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Drake's Bay
(Encyclopedia) Drake's Bay, inlet of the Pacific Ocean, formed by the San Andreas fault, W Calif., NW of San Francisco. Point Reyes forms its outer arm. The bay was visited by Sir Francis Drake in…San Andreas fault
(Encyclopedia) San Andreas fault, great fracture (see fault) of the earth's crust in California. It is the principal fault of an intricate network of faults extending more than 600 mi (965 km) from…Parkfield
(Encyclopedia) Parkfield, uninc. town (2000 pop. 37), Monterey co., Calif., among rolling hills in the Coast Ranges. A mining center for mercury and coal in the early 1900s, when the town had 900…Wilson, J. Tuzo
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, J. Tuzo (John Tuzo Wilson), 1908–93, Canadian geologist and geophysicist, b. Ottawa, Ph.D. Princeton (1936), M.A. Cambridge (1940). He worked for the Geological Survey of…Point Reyes National Seashore
(Encyclopedia) Point Reyes National SeashorePoint Reyes National Seashorerāˈĭs [key], 71,068 acres (28,772 hectares), W Calif.; est. 1962. Included in the area are steep bluffs overlooking the…fault
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Types of faults fault, in geology, fracture in the earth's crust in which the rock on one side of the fracture has measurable movement in relation to the rock on the other side…The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Among the worst natural disasters in U.S. history by Chris Frantz San Francisco, California, April 1906 Related Links Almanac: San Francisco San Francisco Census Facts: 1906 Versus…Miocene epoch
(Encyclopedia) Miocene epochMiocene epochmīˈəsēn [key], fourth epoch of the Tertiary period in the Cenozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic timescale, table), lasting from…Fun Facts About Skyscrapers
From the father of the skyscraper to a building with a view by Karen Barss The Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France The Empire State Building, in New York City The Sears Tower, in…Origin of Life: Early Earth Environment
Early Earth EnvironmentOrigin of LifeIntroductionSpontaneous GenerationEarly Earth Environment So if Pasteur is correct and life only comes from existing life, where and how did life begin? Many…Trending
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