La Brea Tar Pits Introduction The La Brea tar pits have been well-known for over a century. Before the rise of European settlers‚ local Indian tribes used the tar to caulk canoes and waterproof tents. As the Industrial Revolution took off the early 1900s‚ the tar pits attracted oil men‚ as asphaltum is often associated with petroleum. Then‚ [w]hen W. W. Orcutt‚ the original organizer of the geological department of Union Oil of California‚ reexamined the area in 1901‚ he discovered "a vast
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Angeles: The La Brea Tar Pits. Check out this site to learn about bones that have been preserved‚ not in layers of sediment‚ but in bubbling oil. The video explains the excavation process. http://www.tarpits.org/la-brea-tar-pits/excavation-101 1. What kind of tool does the researcher in the La Brea video use to remove soft matrix from the bone? DENTAL PICK 2. What is the age of the fossils found in the La Brea Tar Pits? 3. What kind of fossils are found in the La Brea Tar Pits? SABERTOOTH
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Runyon Canyon Park. There is a beautiful trail that brings people to the peak of Los Angles to see all of its glory‚ the Hollywood sign‚ Disneyland‚ and the gray haze of polluted air surrounding the city. Maybe the view of the La Brea Tar Pits can be seen‚ which resembles the tar within citizen’s lungs after the weekend getaway. Oh‚ and people cannot beat the heat of Los Angeles‚ which is nearly 134 degrees due to the large hole within the ozone layer. Later a walk down to Hollywood Boulevard to get
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01 October 2007. 20 April 2013. <http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12712-sabretooth-cat-had-a-surprisingly-delicate-bite.html>> Biederman‚ Patricia. “Tar-Pit Bones Show Ailments of Extinct Cats” Los Angeles Times 11 June 1989. 20 April 2013. <http://articles.latimes.com/1989-06-11/news/we-2965_1_saber-toothed-cat-tar-pits-george-c-page-museum>> Cade‚ Octavia. “Sabre-tooth tiger was pack hunter” COSMOS the science of everything Web. 11 November 2008. 20 April 2013. <http://www
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Tar Sands The majority of oil used by the United States as well as internationally soon may come from the tar sands in Alberta‚ Canada. Extracting oil from tar sands is an extremely costly and immensely dirty way of obtaining fuel. There is currently a plan to build a pipeline‚ the Keystone XL‚ which will run from the supply of tar sands in Albert down the western United States to refineries in Texas. There are two major concerns when dealing with the creation of this pipeline and the increased
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Geography Debate Given the carbon costs the Athabasca Tar sands should not be allowed to continue production. Not only will the cost rise when there is little oil left but the tar sands also create a lot of pollution. If they are not careful the cost is going to get outrageously high because they will eventually have to pay for some of the damage they cause with all the pollution they make. If they continue it will ruin the environment around the oil sands and they will hurt the environment in
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Maddie Elizondo Hr 5 Trapped in Tar and Time The article‚ “Trapped in tar and time‚” shows that while we do not know a lot about our past there is some factual evidence thats supports several theories. For example‚ while studying the La Brea Tar pits (The the tar tar pits) scientist were able to find a skull of a women‚ “This is a 9000 year old skull...studies of her skeleton show that she was 4’ 10” and was 20-25 years of age.” So make sure if you ever visit La Brea‚ you watch your step. There are
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as 1189‚ and was commonly used in the 1700s as a punishment for any wrongdoing. If this happened in the present people would regard it as bizarre and very cruel‚ but back then it was very common to see as a punishment. The colonists were so eager to tar and feather someone because they wanted to make an example of them‚ and to publically humiliate the wrongdoer. In the 1700s there was little to no patience for causing a disruption in public and they wanted everyone to know that. The tarring and feathering
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Extract Tar Sands Ltd. Background information Extract Tar Sands is an extraction plant company located in Athabasca‚ Alberta. It is a leading extraction plant‚ and one of the worlds most global industries. Large investments are required but the future outcomes are unknown. Athabasca has the largest reservoir of crude bitumen in the world. The tar sands go through a refining process to separate the bitumen (black viscous oil) from the mixture of clay‚ sand and water. Extracting oil from tar sand is
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The Sydney Tar Ponds are the most toxic hazardous waste site in North America‚ located in Cape Breton. These tar ponds were caused essentially from a century of steel making‚ polluting it with high levels of PCB‚ mercury‚ lead and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. This was first discovered in 1980 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sydney Harbor‚ which resulted in a period of events and frustrations for both the government and residents. In1982 lobster fisheries were all closed down due
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