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Geology of the Grand Canyon: Chapter Ii. Geography Of The Grand CaÃÂon District.
CHAPTER I. THE PLATEAU PROVINCE.CHAPTER III. THE TERRACES.CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHY OF THE GRAND CAíON DISTRICT.The Grand Cañon District-the region draining into the Grand and Marble Cañons-is…Kuril Islands
(Encyclopedia) Kuril IslandsKuril Islandsky&oobreve;rˈēl, k&oobreve;rēlˈ [key] or KurilesKurilesky&oobreve;rˈēlz, ky&oobreve;rēlzˈ [key], Jap. Chishima-Retto, Rus. Kurilskiye Ostrova…Leakey, Mary Douglas
(Encyclopedia) Leakey, Mary Douglas, 1913–96, British archaeologist, b. London as Mary Douglas Nicol; wife of Louis Leakey and mother of Richard Leakey. She had little formal education, but a…lightning
(Encyclopedia) lightning, electrical discharge accompanied by thunder, commonly occurring during a thunderstorm. The discharge may take place between one part of a cloud and another part (intracloud…Eocene epoch
(Encyclopedia) Eocene epochEocene epochēˈəsēnˌ [key], second epoch of the Tertiary period in the Cenozoic era of geologic time, from approximately 54.9 to 38 million years ago. The Eocene in North…Katmai National Park and Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and Preservekătˈmī [key], at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S Alaska, comprising Katmai National…Moluccas
(Encyclopedia) MoluccasMoluccasməlŭkˈəz, mō– [key] or Spice Islands, Bahasa Indonesia Maluku, Du. Molukken, island group and prov. (1990 pop. 1,856,075), c.32,300 sq mi (83,660 sq km), E Indonesia,…mantle
(Encyclopedia) mantle, portion of the earth's interior lying beneath the crust and above the core. No direct observation of the mantle, or its upper boundary, has been made; its boundaries have been…So How's the Europan Seafood?
Related Links: SpaceAstronomyEncyclopedia: Space ExplorationU.S. Unmanned Planetary & Lunar ProgramsNASA Home PageProject Galileo Home PageCassini Mission Home PageStudents for the…Brewer's: Plutonic Rocks
Granites, and certain porphyries, supposed to be of igneous, but not of volcanic, origin. So called by Lyell from Pluto, the principle of elemental fire. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Trending
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