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... basins and sedimentation ; the physical and chemical properties of lake waters ; lake currents , waves , and tides ... basins Classification of basins Basins formed by tectonism , volcanism , and land- slides Basins formed by glaciation ...
... basins and sedimentation ; the physical and chemical properties of lake waters ; lake currents , waves , and tides ... basins Classification of basins Basins formed by tectonism , volcanism , and land- slides Basins formed by glaciation ...
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... basins may also arise from the action of lava flows that emanate from volcanic fissures or craters . Lake Mý- vatyn , in Iceland , was formed in a basin arising from the collapse of the interior part of a large lava flow . Other basins ...
... basins may also arise from the action of lava flows that emanate from volcanic fissures or craters . Lake Mý- vatyn , in Iceland , was formed in a basin arising from the collapse of the interior part of a large lava flow . Other basins ...
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... basin formation . The latter case has been demonstrated in North America ; a number of basins in Texas and north- ward , on the plains east from the Rocky Mountains , are thought to have originated from wind erosion — at least in part ...
... basin formation . The latter case has been demonstrated in North America ; a number of basins in Texas and north- ward , on the plains east from the Rocky Mountains , are thought to have originated from wind erosion — at least in part ...
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