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…making up to about 1% of the ice. The rocky core of Triton is covered by a huge layer of water ice that preserves the craters, faults, and volcanic landforms. Over Triton's 165 year seasonal cycle,a layer…

…Meseta Central has the most moderate climate of the entire country. This area of Costa Rica is between 900 and 1,500 meters above sea level, and is a popular area in the nation. Two volcanic ranges, the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera de Guanacaste…

…meters below sea level. Its highest point is Volcan Pico de Orizaba, which is 5,700 meters above sea level. Mexico’s main natural resources include petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead zinc, natural gas, and timber. Mexico’s people suffer from both Natural…

…of many debates. Attempts to explain the causes of mass extinction have centered on terrestrial phenomena such as sea-level changes, climatic changes, or volcanic activity. In Richard Monastersky’s life’s closest call he outlines one of the leading theories…

…volcanic mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, located in Tanzania's northeastern boarder. (Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe) Approximately 38 percent of Tanzania is forested. (Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe) But that number is decreasing rapidly due…

…of the hole the temperature was 190ºC. From doing this information about the Earth’s interior can be determined at roughly 12km, now what about deeper? Volcanic activity brings up materials in magma such as Xenoliths that are pieces of mantle in the lava, example…

…and southern parts of the Cordillera Occidental. With peaks of more than 20,000 feet, steep slopes, and much volcanic activity, in the north the Cordillera Occidental is the least inhabited part of Bolivian Highlands. In the eastern lowlands, there are distinct…

…An earthquake is defined as a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin. In the case of the Great Hyogo (Hanshin) earthquake of Kobe, Japan it is tectonic in origin. This devastating earthquake which occurred on the 17th…

…. Potassium -argon analysis- ratio of radioactive potassium to argon in volcanic debris associated with human remains. Electron spin resonance – a tech for chromatic dating that measures the number of trapped electrons in a bone or shell. CH-3-Primate order…

…the Ancient Greeks in battle? Some more presentable theories are the possibilities of flammable gas deposits that leak during volcanic activity. It large (and I mean large) pockets of gas were released, the falling of ships in to the void of the space left…