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    It is interpreted to extend southwards into the United States below the Williston basin and extends northeast into Nunavut and northern Quebec wrapping around the Archean Superior craton (Ansdell, 2005). The THO is the end result of the closure of the Manikewan Ocean (Stauffer, 1984) which resulted in the formation juvenile crust which was eventually accreted onto the Archean Superior and Hearne cratons as well as a number of smaller cratons including the Sask Craton (Lewry et al.,1994). The…

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    Dana Point Case Study

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    3), erosional paths (Fig. 4), areas of possible landslides (Fig. 4) and sea caves (Figure 5). Field Mapping Four faults were mapped while walking alongside the cliffs after flying the drones. Dips were 42 to the S, 83 to the N, 70 to the S, and 44 to the south. If more faults were to be mapped, a trend may be noticed and useful when estimating the slump or landslide potential of the cliffs. These data points were uploaded as a KMZ file and put…

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    Great Valley Sequence

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    Field Trip Report: Great Valley Sequence and Coast Range Ophiolite The Moreno Formation in the Great Valley Sequence (GVS) is consisting of interbedded sandstones and organic-rich black shales, which were deposited during Upper Cretaceous (74-80 Ma) in near shore and shallow marine environment according to the fossils found. The sandstone in this outcrop is medium-sorted, angular to sub-angular arkosic arenite, with minerals such as quartz, plagioclase, muscovite and altered biotite. 1/4 of the…

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    Ercall Quarries

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    The Ercall Quarries were visited on October 21st, 2017. It is an important geological site and is part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The Ercall sometimes known as the Ercall Hill, is a small hill in the county of Shropshire, England. The site includes 540-million-year-old ripple beds and ancient pre-Cambrian lava flows in exposed quarries. There is a M54 motorway near the Quarries, giving it easy access to the Quarries. The motorway was constructed in 1974, near the northern…

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    all males who chew or sniff tobacco: STOP. Cease and desist right now. Drop the dip that is in your hands. Throw out all forms of tobacco that is currently in your possession. Do not forget about the stash that you have hiding around the house, in your car, or even at your workplace. Start today and make a change in your life that will not only benefit you, but your love ones as well. As satisfying as each smoke or dip may feel, the damage that you are doing to yourself is indeed a lot more…

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    distance traveled during the gait cycle. A step is one half of a stride and cadence is walking speed (p. 339). In addition, there are six phases of gait to further distinguish the elements of motion that occur during walking and these include: heel strike/initial contact, foot flat/loading response, midstance, heel-off/terminal stance, and toe off/pre-swing. In order to define the components of the toe off/pre-swing phase of gait, an examination of the muscles/joints involved with this phase and…

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    swells. When he showers my shoulders and neck with kisses and love bites, I grasp and pull him into me. "Ugh, Jim, make me…" She please, and arches her back and then squeals. I want it to be him to give that to me and I shift my hips so that he would strike me where I would feel the most pleasure. Leaning forward, he rocks into me again with long strokes. I feel him – the tell-tale, coiling…

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    Every year, the Earth is rocked by thousands of earthquakes that causes damage ranging from non-existent to severe. These severe earthquakes can cause major damage to the cities ' buildings and infrastructure around the world, but more importantly many innocent people are injured and killed in these disasters. On average, 13 300 people are killed and over 4 million people are affected each year as a result of earthquakes. Also, earthquakes costs the world economy US$12,106,198,000 per year on…

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    In the first half of our inequalities class we have focused primarily on gender inequalities and are starting to dip into racial inequality now. Some topics we 've read about and discussed include women in media, Patriarchy, gender norms, testosterone, among a variety over other topics within this subject. Before this class started I didn’t know much about inequalities at all, in ways I was pretty blind to it. After only a little over a month and reading articles, watching movies, and discussing…

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    Fox Hills Formation

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    between both the Pierre and Fox Hills was abrupt as it changes from to completely different type of rocks. Lying only above the Pierre formation was conglomerates or breccia. This material is suspected to be deposited after the tilting event. The strike and dip at the location was 319 and 71 respectively. Around the same period, the regression of sea level along with maybe some uplift took place at the area. We then moved onto the next site, which was the memorial White Ash mine. This mine used…

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