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	Geology of the United States of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The geology of the United States, like most topics of scientific study, is undergoing progressive investigation by numerous public- and private-sector earth scientists, academicians, and students.
		The geology of Alaska is typical of that of the cordillera, while the major islands of Hawaii consist of Neogene volcanics erupted over a hot spot.
		The geology of this region is complex, having gone through numerous orogenies, with their associated deformation, faulting, volcanic activity, and periods of uplift separated by intervals of erosion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geology_of_the_United_States_of_America (606 words)

	Geography of The United States Encyclopedia Article @ ArtOfTexas.com (Art of Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Geography of The United States in the News
		LLM from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States at 22...
		Forty-eight of the states are in the single region between Canada and Mexico; this group is referred to, with varying precision and formality, as the continental or contiguous United States, and as the Lower 48.
	www.artoftexas.com /encyclopedia/Geography_of_the_United_States (3849 words)

	Geology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word "geology" was first used by Jean-André Deluc in the year 1778 and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in the year 1779.
		This theory states that slow geological processes have occurred throughout the Earth's history and are still occurring today.
		In geology, when an igneous intrusion cuts across a formation of sedimentary rock, it can be determined that the igneous intrusion is younger than the sedimentary rock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geology (1644 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
		In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
		It also provides that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states; for the return of fugitives from justice and for the admission of new states.
		A principle of the Massachusetts constitution of 1780 was interpreted by the supreme court of that state as abolishing slavery.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15156a.htm (21335 words)

	Geology - WebArticles.com
		Geology (from Greek Î³Î·- (ge-, "the earth") and Î»Î¿Î³Î¿Ï (logos, "word", "reason")) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it.
		Geologists have helped establish the age of the Earth at about 4.5 billion (4.5x109) years, and have determined that the Earth's lithosphere, which includes the crust, is fragmented into tectonic plates that move over a rheic upper mantle (asthenosphere) via processes that are collectively referred to as plate tectonics.
		Observation of modern marine and nonmarine sediments in a wide variety of environments supports this generalization (although cross-bedding is inclined, the overall orientation of cross-bedded units is horizontal).
	www.webarticles.com /print.php?id=407 (1459 words)

	Orrbodies : Orr And Associates - Geology Maps
		USGS Geology of the Contemporaneous United States of America DDS-11.
		Public domain geology bundle CD CCOP 2 Million scale geology of SEA, USGS Geology of Alaska, USGS Geology of the Contemporaneous United States of America DDS-11, USGS Geology of the South Asia Region, USGS Geology of the Asia Pacific Region, USGS Geology of Africa, and USGS Geology of Arabia.
		Geology and Mineral Occurrences of the Solomon Islands, 1:1 Million scale.
	www.orrbodies.com /datasets/geologymaps.html (660 words)

	A perspective on Geology at Appalachian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Appalachian geology faculty has elected to concentrate on high quality of education of its students rather than attempting to generate large numbers of graduates.
		Appalachian Geology alumni have attended 35 different graduate schools including some of the finest in the United States, such as Duke, Wisconsin, Stanford, Chicago, and MIT.
		The "bottom line" is that Appalachian geology graduates receive academic and professional backgrounds that prepare them for life and a variety of career options beyond the short term.
	www.geology.appstate.edu /perspective.html (837 words)

	Quantitative bedrock geology of the conterminous United States of America
		Quantitative bedrock geology of the conterminous United States of America
		The mean stratigraphic age of all sedimentary bedrock is ∼134 Myr; that of Tertiary-Cambrian sediments is ∼104 Myr.
		Citation: Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B., and M. Miller (2002), Quantitative bedrock geology of the conterminous United States of America, Geochem.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2002/2002GC000366.shtml (228 words)

	Petroleum Geology of the United States - South Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This region of the United States is not only the most prolific in oil production, but one of the great sources of oil in the world.
		To make these statistics simple, the 6 states we are calling the south-central region of the US contains about 44% of the US's oil which has yet to be taken from the ground (9.6 billion barrels of the more than 22 billion barrels).
		The largest Gulf of Mexico oil field to date was found in 1999, with the discovery of an estimated 1 to 3 billion barrels of oil 155 miles (250 km) due south of the Mississippi coastline.
	www.priweb.org /ed/pgws/backyard/sections/southcentral/southcentral1.html (839 words)

