of radon and is shown by red color that show approximately volume of radon more than 100 Bq/m3. This region is consist of dolomite‚ limestone‚ subordinate marl and glauconitic. In some parts of this area‚ where the rock are include shale‚ gypsum‚ granite and sand stone has more volume of the radon gas. As said before‚ considerable population lives in this area and the radon risk should be accounted seriously. The center and south of Mashhad region shows lower volume of radon which has shown with light
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One has to climb 2‚500 meters up the Andes mountains to visit Machu Picchu. It is an ancient sanctuary for the early Inca civilization. It is one of the best places to visit in the world and has a lot of universal and historic value. Machu Picchu is located in Peru and is known for its unique building structures and historic worth. Machu Picchu is a significant travel destination because it has a great historic value and it has various types of ancient buildings and structures to see. Machu Picchu
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How vital were the Chinese laborers in opening up the West for America through the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? Elizabeth Chen 8290673 Word Count: 1887 How vital were the Chinese laborers in opening up the West for America through the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? A. Plan of Investigation This investigation evaluates the importance of Chinese immigrants who labored to complete the transcontinental railroad‚ and how their role opened the settlement of the
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of Amun was carried on through the long‚ walled processional avenue lined with painted sandstone sphinxes‚ led from a small valley temple of the edge of the cultivation land to a forecourt. The first terrace was lined on each side with three red granite sphinxes and portrayed the Punt expedition‚ Divine Birth colonnade and Coronation reliefs‚ to the left of the reliefs is the shrine of Hathor; cow headed columns and scenes of Hatshepsut making offering to Hathor. The Chaple of Anubis was situated
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One of the greatest pictures of the historical architectural art is the auditorium building of Chicago‚ which had been considered as one of the greatest leaps in the world of architecture and engineering during the nineteenth century. Although Chicago faced a dramatic misery in the year 1871 due to the great Chicago fire that destroyed most of the infrastructure of the city‚ this downfall acted as the initial point of the movement towards what’s known today as the large‚modern city of Chicago. After
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World War II is an event that deserves commemoration. 404‚800 american troops died in this war serving their country. They all‚ in some way‚ helped make our country the way it is today. Each and everyone of them deserves honor and respect from those whom they fought for. The World War II memorial helps make that possible. “Blood alone moves the wheels of history‚” said Benito Mussolini‚ Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII. The troops of World War II shed their blood in order to protect their country
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deepening & widening it. Solution occurs when the river dissolves the soft rock over which it flows. The erosion processes mentioned above to form waterfalls in the youthful stage of a river course. Waterfalls occur where a band of hard rock e.g. granite lies across a river bed‚ soft rock is eroded faster and GRADUALLY a fall forms in the river bed. Hydraulic action and abrasion combine to deepen the fall and a plunge pool forms at the base of the waterfall. Water splashes against the back wall
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started as a project for school during Lin’s senior year at Yale ended up being chosen out of 1‚421 other designs for the Vietnam Veteran’s War Memorial in Washington‚ D.C. It was picked for its simplicity. It was two 200-foot-long polished black granite walls that form an obtuse angle one side pointing to the Lincoln Memorial and the other to Washington Monument. The walls are carved with the names of all the 58‚195 men and women that died or went missing during the war. Lin’s idea was that it was
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between the African‚ Eurasian and North American Plates. Africa and North America were joined into one super continent. The collision of these land masses over 1 billion years ago metamorphosed the original rock producing the Pedler gneiss and Old Rag granite which can be observed in the Shenandoah National Park. In late Precambrian time this super continent began to rift apart under the tensional forces producing the Catoctin rift basalts that can be observed in the Shenandoah. As they rifted apart‚ they
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a Telugu word for Shepherd’s Hill. It is believed that a shepherdboy came across an idol on the hill. This led to the construction of a mud fort by the then Kakatiya dynasty ruler of the kingdom around the site. The city and fortress are built on a granite hill that is 120 meters (400 ft) high and is surrounded by massive crenelated ramparts. The beginnings of the fort date to 1143‚ when the Hindu Kakatiya dynasty ruled the area. The Kakatiya dynasty were followed by the state ofWarangal‚ which was
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