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... rise of granite magma in a down - bulged part of the Earth's crust ( vertical scale exaggerated ) . crust , consisting mainly of salic rocks ( sial ) , have been progressively down bulged beneath thick geosynclinal ac- cumulations of ...
... rise of granite magma in a down - bulged part of the Earth's crust ( vertical scale exaggerated ) . crust , consisting mainly of salic rocks ( sial ) , have been progressively down bulged beneath thick geosynclinal ac- cumulations of ...
Page 215
... Rise , the Cocos Ridge , and the Galápagos Fracture Zone . The Hawaiian Islands are somewhat anomalous in that they are far removed from the East Pacific Rise . They are aligned along a northwest - tending fracture that extends for ...
... Rise , the Cocos Ridge , and the Galápagos Fracture Zone . The Hawaiian Islands are somewhat anomalous in that they are far removed from the East Pacific Rise . They are aligned along a northwest - tending fracture that extends for ...
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... rise to a neopterous stock , believed to include the progenitors of the remaining insect orders . The Orthoptera ( grasshop- pers ) and the Plecoptera ( stoneflies ) have been found as fossils even in late Carboniferous times . The ...
... rise to a neopterous stock , believed to include the progenitors of the remaining insect orders . The Orthoptera ( grasshop- pers ) and the Plecoptera ( stoneflies ) have been found as fossils even in late Carboniferous times . The ...
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