By: Hai Shunxi
If you pick up an ordinary stick and play with it, you'll find that you can bend it only so far before it suddenly breaks. Most substances, including rocks, will also undergo some degree of plastic deformation, bending, before they display brittle deformation: rupture, or...
What to do if your area is under a tornado warning
By: Stuart Macadam
Tornadoes are never pleasant and often leave large amounts of devastation in its path. Within the heartland of the United States lies tornado alley, famous for experiencing multiple twisters annually. Although this may be a more vulnerable area, such a natural occurrence can strike at...
Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere
By: Jose Juan Gutierrez
The winter solstice is the time when the Sun has reached its lowest altitude in the Northern or the Southern Hemispheres. The winter solstice occurs on December 21-22 of each year in the north, while in the south it occurs in June 20-21 every year...
Common equipment used in geology
By: Francis Harris
Geology is not just an academic study of earth, its rocks and their processes of formation (See Wikipedia Geology) but is a very practical undertaking pursued by professional mineral explorer or surveyor and amateur fossicker alike. There are a few basic tools that are common...
By: Dr Pandula Siribaddana
Tornados are the nature’s most violent storms, which can devastate landscapes and take away lives within a couple of seconds. The enormity of some tornados can be beyond imagination and the destructive power of the same is also unpredictable. Thus, when an area has...
How mountains form
By: Francis Harris
Mountains are landforms that rise well above the surrounding land, with steep slopes, often forming a peak over 600m distinguishing them from hills that are lower and roll on for many miles without any significant altitude gain (see Types and Formation of Mountains). There are...
The dangers of uranium mining
By: Jennifer Metz - 392050
Uranium has been mined for years throughout the planet, and provides us with the ability to fuel our nuclear power plants. Uranium mining specifically refers to the process of extracting Uranium Ore from the ground. This practice is done all over the world, but the...
How mountains form
By: Jennifer Metz - 392050
Seamlessly rising up out of the earth, mountain formations are a beautiful to look at it, and offer us a plethora of enjoyment in the way of hiking, skiing, snowboarding,mountain biking, and much more. Mountains are one of the most majestic land formations you...
A closer look at the San Andreas fault line
By: Jennifer Metz - 392050
The San Andreas fault line is located on the west coast of the United States of America. The fault line itself runs from Cape Mendocina, California, all the way down to the Mexican border, covering over 800 miles. What is it? The San Andreas fault...
By: Wahidabi Sulaiman
Carbon dating is the process used to identify the approximate age of sample organisms (archaeological, geological and hydro geological). This process can date the age of bones, hair, tissues, hair and even dirt. Carbon 14 (C-14) is compared against the Carbon 12 (C-12) to find...

 

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