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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... Figure 2.2 shows how waves bend as they travel downward into higher velocity layers . But why do waves return to the sur- face , as shown in figure 2.3 ? The answer is that advancing waves give off energy in all directions . Much of ...
... Figure 2.2 shows how waves bend as they travel downward into higher velocity layers . But why do waves return to the sur- face , as shown in figure 2.3 ? The answer is that advancing waves give off energy in all directions . Much of ...
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... shown by the arrows . B If an earthquake occurs on a fault as shown in figure 7.27A , large areas around the fault will receive a push as first motion , while different areas will receive a pull . Any station within the shaded area ...
... shown by the arrows . B If an earthquake occurs on a fault as shown in figure 7.27A , large areas around the fault will receive a push as first motion , while different areas will receive a pull . Any station within the shaded area ...
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... shown in figure 9.17 ) . Therefore , unit cells must be six - sided polyhedrons ( such as cubes or rhombohedrons ) . The faces of a unit cell may be square , rectangular , or rhomboidal ( see box figure 1 ) . These restric- tions result ...
... shown in figure 9.17 ) . Therefore , unit cells must be six - sided polyhedrons ( such as cubes or rhombohedrons ) . The faces of a unit cell may be square , rectangular , or rhomboidal ( see box figure 1 ) . These restric- tions result ...
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