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... spreading rates 15 20 East Pacific Rise tube. rocks , but the structure of the crust and the abundance of the ... spreading centres ( from north to south ) : Explorer , Juan de Fuca , and Gorda ( see text ) . 45 ° 40 ° N N controversy as ...
... spreading rates 15 20 East Pacific Rise tube. rocks , but the structure of the crust and the abundance of the ... spreading centres ( from north to south ) : Explorer , Juan de Fuca , and Gorda ( see text ) . 45 ° 40 ° N N controversy as ...
Page 171
... spreading history for the ocean basins covering the last 200 million years or so was proposed . It is thought that the most important contributor to marine magnetic anomalies is the layer of lavas in the upper oceanic crust . A ...
... spreading history for the ocean basins covering the last 200 million years or so was proposed . It is thought that the most important contributor to marine magnetic anomalies is the layer of lavas in the upper oceanic crust . A ...
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... spreading rate varies from fast ( 159 millimetres per year ) to slow ( 21 millimetres per year ) on the Mid - Atlantic Ridge . OSC stands for overlapping spreading centre : MAR signifies Mid - Atlantic Ridge . A very slow oceanic ridge ...
... spreading rate varies from fast ( 159 millimetres per year ) to slow ( 21 millimetres per year ) on the Mid - Atlantic Ridge . OSC stands for overlapping spreading centre : MAR signifies Mid - Atlantic Ridge . A very slow oceanic ridge ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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