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1environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
2Polystrate fossil — [ Nova Scotia, Canada (printed 1868).] Polystrate or upright fossil describes fossils of single organisms (such as tree trunks) that run through more than one geological strata. Entire fossil forests have been discovered [… …
3Death Valley National Park — IUCN Category II (National Park) …
4Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …
5coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …
6Mining in the Upper Harz — The headframe of the Emperor William Shaft in Clausthal is one of the oldest surviving winding towers in Germany …
7Zhoukoudian — Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country …
8Geology of Mars — Mars   Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Designations …
9Tailings — A panorama of Broken Hill, New South Wales, backed by the man made mullock (waste tailings) heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the hills that stretch across this image). Tailings, also called mine dumps, slimes, tails, leach… …
10Chew Valley Lake — Chew Valley Lake …
