Category: Geology
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Rare Earth Minerals Impact on Africa’s Future
Rare earth minerals, which are a group of 17 elements that are critical to many modern technologies, have been found in large quantities in several African countries. These minerals have the potential to change the continent in a number of ways in the future. One of the biggest ways that rare earth minerals could change…
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Abandoning West Virginia’s Natural Resources
The powerful industry of coal mining has left the Mountain State in disarray as the result of coal mines that have been abandoned. Coal provides a major source of energy across America; the coal mines of West Virginia have not only provided a major source of coal, they have also provided jobs and those jobs…
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Earthquakes
On October 17, 1989, as my family and I were preparing to watch game 3 of the World Series, a special news break announced that there had been a devastating earthquake that had struck the San Francisco bay area. News cameras quickly began
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The Palos Verdes Peninsula
The Palos Verdes Peninsula encompasses a beautiful, breathtaking area in the Southwestern part of the South Bay in Los Angeles. Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, and Rolling Hills Estates are the small cities that encompass
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The Great Barrier Reef
On this leg of our journey we will be visiting the Great Barrier Reef. We will be seeing nature in all its glory. As we all know the Great Barrier Reef is a great place to go scuba diving and to do other
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Sediments Threaten Salmon
In the year 2009, the Glines Canyon Dam and the Elwha Dam are scheduled to start being removed from the Elwha River, located in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. The sediment that has built up behind these dams
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Determining the Paleoenviroment and Tectonic History of a Small Area – geology (400 Level Course)
Geology Coursework: Determining the paleoenviroment and tectonic history of a small area (Cocklawburn Beach) Planning – In this coursework I am going to try and find the tectonic history and paleoenviroment of an