Physical Geology: Earth RevealedCoverage of plate tectonics is moved to the beginning of the book. The text is also used as the official Annenberg CPB distributed telecourse for physical geology.The beautiful new art program and interactive writing style will grab students' attention and further their interest in the subject. |
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... kilometers on land , they drill in the sed- imentary basins . The igneous and metamorphic basement , which averages 40 kilometers thick and makes up most of the continental crust , has rarely been sampled deeper than 2 or 3 kilometers ...
... kilometers on land , they drill in the sed- imentary basins . The igneous and metamorphic basement , which averages 40 kilometers thick and makes up most of the continental crust , has rarely been sampled deeper than 2 or 3 kilometers ...
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... kilometers long , while the same distance vertically represents only 5 kilometers , so the drawings have a vertical exaggeration of 10 times . NEW GUINEA WRANGEL ISLAND MOUNTS NEW ZEAL MURRAY FRACTURE ZONE. Passive continental margin ...
... kilometers long , while the same distance vertically represents only 5 kilometers , so the drawings have a vertical exaggeration of 10 times . NEW GUINEA WRANGEL ISLAND MOUNTS NEW ZEAL MURRAY FRACTURE ZONE. Passive continental margin ...
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... kilometers . High - velocity rock extends to this depth below most continents , implying that continents have very deep roots . Some areas that appear hot at 100 kilometers are cold at 300 kilometers , such as the ridge crest just south ...
... kilometers . High - velocity rock extends to this depth below most continents , implying that continents have very deep roots . Some areas that appear hot at 100 kilometers are cold at 300 kilometers , such as the ridge crest just south ...
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