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    understanding of some of Earth’s most critical and dangerous processes. Subduction occurs when oceanic crust is forced downward into the mantle at the place where two lithospheric plates converge. A subduction zone is the area along this convergent plate boundary where subduction is taking place. Activity at subduction zones includes an important part of the rock cycle‚ the recycling of Earth’s crust‚ as well as earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and volcanic eruptions. According to the article‚ there are roughly a dozen

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    in laminar Poisseuille flow between two parallel plates is  (3) area of contact of the two surfaces  (1) 2  (2) 1.5  (4) fracture toughness of the two materials in contact  (3) 1.25  (4) 0.8  How  the  area  moment  of  inertia  of  the  beam  of  13.  Boundary layer separation is caused by  rectangular cross­section can be increased?  (1) Reduction of pressure in the flow direction  (1) Depth of the beam is greater than the width of

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    Proxemics is the study of how people perceive the physical spaces around them. It takes into account body spacing and postures as involuntary reactions. The physical distance between two people can be linked to the relationship they share‚ personal or social. There are four proxemic distances: intimate‚ personal‚ social‚ and public distances. Intimate distances can range from actually touching to six through eighteen inches. The individuals are so close together that it is not considered proper for

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    The Werewolf By Angela Carter Fairy Tales tend to start off dark and progress to have a happy ending or‚ failing that‚ to teach a lesson. Angela Carter does an excellent job of this in her short story “The Werewolf”. This is her take on “Little Red Riding Hood”. This is not the classic spin on the original fairy tale however‚ in Angela’s take on it we will explore ageism‚ sexism‚ and greed. Though the story casts a once-upon-a-time aura‚ the lessons learned from it are as modern as the IPhone

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    About 320 MYA‚ Africa collided with PNA‚ which formed the Alleghanian Mountains. We know that the Alleghanian Orogeny happened because the Alleghanian Orogeny formed the Appalachian Mountains‚ and the remains of the Appalachian Mountains are still here today. 260 MYA‚ when the Alleghanian Mountains started eroding‚ the Appalachian Mountains eroded‚ but not completely‚ so the parts that did not erode are the parts we see today. During this time‚ the Iapetus Ocean was narrowing and subducting‚ and

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    Associate Level Material Plate Tectonics Worksheet Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form. Carefully read Ch. 8 of Geoscience Laboratory. Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from Geoscience Laboratory. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet‚ you are encouraged to answer others from the text on your own. Questions and charts are from Geoscience Laboratory‚ 5th ed. (p. 133-150)

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    The Earth - it’s an intricate formation of land and sea‚ rock and metal‚ but how can the movements of the continents be explained‚ or how do deep ocean trenches affect us? The three main theories that explain how these things work are sea-floor spreading‚ continental drift‚ and plate tectonics. These are the theories that give us explanation as to why the continents move‚ how plate tectonics work‚ etc. These theories were formed by different scientists and with different forms of evidence‚ some scientists

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    energy and then bounced off the heated ionosphere to various customers around the globe in remote places to save on costs of piping these reserves and also for surveillance purposes like detecting missiles. Japan is situated in a complicated plate boundary region where three subduction zones meet. Two of these subduction zones run parallel to the east coast of Japan. To the south‚ the Philippine plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate‚ whilst to the north; the Pacific Plate is being subducted

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    north-eastern coast. The reason behind this catastrophe was because Japan is located on the east edge of the Eurasian Plate‚ therefore the Oceanic Pacific Plate was subducted under the Eurasian Plate. This plate margin is known as a Destructive plate boundary. The reason behind the huge 9 magintude earthqauke is because when the Oceanic Plate was being subducted under the Eurasian Plate‚ tension was built up‚ the tension then became too much for the plates to hold‚

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    Importance of Boundaries Professional boundaries in social work and other helping professions provide limits in therapeutic relationships‚ but boundaries are also important in other kinds of relationships. Depending on one’s upbringing and experience‚ setting boundaries in relationships may be easier for some people to set than others. All healthy relationships have boundaries. This is the line where one person ends and someone else begins. Boundaries in relationships can be likened to boundaries around

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