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Papers On Earth & Physical Sciences
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Cordillera Orogony: Mountain Formation
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A 7 page discussion of the
processes which go into mountain formation. Defines cordillera
orogony. Utilizes the Northern Highlands of Scotland as an example of
the geologic process of plate tectonics which is responsible to a large degree for this phenomenon. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPmntFor.wps
Counterfactual History and the Development of Scientific Theory in Early Europe
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An 11 page exploration of the way society repressed scientific fact in Europe, between 1000 A.D and 1800 A.D. The toll this repression took was a delay in the development of muchmore advanced knowledge. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPsciCnt.rtf
Crawford Lake Geology and Climate Change
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A 7 page paper discussing the climate change that has occurred in the area of Crawford Lake, Ontario over the past 13,000 years, using the lithology of the lake as evidence. The paper discusses the records of oxygen isotope, calcium carbonate concentration and detritus layer as evidence for a moist climate followed by change to a dry, warm climate that once again was followed by a shift back to the climate of the present day. The paper is based on the research of Zicheng Yu, who has studied Crawford Lake extensively. Includes 3 figures, including a photograph of Crawford Lake core samples. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Core sample photograph contained separately in KSgeoCrawLkCore.rtf.
Filename: KSgeoCrawLk.rtf
DARWIN’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE SCIENCE OF EMOTION
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This 3 page paper discusses the basic perspectives of Darwin on the idea of emotions and expressions, then compares his ideas to those discoveries being made by scientists today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MBdarwin.rtf
Data for Assessing a Site to Hold Hazardous Waste
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This 10 page paper identified data sources that could be used to help identify a site suitable for storing hazardous waste. The paper identifies a range of data sources that will help identity characteristics of areas such as low population density, dry hard rock, near road and rail links and avoiding sites of special scientific interest or nature reserves. The bibliography sites 8 sources.
Filename: TEsitesearch.rtf
Death Valley National Park
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This 5 page report discusses Death Valley National Park’s
landscape, geological structure, climate, and the creatures that survive there. Bibliography
lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWdeathv.rtf
Definitions of Life
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This 5 page paper explores how "life" might be
defined within scientific areas of biology,
ornithology, anthropology, paleontology and geology. Branches of science may guide us, but ultimately each individual must answer that question of what is life, through either opinion or their own belief system, as well as acknowledge that "Life is continually adapting to changing environmental conditions."
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBlife.doc.
Deforestation: Central America
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A 6 page paper which offers an examination of the
deforestation that is taking place in Central America. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAdefrst.rtf
DENDROCHRONOLOGY AND THE FIELD OF QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
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This 5 page paper discusses the application of dendrochronology to the field of geology and paleogeology. Examples given, explanations offered. Bibliographpy lists 8 sources.
Filename: MBtrering.rtf
Desert Surfaces: A Process Based Analysis of Radiation, Heat,
Precipitation, and Storage
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A 7 page overview of the processes which
impact deserts. Summarizes geologic, climatological and biological
processes which interplay to both shape desert environments and which
are shaped by those environments. Outlines the importance of topography, substrate characteristics, precipitation, vegetative cover
(both type and extent), radiation, and cloud cover in particular and concludes that each of these factors is interrelated with the other. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPdesert.wps
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