EARTH SCIENCES - Notable Research and Discoveries Part 10 ppsx

... 91–92, 101 hot springs and geysers 72, 72, 101 , 103 , 109 humidity 135 hydrology 132, 133 I Iceland 72, 103 , 103 , 107 , 107 , 109 , 110 111, 124 Idaho 111, 121, 124 Ide, Satoshi 176, 180 Illinois earthquake ... (Richter- Gutenberg scale) 9 10, 163, 164–165 ris 55 FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 210 2/8 /10 10:59:59 AM earth ScienceS 204 205 Main categories include Fossils...

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... that Earth contains a metal core sur- rounded by a rocky mantle. Exploring Earth s Depths FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 29 2/8 /10 10:56:52 AM earth ScienceS 38 FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 38 2/8 /10 10:57:31 ... the axis of rotation (North and South Poles). Origin and Variability of Earth s Magnetic Field FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 39 2/8 /10 10:57:31 AM earth ScienceS 42...

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... Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 97 8-0 -8 16 0-7 44 2-6 (hardcover) ISBN 97 8-1 -4 38 1-2 96 8-6 (e-book) 1. Geology. 2. Earth sciences. I. Title QE501.K527 2 010 550—dc22 2009020269 Facts ... West 31st Street New York NY 100 01 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kirkland, Kyle. Earth sciences: notable research and discov...

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... equipment, part of the Earthquake Arrival Recording Seismic System (EARSS) in New Zealand (New Zealand © GNS Science/SSPL/ The Image) FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 8 2/8 /10 10:56:31 AM earth ScienceS 10 size ... expanded their knowledge and expertise into all aspects of Earth science, environmental issues, and biological phenomena. USGS em- ploys 10, 000 researchers and su...

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... as helium-3 (which has three particles in the nucleus, two protons and one neu- tron) and helium-4 (which has two protons and two neutrons in the FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 80 2/8 /10 10:58:34 ... a crescent-shaped island near Maui, Hawaii (Ron Chapple/Getty Images) FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 76 2/8 /10 10:58:02 AM earth ScienceS 88 Austral Islands, Tahiti, Marquesas Islands,...

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... the water. Silica, the sandy mate - rial that is used for glassmaking and other applications, is a common FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 114 2/8 /10 10:58:59 AM earth ScienceS 102 ExPloItInG GEotHERMal ... Energy—a Furnace beneath the Soil FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 103 2/8 /10 10:58:42 AM earth ScienceS 100 Fossil fuel depletion, high prices, and environmental concerns...

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... darker and darker. And the old house is just a-vibrating like it was going to blow away. And I started trying to see my hand. And I kept bring- ing my hand up closer and closer and closer and ... of humans and other organ - isms are chemically similar to the ocean, containing large quantities of sodium and chloride ions. FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 130 2/8 /10 10:59:0...

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... FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 152 2/8 /10 10:59:18 AM 171 anks to the work of Lawson, Reid, and numerous other research- ers, geologists now have a good idea how and why earthquakes occur. But earthquakes ... instituted an earthquake warning sys - tem administered by the Japan Meteorological Agency. An eective sys- Predicting Earthquakes FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 171 2/8 /10 1...

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... a major earthquake may have particular patterns at particular faults, and FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 176 2/8 /10 10:59:48 AM earth ScienceS 190 (February 19, 2002): 2,514–2,521. e researchers ... of the San Andreas Fault. Predicting Earthquakes FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 191 2/8 /10 10:59:52 AM earth ScienceS 186 At present, the global earthquake satellite system is not funde...

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... indicate Earth s magnetic eld was about half as strong as it is today. Origin and Variability of Earth s Magnetic Field FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 65 2/8 /10 10:57:40 AM earth ScienceS 68 island in ... refers to the pres- ervation or record of Earth s magnetic eld in the structure of rocks and Origin and Variability of Earth s Magnetic Field FOS _Earth Science_DC.indd 53...

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