The jointing characteristics of a rock mass strongly influence the:
a. strength
b. movement of fluids through the rock mass
c. slope stability
d. all of the above
d
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A) The net flow of a wind-driven surface current in the Northern Hemisphere will flow at about a 50° angle to the wind. B) With increasing depth, each layer will move faster than the overlying layer of water. C) Because of Ekman transport, at some frictional depth, water will be moving in the opposite direction from the surface current. D) An Ekman spiral is not influenced by the Coriolis effect.
Orogenesis may begin with the capture of migrating terranes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
________ is the amount of the sun's energy reflected by the ground
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
________ occurs first in the evolution of a single ocean wave
A) A wave of translation B) Swash C) Backwash D) A breaker E) A wave of oscillation