	Fossils
		Uncommon trilobites may be found in the marine limestone units such as the Pine Creek and Woods Run.
		When you examine the fossils that occur together in a particular rock unit, you are really examining the remains of a community or organisms that lived together when the rocks were deposited.
		Cross, A. T., and Schemel, M. P., 1956, Geology and Economic Resources of the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia, Part I: Geology of the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia, West Virginia Geological Survey, Volume XXII, 149 p.
	www.geology.pitt.edu /GeoSites/fossils.htm (1827 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Geology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Share your wisdom on Geology by "blinking" bits you like OR "sharing" bits you know.
		Some geography, we have a year and a half and other geology, we have three months.
		Geology (from Greek andgamma;andeta;- (ge-, "the earth") and andlambda;andomicron;andgamma;andomicron;andsigmaf; (logos, "word", "reason")) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/geology (2414 words)

	aml, cabo, stockholm, luxembourg, geology, armenia, hawaii, mayreau, seal island, grand cayman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		* Geology of Europe Geology of the Netherlands Geology of Scotland Geology of the United Kingdom * Geology of Dorset * Geology of Hampshire * Geology of Hertfordshire * Geology of Shropshire * Geology of Lizard, Cornwall
		Hayq was given the name Armenia by the surrounding states, presumably as it was the name of the strongest tribe living in the historic Armenian lands, who called themselves Armens who were of Indo-European descent.
		When immigrants from turkey, armenia, and the arab states began to immigrate to new york in the 1930s and 1940s, dancers started to perform a unique mixture of these cultures in the nightclubs and restaurants.
	caboolturescenery.info /aml.html (729 words)

	Explanatory Text for the Geologic Map of the U.S. - Part 4
		Hack, J. T., 1955, Geology of the Brandywine area and origin of the upland of southern Maryland, in Geology and soils of the Brandywine area, Maryland: U.S. Geol.
		Hitchcock, C. H., and Blake, W. P., 1874, Geological map of the United States, compiled from sources mentioned in the text, in Walker, F. W., ed., Statistical Atlas of the United States, based on the results of the Ninth Census, 1870, compiled under the authority of Congress: Washington, pl. 12-14, and p.
		Hitchcock, Edward, 1854, Outlines of the geology of the globe, and of the United States in particular, with two geological maps, and sketches of characteristic American fossils: Boston, 136 p., maps.
	pubs.usgs.gov /dds/dds11/pp901_html/4_PP901.HTML (1697 words)

	CURRICULUM VITAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		(Hons) in Geology from the University of Sheffield, England, 1957.
		Ph.D. in Geology from University of Sheffield, England, 1961.
		National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Senior Research Fellow in the Geological Institute, National Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moskva.
	www.geol.lsu.edu /deltaweb/FILES/gfhbigvit.htm (3925 words)

	Title Page: Observations on the geology of the United States of America. / Maclure, William / 1838
		Note: The title page is dated 1817 and the text is unchanged from the 1817 edition, but the Melish base map is changed from the 1817 edition Melish map to one that shows all of Florida and Missouri and Arkansas (with Arkansas in an 1828 formation).
		It is similar to the Map of The United States that appears in Melish's Traveler's Guide of 1822 and in Carey and Lea's American Atlas, but it has been reengraved, and the title is changed to United States of North America.
		Pub Title: Observations on the Geology of the United States of America; With Some Remarks on the Effect Produced on the Nature and Fertility of Soils, By the Decomposition of the Different Classes of Rocks; And An Application to the Fertility of Every State in the Union, In Reference to the Accompanying Geological Map.
	www.davidrumsey.com /maps5318.html (567 words)

	USA Collection
		These specimens are representative of rocks, minerals, or fossils from each of the fifty states of the United States of America.
		They are mined for their economic value or are commonly found in that state.
		This mounted collection is comprised of 50 rock and mineral specimens emphasizing types found in the Western United States but also typical of those found world-wide.
	www.scienceartandmore.com /browseproducts/USA-Collection.HTML (1041 words)

	BUBL LINK: United states of america
		A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in the United States of America, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language.
		Large set of state outline maps, topographic city maps and national park maps for every US state, plus historical maps of the United States, maps of several major metropolitan areas, and maps of US territories such as Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands.
		Basic reference information about the United States, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
	bubl.ac.uk /link/u/unitedstatesofamerica.htm (877 words)

