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... structures of skeleton , muscle , ligament , and skin , may come from a bewildering variety of abnormalities that affect the internal structures . The diaphragm ( the muscular partition between the chest and the abdomen ) , for example ...
... structures of skeleton , muscle , ligament , and skin , may come from a bewildering variety of abnormalities that affect the internal structures . The diaphragm ( the muscular partition between the chest and the abdomen ) , for example ...
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... structures of the Earth , such as rifts , continental margins , subduction zones , mid - oceanic ridges , thrusts , and continental sutures . The techniques of geophysics include measurement of the Earth's gravitational field using ...
... structures of the Earth , such as rifts , continental margins , subduction zones , mid - oceanic ridges , thrusts , and continental sutures . The techniques of geophysics include measurement of the Earth's gravitational field using ...
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... structural geology are diverse . At the smallest scale , lattice defects and disloca- tions in crystals can be studied in images enlarged several thousand times with transmission electron microscopes . Many structures can be examined ...
... structural geology are diverse . At the smallest scale , lattice defects and disloca- tions in crystals can be studied in images enlarged several thousand times with transmission electron microscopes . Many structures can be examined ...
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