因此，印尼和日本一些岛屿的土壤会更频繁地从火山喷出的火山灰中沉积更多的矿物质。

Recognizing that the nodules, along with other potentially lucrative seabed mineral deposits in international waters, should be treated as a " common heritage of mankind, " the U.N.

认识到结核和国际水域中其他潜在的有利可图的海底矿藏应被视为 “人类的共同遗产”。

Today, as part of our " Call to Earth" coverage this week, Rolex Awards laureate Gina Moseley takes us underground to explore how million-year-old mineral deposits can provide insight into the future.

今天，作为我们本周“呼唤地球”报道的一部分，劳力士奖得主Gina Moseley将带我们去地下探索数百万年前的矿藏如何对未来提供借鉴。

So, this is a mineral deposit that forms from water that enters the cave and this brings with a chemical signature of what the climate and the environment are doing on the surface.

所以，这是一种由进入洞穴的水形成的矿床，它带来了地表气候和环境变化的化学特征。

New developments in offshore wind-farm technology can provide an inexhaustible supply of green energy, while mineral deposits on the seafloor, if mined sustainably, offer the raw ingredients for the batteries to store it.

海上风电技术的发展能提供取之不尽的绿色能源，而海底的矿藏，进行可持续开采的条件下，能为储存风能的电池提供原材料。

So they’re used in devices that find underground oil and mineral deposits, and they also make highly accurate atomic clocks, like the ones used in global positioning satellites.

因此， 它们被用于寻找地下石油和矿藏的设备，它们还制造高精度的原子钟，例如全球定位卫星中使用的原子钟。

Salt and other mineral deposits plague power plants, which turn heat into electricity and require loads of water to cool their systems. A typical power plant uses about a billion gallons of fresh water each year.

盐和其他矿藏困扰着发电厂，这些发电厂将热量转化为电能，需要大量的水来冷却系统。一个典型的发电厂每年使用大约 10 亿加仑的淡水。