often used to refer to the valley of the East African Rift‚ the divergent plate boundary which extends from the Afar Triple Junction southward across eastern Africa‚ and is in the process of splitting the African Plate into two new separate plates. Geologists generally refer to these incipient plates as the Nubian Plate and the Somali Plate. The Great Rift Valley as originally described was thought to extend from Lebanon in the north to Mozambique in the south‚ and constitutes one of two distinct physiographic
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the natural landscapes we see around us. The minerals and metals we find in rocks are essential to the prosperity and cultural splendor of human civilization. There are many kinds of rock‚ and they can be classified in a number of ways. However‚ geologists classify rocks based on how the rocks were formed. The three classes are igneous rocks (formed directly from liquid rock)‚ metamorphic rocks (formed by direct alteration of existing rocks)‚ and sedimentary rocks (formed by eroded materials from
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to be from the Permian Period about 250 million years ago by archaeologist and anthropologist Dr. Dan Shockey along with archaeologist Dr. Tom. In 1934‚ a hammer was found embedded in a rock in London by a couple. It was proven by conventional geologists that the rock where the hammer was found is approximately 110 to 115 million years old.
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This theory was first introduced by physicist Luis Alvarez and his son geologist Walter Alvarez (Vergano). Later on other scientist backed up the Alvarez’s asteroid extinction theory with geological evidence. Proof of the asteroid collision was found in Chicxulub‚ Mexico with the discovery of a gargantuan crater that was more
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Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin was English naturalist‚ geologist‚ and biologist who is best known for his discovery in the theory of evolution. Charles got to the place of infamy in his life with the help family and childhood‚ education and training‚ career discoveries‚ and his major accomplishments. Through these things‚ our modern generation now knows Charles Darwin as a major impactor to the scientific world as well as a contributor to people’s thoughts and discussions on how us humans came
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The topic of my essay is extremely significant to the time we are in now to understand the greenhouse effect and global warming issues that are talked by geologists. Bill McKibben has in his article ‘Sounding the Alarm Bell’‚ explained the reasons for spreading awareness on global warming. Global warming has been a big issue that has effects on our environment and if not stopped‚ the results can be catastrophic. Carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by at least eighty percent if we are to avoid
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I chose to research earthquakes and the prediction of earthquakes because I was curious as to how they work. In this paper‚ I will discus the history of earthquakes‚ the kinds and locations of earthquakes‚ earthquake effects‚ intensity scales‚ prediction‚ and my own predictions. An earthquake can be defined as vibrations produced in the earth’s crust. Tectonic plates have friction between them which builds up as it tries to push away and suddenly ruptures and then rebounds. The vibrations
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The New Madrid Fault Zone History The largest earthquake sequence the United States has ever experienced happened east of the Rocky Mountains starting out in Northeast Arkansas on December 16‚ 1811. On the Richter scale‚ it was ~7.7 and five hours later AK experienced an aftershock of a magnitude of ~7.0. A little over a month later on January 23‚ 1812 New Madrid‚ MO experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of ~7.5‚ and again on February 7‚ 1812 reaching a magnitude of ~7.7. By March 15
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REAL TIME GPS TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING EARTHQUAKE Neha Handa1 Faculty Electrical & Electronics Engineering Dept. GBTU University‚ Lucknow Kanpur‚ India
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TESTING YOUR COMPREHENSION 1) Why are fossil fuels our most prevalent source of energy today? Why are they considered nonrenewable sources of energy? Today‚ the three main fossil fuels that are in demand are oil‚ coal and natural gas. These fossil fuels are prevalent because they are efficient to burn‚ ship‚ and store based on high energy content. Fossil fuels also provide for our daily needs such as transportation‚ heating‚ cooking and electricity. Based on our current rates of consumption‚ we
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