Posted on March 31, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What forms the continental rise?
Regional SpecificsContinental rises form as a result of three sedimentary processes: mass wasting, the deposition from contour currents, and the vertical settling of clastic and biogenic particles. What are continental rises mostly made of? A continental rise consists mainly of silts, mud, and sand, deposited by turbidity flows, and can extend for several hundreds of miles
Posted on March 31, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Does Basalt have luster?
Regional SpecificsIs basalt shiny or dull? Basalt consists of a fine and even-grain. The dense rock has no crystals or minerals discernible to the naked eye. When freshly broken, basalt has a dull surface. What is characteristics of basalt rocks? basalt, extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock that is low in silica content, dark in colour, and comparatively
Posted on March 31, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
What is another word for ice age?
Regional Specificsglacial epochIce-age synonyms In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ice-age, like: glacial epoch, glacial period, glaciation, cretaceous, interglacial, 0-05x, 50-60mm and 5cm-2-inch. What is ice another name for? Crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’, ice drug) is a stimulant drug, which means it speeds up the messages travelling between
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Which came first Rodinia and Pangea?
Regional SpecificsPangaea broke up about 250 million years ago and Rodinia about 760 million years ago. What came before Pangea? Between roughly 750 million and 550 million years ago these ocean basins were destroyed, and all the Precambrian nuclei of Africa, Australia, Antarctica, South America and India amalgamated into the supercontinent of Gondwana. What came after
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What type of earthquake was the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
Regional Specifics1906 San Francisco earthquake Ruins in the vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue Eureka Dunsmuir Chico Truckee Santa Rosa Salinas Bakersfield Fresno Paso Robles Santa Monica Indio Fault San Andreas Fault Type Strike-slip Areas affected North Coast San Francisco Bay Area Central Coast United States What type of fault is the San Andreas Fault? strike-slip
Posted on March 31, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Who was Pickwick in the hiding place?
Regional SpecificsPickwick is a friend of the Ten Boom family. He is also a leader in the underground, and it is he who first connects the Ten Booms with the resources they need to help Haarlem’s Jews. Pickwick is a large, balding gentleman with a “vast stomach”. Who was Mr Pickwick in the hiding place? A