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... courtesy of the Musee du Louvre , Paris notable for the advances made in architectural planning and the large - scale reconstruction of ancient buildings . In the south the early promise of Sumerian architecture had reached fulfillment ...
... courtesy of the Musee du Louvre , Paris notable for the advances made in architectural planning and the large - scale reconstruction of ancient buildings . In the south the early promise of Sumerian architecture had reached fulfillment ...
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... courtesy of Ernst ten Haaf give rise to shale pebble conglomerates and breccias within sequences of floodplain alluvium . Other intraformational conglomerates and breccias mix shallow- and deep - water sedimentary rock clasts encased in ...
... courtesy of Ernst ten Haaf give rise to shale pebble conglomerates and breccias within sequences of floodplain alluvium . Other intraformational conglomerates and breccias mix shallow- and deep - water sedimentary rock clasts encased in ...
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... courtesy of J. Ramsay , Imperial College , London tosity , a term used to describe repetitive and pronounced foliation of the type that is present in schists ; and lin- eation , which is any linear structure , such as the axis of the ...
... courtesy of J. Ramsay , Imperial College , London tosity , a term used to describe repetitive and pronounced foliation of the type that is present in schists ; and lin- eation , which is any linear structure , such as the axis of the ...
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