changed name to Mark‚ 1976; immigrated to the United States‚ 1978; son of Jackson (a laborer) and Magdelene (a washerwoman; maiden name‚ Mabaso) Mathabane; married Gail Ernsberger (a writer)‚ 1987; children: Bianca‚ Nathan. Education: Attended Limestone College‚ 1978‚ St. Louis University‚ 1979‚ and Quincy College‚ 1981; Dowling College‚ B.A.‚ 1983; graduate studies at Columbia University‚ 1984. Career: Writer and lecturer‚ 1985--. Contributor to the Washington Post‚ the Los Angeles Times‚ and
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Aachenosaurus – actually a piece of petrified wood Aardonyx "Abdallahsaurus" – nomen nudum‚ probably Brachiosaurus or Giraffatitan Abelisaurus Abrictosaurus Abrosaurus Abydosaurus Acanthopholis Achelousaurus Achillesaurus Caenagnathus – probable junior synonym of Chirostenotes Calamosaurus Calamospondylus Fox‚ 1866 "Calamospondylus" Lydekker‚ 1889 – preoccupied name‚ now known as Calamosaurus Callovosaurus LONGEST The longest dinosaurs were sauropods; they were gigantic‚ slow-moving
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My Whitewater Rafting Experience The unforgiving water rushes past the boat‚ waiting for a false move. Called a class 5‚ this rapid looks more like a class 6 with the water as low as it is. Six to ten foot swells come crashing down from time to time keeping the crew sharp and wet. To the right‚ a thousand-foot wall of stone reaches for the sky‚ yearning for the omnipresent. The canyon walls look as smooth as silk‚ yet upon contact are as coarse as sandpaper. Quartz crystals glisten in the
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Homework Questions for Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks Lecture 6-7 Use these questions to test your knowledge of Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks A. Short answer: 1. A rounded pebble would be a type of particle found in a ________. 2. Salt and other minerals that form when a body of water dries up are called ______________. 3. Sands are the size of detrital sediments larger than __________ and smaller than conglomerates and breccias.
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Addition of carbon Combustion is the rapid burning of fossil fuels. Stored carbon in coal‚ oil and natural gas returns to the atmosphere when these fossil fuels are burnt and during natural combustion occurrences such as volcanic eruptions. Fossil Fuels such as coal are constructed when a living organism dies and decomposers‚ ie Fungi and microbes are unable to decompose it. After the organic material is untouched for millions of years‚ it eventually turns into fossil fuels. Petroleum‚ coal and
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Greek vs. Roman Architecture Greek and Roman Architecture are both forms of classical architecture. These two classical architectural influences are closely associated with one another as Greek and Roman civilizations rose following each other. Though they are closely associated with one another they each have their own unique characteristics that help distinguish them from one another. Ancient Greek architects strove for precision and excellence of workmanship that has influenced the architecture
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The early Maya villages were formed somewhere between 2600 and 1800 B.C. The first place of the Maya was on the Yucatan Peninsula. The people were farmers that grew crops such as corn‚ beans‚ squash‚ and cassava. After a while‚ the farmers started to move to highland and lowland regions. The early Mayas were also good at building cities‚ constructing pyramids‚ and making inscriptions on stones. The Popol Vuh is the creation story of the Maya. It talks about how the earth was formed from the
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS 1. CONSIDER A VERTICAL CONTACT BETWEEN TWO GEOLOGIC UNITS OF GREATLY DIFFERENT RESISTIVITIES P1 AND P2 . A. CALCULA TE THE DIRECTION THAT ELECTRICAL CURRENT WILL LEAVE THE BOUNDARY INTO P2 IF IT APPROACHES THE BOUNDARY AT AN ANGLE OF 45° TO THE NORMAL. B. CALCULATE THE ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL AT POINT A FROM A SINGLE SOURGE OF CURRENT ( +I ) A T POINT B. REMEMBER THAT THE BOUNDARY WILL CREATE A REFLECTED IMAGE OF THE CURRENT SOURCE WITH MAGNITUDE KI. FOR P1 = 100 Ωm AND P2 = 0
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fossilized shellfish that has even been found in the Himalayas. The fossil graveyards that have been found are fossils that have been preserved wonderfully. There are billions of nautiloid fossils that have been found in a layer within the Redwall Limestone of Grand Canyon. This layer could only have been deposited by a massive flow of sediment most likely lime sand. The chalk and coal beds of Europe and the United States‚ have fish‚ ichthyosaurs‚ insects‚ and other fossils from all over the world‚
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NAME: N. ARUN KUMAR MINERAL RESOURCES DONE BY: 1. N.ARUN KUMAR. 2.N.GAUTAM REDDY. 3.B.HARSHAVARDHAN. 4.K.VENKATESH. 5.P.TARUN. WHAT IS A MINERAL? A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and stable at room temperature‚ representable by a chemical formula‚ usually abiogenic‚ and has an ordered atomic structure. It is different from a rock
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