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  • 121Tectónica de placas — La tectónica de placas (del griego τεκτονικός, tektonicós, el que construye ) es una teoría geológica que explica la forma en que está estructurada la litósfera (la porción externa más fría y rígida de la Tierra). La teoría da una explicación a… …

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  • 122Geology — Oceanic crustContinental Crust] Geology (from Greek: γη, gê , earth ; and λόγος, logos , speech lit. to talk about the earth) is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitute the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the… …

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  • 123Orogeny — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …

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  • 124Modern evolutionary synthesis — Evolutionary theory redirects here. For the sociological theory, see sociobiology. Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …

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  • 125Evidence of common descent — The wide range of evidence of common descent of living things strongly indicates the occurrence of evolution and provides a wealth of information on the natural processes by which the variety of life on Earth developed, supporting the modern… …

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  • 126Frank Bursley Taylor — (1860 ndash; 1938) was a wealthy amateur American geologist, a specialist in the glacial geology of the Great Lakes, and proposed to the Geological Society of America in 1908 [Geological Society of America (v. 21, p. 179–226)] that the continents …

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  • 127Koinophilia — is a term used in biology, meaning that when sexual creatures seek a mate, they prefer that mate not to have any unusual, peculiar or deviant features. Stated differently, sexual creatures prefer mates with a preponderance of common or average… …

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  • 128Moho line — The Mantle is a part of an astronomical object. Earth s mantle is a 2,900 km thick rocky shell comprising approximately 70% of Earth s volume. It is predominantly solid and overlies the Earth s iron rich core, which occupies about 30% of Earth s… …

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