What factors will determine which type strain a particular rock undergoes?
Whether strain is elastic, plastic, or fracture depends on the kind of stress applied, pressure and temperature, rock type, and the length of time rocks are subjected to stress.
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What will be an ideal response?
Do the prevailing winds over the Atlantic appear to be rotating? If so, are
they rotating clockwise or counterclockwise? What will be an ideal response?
In 2013, the world's annual average GNI per capita Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) was:
A) $950 B) $5,950 C) $10,700 D) $54,040 E) $102,610
Mineral deposits with caves and caverns are known as
A) earlywood. B) latewood. C) varves. D) speleothems.