What is it about classic centrifuge models that in some ways makes them unrealistic?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Classic centrifuge models model both the salt and the overburden as fluids, while the overburden should be modeled as a frictional material.

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A) are significant and account for varying climatic cycles. B) are totally insignificant. C) do effect the earth-atmospheric temperature but the total impact is not fully understood. D) account for the periods of drought and wetness over North America.

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Which of the following is least likely to be a volcano?

A) A vent where magma and other volcanic material is erupted B) A hill with a crater formed at the site of an eruption C) A hill capped by volcanic rocks D) A fissure that erupts hot, molten lava E) A mountain that erupts only volcanic ash

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Contrast loess and sand dunes

What will be an ideal response?

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