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An outcrop of the sheeted dyke complex of the Troodos ophiolite. The Troodos Ophiolite crops out in the central part of Cyprus in a northwest to southeast striking band. The lithospheric mantle crops out in the Troodos Mountains and in the Limassol Forest, Akapnou Forest, on the Akamas Peninsula and near Troullo.
Geologic map of Hispaniola including Haiti. Mzb are Mesozoic amphibolites and associated metasedimentary rocks, Ki are Cretaceous plutons, Kv are Cretaceous volcanic rocks, uK are Upper Cretaceous marine strata, Ku are Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic rocks, K are Cretaceous marine strata, IT are Eocene and/or Paleocene marine strata, uT are Post-Eocene marine strata, T are Tertiary marine ...
It is the world's largest single exposure of limestone bedrock, and occupies an area of about 200,000 square kilometres (77,000 sq mi). [3] At its widest point, it stretches about 1,100 kilometres (684 mi) from east to west across the border between South Australia and Western Australia .
Noxcrew, the creative team behind MC Championship, was founded in 2011 by Stefan "Noxite" Panić. [4] Noxcrew first organized on the sandbox game Garry's Mod, where members collaborated on various creative projects. [4] They soon turned to Minecraft, another sandbox game, and their creative projects there became popular on Minecraft forums. [4]
Cosmogony is the field that studies the origin or creation of the world, while eschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world. In various contexts, the term "world" takes a more restricted meaning associated, for example, with the Earth and all life on it, with humanity as a whole, or with an ...
At the western end of the bridge is a toll-house, built on the embankment leading to the bridge. [9] Nearby is the Mertoun House Bridge, a suspension footbridge dating from the mid-eighteenth century. [10] The Tweed is an important fishing river, and the Mertoun Bridge is the middle of the Mertoun Upper beat. [11]
Since World War I, there have been many changes in borders between nations, detailed below. For information on border changes from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to 1914, see the list of national border changes (1815–1914). Cases are only listed where there have been changes in borders, not necessarily including changes in ownership of a ...
A tessellated pavement at Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, where a rock surface has been divided by fractures, producing a set of rectangular blocks. In geology and geomorphology, a tessellated pavement is a relatively flat rock surface that is subdivided into polygons by fractures, frequently systematic joints, within the rock.