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    Folds....Faults  Anticlines and Synclines-Class Notes | Jump to: | Types of Folds | Faults | Types of Faults | Guided Student Notes - (Microsoft Word Document) | FoldsWhen rocks are deformed plastically‚ they are bent into folds: | | | Stress and StrainStress is the applied force (The pushing and pulling on the rock layers).Strain is the bending & twisting that happens to the rock also known as deformation. Stress can be compressional‚ tensional or shear. | Compressional stress pushes

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    The texts studied in class‚ Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon prove to have great potential for being performed on a thrust stage. When presented with a space such as this‚ it allows the director to be exposed to a vast array of ideas‚ conventions and concepts that would not be effective on a proscenium arch stage. Through this space‚ the director is able to break through all traditional styles of classic shoe box theatre; creating a unique experience for the audience as opposed to just a spectacle. It cracks

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    No Fault Divorce

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    No-fault divorce is now the most effective way to get a divorce with the least amount of conflict. It is a way to get divorced without placing blame on either side of the separation. The director at Cornell University of Law describes a no-fault divorce as “Any divorce in which the spouse who wants to end the marriage is not required to accuse the other of wrongdoing‚ but can simply state that the couple no longer gets along” (Bruce 3). When filing for divorce this way all that the court needs is

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    The San Andreas Fault

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    The San Andreas Fault is a major fracture of the Earth’s crust on the western coast of North America. The fault trends northwestward for more than 800 miles from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California‚ passing seaward into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco. Tectonic movement along the fault has been associated with occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along its path‚ including a disastrous quake in San Francisco in 1906‚ a less

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    The New Madrid Fault Zone

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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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    Fault-Tolerant Observers

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    Fault-Tolerant Observers Supervisor: Dr Imad M. Jaimoukha Designing of a robust fault-tolerant observer that guarantees a certain level of performance for real-time applications. By: YEO Zhi-Wei‚ Laurence 00566245 Overview For any system such as a factory plant‚ an aircraft jet engine system or a water pumping system‚ it can be replicatedi by a mathematical model which includes the affecting dynamics based on observations and assumptions. However‚ it would be practically challenging

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    a)The Proscenium Arch StageThis stage is the traditional stage‚ where the audience is seated in one large block facing the stage‚ with a definite division between the audience and the stage. This division is usually in the form of an arch or a frame‚ called the proscenium arch. Advantages: This stage is the most common‚ and most of the worlds scripts were designed with this kind of staging in mind. It also allows much more realism and special effects‚ as the audience only watches from one side‚

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    Fault Tree

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    Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications Version 1.1 Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications Prepared for NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance NASA Headquarters Washington‚ DC 20546 August‚ 2002 Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications Version 1.1 Fault Tree Handbook with Aerospace Applications NASA Project Coordinators: Dr. Michael Stamatelatos‚ NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Mr. José Caraballo‚ NASA Langley Research Center

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    The Hayward Fault

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    The Hayward fault Our first stop was at founder’s rock. The founders’ rock is a huge rock close to the foothill dormitory and it’s where the founding fathers of Berkeley decided to build the university. They decided to build the university here because of their agriculture. Berkeley‚ has a creek running‚ to be more precise‚ Berkeley had various creeks running. Therefore‚ water is easily accessible‚ so they decided to build the university to have easy access of water and great soil. However‚ what

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    Denali Fault

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    Most of this terrane are known as groups of rocks that are surrounded by faults‚ different types of fossils‚ and other types of physical properties. Due to the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American plate‚ it creates the Denali fault system. Denali consists of a right lateral strike-slip fault over 720 miles long (Sharpe). This strike-slip fault is a part of the larger fault system which includes the San Andreas Fault system in

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