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Mary Douglas Leakey
Mary Douglas Leakey 1913-96, British archaeologist, b. London as Mary Douglas Nicol; wife of Louis Leakey and mother of Richard Leakey . She had little formal education, but a fascination with archaeology led to her supervising her first dig in England in 1934. Several years after she met Louis... Read more |
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Aleutian Range
Aleutian Range volcanic mountain chain, c.1,600 mi (2,600 km) long, SW Alaska, extending W from Anchorage along the Alaska Peninsula, and continuing, partly submerged as the Aleutian Islands, to Attu island. Mt. Redoubt (10,200 ft/3,109 m) is the highest peak. Part of the volcanic belt that rings... Read more |
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park 2,219,791 acres (899,015 hectares), the world's first national park (est. 1872), NW Wyo., extending into Montana and Idaho. It lies mainly on a broad plateau in the Rocky Mts., on the Continental Divide, c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) above sea level, surrounded by mountains from... Read more |
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Bam
Bam , town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. Its historic fortress, established 2,000 years ago, is one... Read more |
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Geologic Timescale (table)
Geologic Timescale Geologic Timescale Era Period Epoch Approximate duration (millions of years) Approximate number of years ago (millions of years) Not an era but the time preceding the Cambrian. Cenozoic Quaternary Holocene 10,000 years ago to the present ... Read more |
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Long Valley
Long Valley caldera, c.10 by 20 mi (15 by 30 km), Mono co., E Calif., at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada. Formed by a catastrophic eruption c.730,000 years ago, Long Valley and nearby areas have been the scene of volcanic activity for more than 3 million years. The resort city of Mammoth... Read more |
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