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15 Cards in this Set
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Precambrian shield
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Old rock formation under Alberta. Can be seen at the
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Geographical Prospecting
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Tools that find mineral deposits underground.
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Remote Sensing
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Satellites mapping earth's surface.
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Continental drift
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At one time theoreticaly the continents were joined but, drifted away.
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Strata
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Layers of sediment took time to form
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Fluvial landforms
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Landforms created by running water
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Glossopteris fossils
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Plant fossils resembling ferns.
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Subduction
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Oceanic continental plates overlapping with dense plates under lighter continental plates.
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Converging Boundary
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Where continental plates come together.
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Transform Boundary
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Where continental plates slide across eachother.
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Boundary
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Where the continental plates meet.
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Geochemical Prospecting
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A chemical anyalisis of environmental samples
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Eras
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Geologic time periods dated by rock strata
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Exploration
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Drilled holes verifying ore's body existance
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