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... produced the ejido system . At the time of the revolution , the rural peasantry was virtually landless and worked under a debt peonage system on haciendas ( large estates ) . The Consti- tution of 1917 contained a statute limiting the ...
... produced the ejido system . At the time of the revolution , the rural peasantry was virtually landless and worked under a debt peonage system on haciendas ( large estates ) . The Consti- tution of 1917 contained a statute limiting the ...
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... produces a rate of dissolution in excess of the rate of pelagic test accumulation . Dolomites and dolomitization . Dolomite is produced by dolomitization , a diagenetic process in which the calcium carbonate minerals aragonite and ...
... produces a rate of dissolution in excess of the rate of pelagic test accumulation . Dolomites and dolomitization . Dolomite is produced by dolomitization , a diagenetic process in which the calcium carbonate minerals aragonite and ...
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... produced when any ion combines with an electron to form a neutral atom ( or lower stage of ionization ) , radiating away some or all of the energy it had from its previous ionization . All elements produce these lines , but the lines ...
... produced when any ion combines with an electron to form a neutral atom ( or lower stage of ionization ) , radiating away some or all of the energy it had from its previous ionization . All elements produce these lines , but the lines ...
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