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    Floods

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    near the coastline‚ such as the 1923 Batavia flood‚ has been decreased about 35% with mangrove trees. The help support Jakarta’s fishers‚ provide coastal protection from typhoons and storms‚ control flooding and pollution‚ and supports sediments and reduce sediments. But because of the increasing population‚ more people demand buildings and houses‚ and the 44‚453 hectares of mangroves in 1996-1998 have been reduced to around 11‚370. Every year‚ the government loses about _____ trying to evacuate

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    Methane Research Paper

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    Methane > Hydrosphere Methane is made two different ways in the ocean. The first is by thermogenesis‚ which is where methane is produced on the seafloor when organic material is broken down by heat. The other is Biogenic‚ which is where microorganisms eat organic material and leave behind methane as a waste product. ("Methane in the Ocean") There are large amounts of frozen Methane in the Arctic Ocean. ("Methane Emissions from the Arctic Ocean: Image of the Day") Methanogenic bacteria survive in

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    Hallett Cove Case Study

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    groups for thousands of years. The Aboriginal camping area at the cove lays over many acres and is the biggest and quite possibly the oldest in the area of Adelaide. The large number and variety of stone sediments found at the site indicates a long period of Aboriginal occupation. These stone sediments are now housed at the South Australian Museum. The Hallett Cove

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    AS Revision Guide

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    the CGP revision guide doesn’t have in it for AS Geography…. RIVERS Graded long profile (only briefly mentioned‚ you could do with more info) Recurrence intervals / magnitude frequency analysis for flooding is not mentioned COASTS Wave refraction Sediment cells Concordant / discordant coastlines Landforms: geo’s‚ stumps‚ tombolo’s‚ barrier islands. Coastal flooding- the CGP guide says tsunami but the syllabus wants storm surges so hurricane Katrina. POPULATION Factors affecting birth and death rates

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    Deepest Wreck

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    eventually flipped over onto its side. As its wooden hull lost structural integrity‚ the ship’s side flattened out under the weight of the containers that had tumbled over it. The opposite side of the hull was held upright‚ unburied by the containers or sediment‚ succumbed to erosion and decay‚ and

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    Classification of Rocks

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    Rocks are classified in order to communicate information about them. All classifications of limestones are arbitrary and they frequently overlap or do not fit ones particular needs. Since binocular microscopes or hand lenses are the tools that are commonly available to the explorationist‚ a practical classification should be based on descriptions using them. When these instruments are used‚ it is usually possible to identify the individual grains forming the rock. Thus most classifications require

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    the earth’s surface‚ when heat and pressure are added. Lastly‚ sedimentary rocks are formed by sediments being pressured together over time. Some features of the rock are‚ that the sediments can be seen‚ there are ribbon like layers‚ crystals‚ and wholes. None of these thing would be here without plate tectonics. How would metamorphic rocks get under the earth’s surface or where would the magma and sediments come from to complete the process? Rocks can not

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    our country. Members participate in marches‚ rallies‚ and demonstrations to non-violently protest discrimination against women. Also featured on the poster is a quote from the Declaration of Sediments reading‚ “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.” The sediments were written during the first women’s rights convention in 1848‚ which started a movement towards equal rights for

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    Swollen Kidneys

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    urea is 37 mg/dL‚ creatinine 2.0 mg/dL‚ albumin is 2.9 mg/dL‚ and pH is 7.29. With labs like these‚ more testing was done. A chemistry panel which showed protein 1.7 gm/24 hours‚ glomerular filtration rate of less than 30 ml/minute‚ and his urine sediment showed presence of gram negative bacilli‚ presence of white blood cells‚ presence of red blood cells‚ and granular and waxy casts. Mr. Newman had a genetic screening that showed a mutation on Chromosome 16. This mutation results in the formation

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    susceptible to solution processes? Why? Limestone and dolomite are most susceptible to solution processes because the water‚ which is slightly acidic‚ reacts with rock and dissolves the co2 gas carrying away or dissolving some of the sediment. 4. How does the underground structure of the bedrock influence the dissolution process? Bedrock that is made of carbonate is more susceptible to being dissolved as the rock is much more easily broken down. 5. How is it possible

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