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Gravity field of the Earth and data reduction
Because the Earth is not a perfect homogeneous sphere, the gravitational acceleration is not constant…
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Newton’s Law of Gravitation
Everyone is familiar with the Earth pull or attractive force. It causes thing s to…
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Earthquake prediction and control
No natural event is as destructive over so large an area in so short a…
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Geothermal energy
Another alternate energy resource is the heat from the Earth’s interior. The surface expression of…
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Exploration for energy and mineral sources
Over the past century, industries have developed rapidly, populations have grown dramatically, and standards of…
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Palynology
Palynology deals with plant spores and pollen that are both ancient and modern and is…
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Paleontology
The geologic time scale is based principally on the relative ages of sequences of sedimentary…
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Historical geology and stratigraphy
One of the major objectives of geology is to establish the history of the Earth…
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Glacial geology
Glacial geology can be regarded as a branch of geomorphology, though it is such a…
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Geomorphology
Geomorphology is literally the study of the form or shape of the Earth, but it…