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transform fault
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fault-tolerant system
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growth fault
growth fault A growth fault is a type of fault on which there were displacements at the same time as the sediments on either side of the fault were accumulating. Most growth faults are normal faults because such faults cause the basins in which sediments are deposited to subside. A growth fault is... Read more |
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fault scarp
fault scarp A fault scarp is a type of escarpment that arises from repeated earthquake displacement on a fault in the Earth's crust. Strictly speaking, the term ‘fault scarp’ refers to the scarp formed along the intersection of a fault plane with the Earth's surface and should only be... Read more |
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sedimentary rock
sedimentary rock Type of rock formed by deposition of sediment derived from pre-existing rocks, which may have been sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic. Most sediment accumulates on the bed of the sea, having been dumped there by rivers, or having accumulated as dead sea creatures fall to the... Read more |
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fault
fault in geology, fracture in the earth's crust in which the rock on one side of the fracture has measurable movement in relation to the rock on the other side. Faults on other planets and satellites of the solar system also have been recognized. Evidence of faults are found either at the surface... Read more |
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San Andreas fault
San Andreas fault great fracture (see fault ) of the earth's crust in California. It is the principal fault of an intricate network of faults extending more than 600 mi (965 km) from NW California to the Gulf of California. The San Andreas fault, a strike-slip fault, also extends vertically at... Read more |
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no-fault insurance
no-fault insurance type of indemnity plan, usually applied to automobile coverage, in which those injured in an accident receive direct payment from the company with which they themselves are insured. Originated (1947) in Saskatchewan, Canada, no-fault insurance eliminates the need for accident... Read more |
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escarpment
escarpment or scarp, long cliff, bluff, or steep slope, caused usually by geologic faulting (see fault ) or by erosion of tilted rock layers. An example of a fault scarp is the north face of the San Jacinto Mts. in California. Examples of erosional escarpments include the Palisades along the... Read more |
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Michael Stanley Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis , 1933-, American political leader, b. Brookline, Mass. He was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts house of representatives (1963-70) and was twice elected governor of Massachusetts (1975-79; 1983-91). As a member of the state legislature he sponsored the nation's first... Read more |
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Milwaukee Utility to Defend Its Dumping of Sewage.
...materialize may have led to dumping decisions that in retrospect...in 1999 established a policy of reserving half the tunnel space for sewage from suburbs. That was aimed at avoiding dumping of more concentrated sanitary sewage, but it's ... |
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EPA criticized for assessment of sewage sludge health risks
...Burke, a health policy and management professor...recommendation in 1996. After sewage sludge is treated...6 million tons of sewage sludge are used or...or incinerated. Dumping sewage into the ocean was...of scientists also ... |
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IMMIGRATION: FOX'S VISIT RAISES ISSUE OF TRADE IMBALANCE.(Editorial)
...Owen Ray Allyn Overpopulation faulted for immigration problem While...economic, not immigration, policy"), the most important ingredient...face this issue are simply dumping the problem on others. The...unwanted, filtered, liquid sewage. Some worry that any ... |