The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 165
... basins , which hold the vast quantity of water that covers nearly three - quarters of the Earth's surface , have an average depth of almost four kilometres . A number of major features of the basins depart from this average , as , for ...
... basins , which hold the vast quantity of water that covers nearly three - quarters of the Earth's surface , have an average depth of almost four kilometres . A number of major features of the basins depart from this average , as , for ...
Page 175
... basins . These basins are bounded on the opposite side by submarine ridges . Such interarc , or backarc , basins are sites of seafloor spread- ing directly caused by the dynamics of subduction . They originate at the volcanic line , so ...
... basins . These basins are bounded on the opposite side by submarine ridges . Such interarc , or backarc , basins are sites of seafloor spread- ing directly caused by the dynamics of subduction . They originate at the volcanic line , so ...
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... BASINS THROUGH PLATE MOVEMENTS Through most of geologic time , probably extending back 2 billion years , the ocean basins have both grown and been consumed as plate tectonics continued on Earth . The latest phase of ocean basin growth ...
... BASINS THROUGH PLATE MOVEMENTS Through most of geologic time , probably extending back 2 billion years , the ocean basins have both grown and been consumed as plate tectonics continued on Earth . The latest phase of ocean basin growth ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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