1. PETROLEUM TRAPS http://www.usoilandgas.net/findingoil.htm Hydrocarbons - crude oil and natural gas - are found in certain layers of rock that are usually buried deep beneath the surface of the earth. In order for a rock layer to qualify as a good source of hydrocarbons‚ it must meet several criteria. Characteristics of Reservoir Rock For one thing‚ good reservoir rocks (a reservoir is a formation that contains hydrocarbons) have porosity. Porosity is a measure of the openings in a rock‚ openings
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Dinosaurs and Man may have Co-existed It has been a constant debate between creationists and evolutionists on how old the world is. Evolutionists believe that earth was created over 4.5 billion years ago while‚ creationists believe in a young earth created only about 6‚000 years old. With that debate is the argument on when the dinosaurs walked the earth. Evolutionism teaches that humans and dinosaurs lived millions of years apart from each other. What many people are not aware of is that there
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Labrador Western Brook Ponds is part of the Gros Morne National Park located in the western part of the province Newfoundland and Labrador. The Gros Morne National Park is world renowned for being one of the few places on earth in which geologists can studied the upper mantle directly! It also illustrates the concept of plate tectonics‚ the evolution of ancient mountain ranges and justifying why Canada has the most diverse land formations on the planet. The National Park was designated by
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Reading Response The Short Proof of Evolution Ian Johnston Humanity has watched the cycle of birth and death for generations after generations‚ therefore‚ it is logical for us to conclude that all living things on earth must have a beginning. However‚ for decades now‚ mankind has not come to an agreement on “the beginning” of everything‚ how and what caused all living things to come to life. Some believe in an intelligent Creator‚ others believe in the making and transforming of things by accidental
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The San Andreas Fault by Sandra S. Schulz and Robert E. Wallace The presence of the San Andreas fault was brought dramatically to world attention on April 18‚ 1906‚ when sudden displacement along the fault produced the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. This earthquake‚ however‚ was but one of many that have resulted from episodic displacement along the fault throughout its life of about 15-20 million years. What Is It? Scientists have learned that the Earth’s crust is fractured into a series
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Essay on Evolution There are many mechanisms that lead to evolutionary change. One of the most important mechanism in evolution is natural selection which is the differential success in the reproduction of different phenotypes resulting from the interaction of organisms with their environment. Natural selection occurs when a environment makes a individual adapt to that certain environment by variations that arise by mutation and genetic recombination. Also it favors certain traits in a individual
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What are conditions like on the seafloor? It is in absolute darkness‚ with temperatures near freezing. The water is 3.5 kilometers high and exerts a pressure hundreds of times greater than atmospheric pressure on Earth. What is the main type of igneous rock found on the seafloor? Basaltic rock is heavy and sinks forming the world’s deep ocean basins. Describe the topography of the seafloor: shelf‚ slope‚ canyons‚ rise‚ and abyss. Continental shelf‚ the most shallow and accessible region‚ they cover
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Several years ago‚ Acme Mineral Extraction Company introduced teams in an effort to solve morale and productivity problems. Acme used highly sophisticated technology‚ employing geologists‚ geophysicists and engineers on what was referred to as the brains side of the business‚ as well as skilled and semi-skilled labor on the brawn side to run the company’s underground extracting operations. The two sides regularly clashed‚ and when some engineers locked several operations workers out of the office
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less of an impact underwater than it would if it were on land. Water’s ability to hold heat aids in cooling the erupting lava quicker than it would when exposed to the air (Mitchell 444). This article is important in order to further research by geologists and oceanographers‚ making this an interdisciplinary matter. It highlights the need for additional research using new technology to study the effects the ocean has on volcanoes and vice versa. New research is cited throughout this article;
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Mount St. Helens‚ other active Cascade volcanoes‚ and those of Alaska form the North American segment of the Pacific "Ring of Fire‚" a notorious zone that produces frequent‚ often destructive‚ earthquake and volcanic activity. Work done by geologist in the 1950s used methodical studies of the volcanic deposits‚ laboratory investigations of rock and ash samples‚ they also used radiocarbon (carbon-l4) dating of plant remains buried in and beneath the ash layers and other volcanic debris has
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