Development of a micro swimming robot using optimised giant...

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......discrete variate method for optimising caudal fin configuration is proposed to optimise...results have confirmed that the optimised caudal fin configuration can generate more powerful...and Weihs 1983). The compound motion of caudal fin comprises oscillatory and translational...

Abstracts of the 28th annual FM-MSA-TGMS Tucson Mineralogical Symposium,...

The Mineralogical Record;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......1 cm in diameter are known from its type locality, the Tabba Tabba Main tantalite pegmatite...dike is known for wodginite, its co-type locality, as well as having produced cesium...possibly the Trigg Hill pegmatites, is the type locality for formanite and tanteuxenite and...

GEMS AND MINERALS FROM DOWN UNDER

Mineralogical Record;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......1 cm in diameter are known from its type locality, the Tabba Tabba Main tantalite pegmatite...dike is known for wodginite, its co-type locality, as well as having produced cesium...possibly the Trigg Hill pegmatites, is the type locality for formanite and tanteuxenite and...

vertical fin

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      21 words ...ver·ti·cal fin • n. Zoology any of the unpaired fins in the midline of a fish's body, i.e., a dorsal, anal, or caudal fin.

The Kipushi Mine, Zaire.

The Mineralogical Record;  May 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......situated near the Shaba Crescent, it has yielded many valuable specimens. Kipushi is the type locality for renierite and kipushite and the joint type locality (with Tsumeb) for briartite and gallite. It was also among the first known occurrences...

Cobaltlotharmeyerite.

The Mineralogical Record;  July 1, 2000 ;     481 words ......km southwest of the center of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany (type locality). It has also been found on dump material at the Rappold...both near Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Occurrence: At the type locality, the mineral occurs on quartz and associated minerals are...

caudal fin

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      10 words ...cau·dal fin • n. Zoology another term for tail fin .

Oligocene fishes and sharks from the type locality Rosefield Marl Beds...

The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences;  January 1, 2000 ;     152 words ...Studies of Oligocene marine vertebrates are quite limited in Louisiana. However, bulk and surface sampling of the type locality of the Oligocene Rosefield Marl Beds (Catahoula Parish, Louisiana) have produced evidence of a diverse marine fauna...

THE IDENTITY OF GASTROCHAENA CUNEIFORMIS SPENGLER, 1783, AND THE EVOLUTION...

Journal of Paleontology;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Copenhagen, did not come from Spengler's type locality in the Nicobar Islands, and may instead...by examination of specimens from the type locality. A neotype for G. cuneiformis is designated...specimens did not come from Spengler's type locality, the true identity of G. ...

Wadalite.

The Mineralogical Record;  September 1, 2001 ;     462 words ......6][Al.sub.5][Si.sub.2][O.sub.16][Cl.sub.3] Locality: The type locality is at Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, but the complete...description of the mineral, from a locality other than the type locality, was published by Kanazawa et al. (1997). The following data...

Three-Dimensional Analysis of Finlet Kinematics in the Chub Mackerel...

The Biological Bulletin;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the second dorsal and anal fins and the caudal fin of scombrid fishes, have been hypothesized...the second dorsal and anal fins and the caudal fin, Fig. 1). In the case of the five dorsal...about 15% of the surface area of the caudal fin (Nauen and Lauder, 2000). Muscles that...

A man touches the caudal fin of a 15m length dead whale on September...

Getty Images (by Event) Individuals;  September 5, 2008 ;     52 words ...A man touches the caudal fin of a 15m length dead whale on September... Full Size JPG (3182 KB) A man touches the caudal fin of a 15m length dead whale on September 5, 2008 on the shore in Sarzeau, northeastern France. AFP PHOTO/ FRED TANNEAU...

Two new Indo-Pacific sand lances of the genus Ammodytoides (Perciformes:...

Pacific Science;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and a blackish posterior border on the caudal fin (at least on adult males), broadening...blackish bar across each lobe of the caudal fin. A key is provided for the eight known...fin, relatively short anal fin, forked caudal fin, and no pelvic fins (except one species...

The Lord Brassey Mine, Tasmania. (Famous Mineral Localities).

The Mineralogical Record;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Australia. This former nickel mine is the type locality for heazlewoodite and hellyerite, and...heazlewoodite. The Lord Brassey mine is the type locality for the latter two minerals. There...Lord Brassey mine could have been the type locality for at least two other mineral species...

Astyanax armandoi, a Junior Synonym of Astyanax aeneus (Teleostei:...

Copeia;  June 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......interpopulational variation of A. aeneus. The type locality has been repeatedly visited in the...statement in the original description), its type locality and only known site of occurrence...surface breathing (Winemiller, 1989). The type locality, an unnamed stream, is 2.5-4.0 m ...