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51Orogeny — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …
52Geology of the Alps — The Alps form a part of a Tertiary orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas. This belt of mountain chains was formed during the Alpine …
53Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary — Area map of the sanctuary. The coast of California is to the upper right, and the administrative centre, located on the granite outcropping, adjacent to it. The actual sanctuary is further left, and colored darker blue. Cordell Bank National… …
54Sierra Nevada Batholith — The Sierra Nevada Batholith is a large batholith which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, USA, exposed at the surface as granite.The batholith is composed of many individual masses of rock called plutons , which… …
55Geology of Mars — Mars   Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Designations …
56Jurassic Period — Interval of geologic time, 206–144 million years ago, that is one of the three major divisions of the Mesozoic Era, preceded by the Triassic Period and followed by the Cretaceous. During the Jurassic, Pangea began to break up into the present day …
57Abiogenic petroleum origin — is a largely abandoned hypothesis that was proposed as an alternative to theory of biological petroleum origin. It was relatively popular in the past, but it went largely forgotten at the end of the 20th century after it failed to predict the… …
58Geology of Jersey — The geology of Jersey is characterised by the Late Proterozoic Brioverian volcanics, the Cadomian Orogeny, and only small signs of later deposits from the Cambrian and Quaternary periods. The kind of rocks go from conglomerate to shale, volcanic …
592004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami — 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Tsunami strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. Date 00:58:53, December 26 …
60Diamond turning — Diamond flycutting Diamond turning is a process of mechanical machining of precision elements using lathes or derivative machine tools (e.g., turn mills, rotary transfers) equipped with natural or synthetic diamond tipped tool bits. The term… …