	Intute: Natural Disasters and Hazards - Volcanoes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The vision of the Alaska Science Center which is part of the United States Geographical Survey (USGA) is to "address important natural resources issues and natural hazards assessments in Alaska and circumpolar regions through long-term data collection and monitoring, research and development, and assessments and applications".
		A brief, illustrated summary of the geology of Northern Ireland is provided, covering oceans and mountains, deserts, the age of the dinosaurs, volcanic eruptions, and the Ice age.
		United States Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report 01-455 by J W Vallance, S P Schilling, G Devoli, 2001, describes the hazards of landslides and lahars in general, and discusses potential hazards from future landslides and lahars at Mombacho volcano in particular.
	www.intute.ac.uk /sciences/hazards/Volcanoes-Government.html (12300 words)

	Observations on the geology of the United States of America; with some remarks on the effect produced on the nature and ...
		Observations on the geology of the United States of America; with some remarks on the effect produced on the nature and fertility of soils, by the decompostion of the different classes of rocks.
		His best known work; according to DSB his "articles and book [the present] are the first connected account originally written in English on the geology of the United States...".
		Hazen 6616 has a rather ambiguous note which might suggest that 3 plates are called for, which is not correct.
	www.maggs.com /title/NH402.asp (258 words)

	Geology of Colorado (Arthur Lakes Library)
		The state can be divided roughly into the High Plains and Piedmont to the east, the Rocky Mountains, the plateaus of the Western Slope, and the volcanic deposits of the San Juans, Elk Mountains and White River Plateau.
		Costa, John E., Bilodeau, Sally W. Geology of Denver, Colorado, United States of America: a report of geologic influences on the location, development and future of the Denver metropolitan area.
		Prospector (Colorado's Unified Catalog): Includes the geology collections of Univ. of Colorado-Boulder and Colorado State University.
	www.mines.edu /library/reference/subjectgeologycolorado.html (357 words)

	Petroleum Geology of the United States - West
		Nevada produces very little oil, and the main fields are in the eastern central section of the state (including the most productive, the Eagle Springs Field.) Oregon is predominantly volcanic rocks resulting from development of the Cascade Range and fissure eruptions that created the lava plateaus of eastern Oregon.
		California's vast oil production is the result of several large sedimentary basins, complex geology creating significant traps, and more recently, the development of large offshore oil fields.
		Some of the sedimentary basins in the West region of the United States.
	www.priweb.org /ed/pgws/backyard/sections/west/west1.html (448 words)

	U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Program
		The new volcano alert-level system will replace three separate systems currently being used in the United States and will be fully implemented by the fall of 2006 at the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the Cascades Volcano Observatory, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the Long Valley Observatory, and the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
		A National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) is being formulated by the Consortium of U.S. Volcano Observatories (CUSVO) to establish a proactive, fully integrated, national-scale monitoring effort that ensures the most threatening volcanoes in the United States are properly monitored in advance of the onset of unrest and at levels commensurate with the threats posed.
		Recognizing that there are potentially dangerous volcanoes within the United States and its Territories that have inadequate or no ground-based monitoring, the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, with CUSVO, is preparing a plan for a National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS).
	volcanoes.usgs.gov (1272 words)

	Welcome to the USGS - U.S. Geological Survey
		As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.
		A West Indian manatee has been sighted in various waters of the northeastern United States in the past 5 to 6 weeks.
		Those data are used for flood warnings that protect lives and reduce property damage, to map floodplains to provide crucial scientific information on the impact to vulnerable locations, and to determine if conditions are safe for recreational activities.
	www.usgs.gov (587 words)

	SLIPpubs
		Colgan, P.M., Mickelson, D.M., and Cutler, P.M., 2003, Ice marginal terrestrial landsystems: the southern LIS, in Gillespe, A., Porter, S.B., and Atwater, B., (eds.), Advances in Research in Quaternary Geology of the United States, New York, Elsevier, p.
		A numerical investigation of factors influencing the occurence of millenial scale oscillations of the southern Laurentide Ice Sheet.
		Distribution of glacial landforms and sediments in Wisconsin, and the upper Peninsula of Michigan: an application of GIS to glacial geology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.
	www.geology.wisc.edu /~slip/SLIPpubs.htm (1415 words)

	Title Page: Observations on the geology of the United States of North America. / Maclure, William / 1818
		Title Page: Observations on the geology of the United States of North America.
		Short Title: Title Page: Observations on the geology of the United States of North America.
		Observations on the Geology of the United States of North America; with Remarks on the probable Effects that may be produced by the Decomposition of the different Classes of Rocks on the Nature and Fertility of Soils: applied to the different States of the Union, agreeably to the accompanying geological Map.
	www.davidrumsey.com /maps1802.html (437 words)

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