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... lower with the banks often 200-330 feet high . The low gra- reaches dient of the river channel and abundant sandbanks render navigation difficult ; in spring , when the ice sheet breaks up and floats downstream , dangerous icedams may ...
... lower with the banks often 200-330 feet high . The low gra- reaches dient of the river channel and abundant sandbanks render navigation difficult ; in spring , when the ice sheet breaks up and floats downstream , dangerous icedams may ...
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... lower than that of basaltic magma , but their gas content , and thus their eruptive energy , is much greater . They may be compared to a basaltic - magma differential , but their potential erup- tive energy is decidedly higher ...
... lower than that of basaltic magma , but their gas content , and thus their eruptive energy , is much greater . They may be compared to a basaltic - magma differential , but their potential erup- tive energy is decidedly higher ...
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... Lower Miocene to Recent . Func- tional teeth greatly reduced in number , to 1 or 2 pairs in lower jaw ( except for total of 90 teeth in Tasmacetus ) ; vestigial ( nonfunctional ) teeth not uncommon . Pair of longitudinal grooves in ...
... Lower Miocene to Recent . Func- tional teeth greatly reduced in number , to 1 or 2 pairs in lower jaw ( except for total of 90 teeth in Tasmacetus ) ; vestigial ( nonfunctional ) teeth not uncommon . Pair of longitudinal grooves in ...
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