What is a marine transgression? What are the sedimentary facies associated with a marine

transgression? What will be an ideal response?


In a marine transgression sea level rises and the depositional environments parallel to the shoreline
migrate landward. The facies are sandstone, shale and then limestone.

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The potential use of a service at a location is related directly to population and inversely to distance in the

A) gravity model. B) population model. C) distance decay. D) gravitational model. E) threshold model.

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There are many atmospheric gases that contribute to greenhouse warming, so why do climate scientists focus on carbon dioxide and methane and not on more abundant water vapor?

What will be an ideal response?

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Most of the land in South and East Asia is used for subsistence agriculture

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which is the smallest?

A. 1 kelvin B. 1 Fahrenheit C. 1 Celsius D. all are the same

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