Continental Drift Theory Announced By Basira Wakil January 16‚ 1915 Berlin‚ Germany – Alfred Wegener announced today that it will be merging with Miami-based crab shell superstore HermitHomes effective December 21‚ 2012. Company officials are expected to meet with Crab Construction Union officials later this month to discuss employee benefits and retirement packages. CrabTech officials expect this merger to improve investor confidence and widen its customer base. In addition to shells
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My journal entry began when I started learning about the eras of geologic time like the Paleozoic‚ Mesozoic‚ and Cenozoic eras. Although the various time periods were all very interesting‚ I found the Paleozoic era to be the most fascinating.’Paleo’ means ancient or way early times in Greek and therefore Paleozoic means ancient life. This era was divided into six major parts. These parts are named the Cambrian‚ Ordovician‚ Silurian‚ Devonian‚ Carboniferous‚ and Permian periods. The Ordovician period
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Argument 1 I believe that there may of been dinosaurs in my backyard because where my house sits at this time it was under water thousands of years ago so there would of been water type dinosaurs. When i go to the beach there are fossils from water dinosaurs in the rocks on the cliff face so that shows that there was dinosaurs in the area. because my house would have been under water there would be fossils like the ones on the beach. Any single person can go to the beach and see rocks that have bones
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Anthropology 2 Fall Semester Assignment #2 SITE #1 REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE Faunal Group B _________________Normal ______________________Normal Undefined faunal group Lacustrine Deposits Sands and silts (Fossil #1*) ____________________Reversed _________________Reversed Faunal Group B Lacustrine muds 2.95 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNormal xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxNormal Riverine Gravels Sterile gravels ______________________Reversed Savanna-woodland
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“How the Earth was Formed” video notes: Theory: -sun was surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas -as cloud cooled little grains of minerals started forming -grains of minerals started bumping into each other (Problem was nobody could explain how these microscopic minerals formed a planet) Then in 2003 astronaut Don Pettit performed an experiment onboard the international space station. He put some salt in a plastic bag and found that almost immediately the grains started gathering together into little
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Landslide Case study- La Canchita La Conchita is a very small community‚ located on the southern California coastline between Ventura and Santa Barbara. The community lies on a narrow strip of land about 250 meters (820 feet) wide between the shoreline and abutting a 180-meter (590 ft) high bluff. The top of the bluff is covered by avocado and citrus orchards. The bluff above La Conchita has a slope of approximately 35 degrees and consists of poorly cemented marine sediments On March 4‚ 1995
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Did you know that one day in the past the continents were connected with each other? Continental drift states that the continents that we know today were once one large landmass called‚ Pangea. Many people argue with the theory about the continental drift‚ because no one yet has proven to the theory’s idea. Many people have been trying to find ways of how the continental drift could have happen‚ by researching objects from the past. This gave scientist or people another point of view about the continental
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Geology 122 JAVELOSA‚ Luis Antonio A. 2008-68085 Plate tectonics as expressed in geological landforms and events: An exploration using global data and global visualization tools JAPAN (Convergent): Japan features a very interesting series of geomorphological features. The island lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire that is characterized by having active volcanic and tectonic activity. Due to its geomorphology‚ the area is very vulnerable to environmental hazards such as earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and
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The Geology of Seattle Seattle is located in the state of Washington in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle is metropolitan and has a population of nearly 3.5 million. Seattle’s climate changes from wet and cold during the winter months to dry and hot during the summer months. The coast of Seattle is responsible for the growth of its economy‚ due to the large number of commercial ports. Seattle is in the destructive range of several volcanos within Washington‚ most prominently‚ Mt. Rainier. Topography
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References: Petroleum Geology. (2003). McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw Hill Professional‚ [Online] Available at http://www.answers.com/topic/petroleum-geology-2 Source Rock. (2007). Oilfield Glossary‚ Schlumberger Limited‚ [ Online] Available at http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=source+rock Source Rocks
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