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  2. List of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points

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    The "Defining markers" column lists the evidence in the rock used to define the boundary. (Ideally, these are applicable in rock sections worldwide.) Most of the boundaries rely on the fossil record (biologic), paleomagnetic data (magnetic), and/or climate data determined by carbon and oxygen isotopes.

  3. Pressure-temperature-time path - Wikipedia

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    A high pressure-low temperature (HPLT) belt [42] [43] A low pressure-high temperature (LPHT) belt [42] [43] The HPLT metamorphic belt is located along subduction zones, and commonly associated with a clockwise P-T-t path. [42] [44] The HPLT condition is resulted from crustal thickening due to convergence meanwhile without being heated by magma ...

  4. Geophysical fluid dynamics - Wikipedia

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    If the pressure depends only on density and vice versa, the fluid dynamics are called barotropic. In the atmosphere, this corresponds to a lack of fronts, as in the tropics . If there are fronts, the flow is baroclinic , and instabilities such as cyclones can occur.

  5. Contact (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Some of these boundary points are at physical locations, while others are in ice drill core sections, or have been defined chronometrically. The GSSP for the Danian Stage marks the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Paleocene Series. [10] Located in Tunisia, the contact is described as a reddish layer at the base of a dark clay layer.

  6. Boundary conditions in fluid dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Showing wall boundary condition. The most common boundary that comes upon in confined fluid flow problems is the wall of the conduit. The appropriate requirement is called the no-slip boundary condition, wherein the normal component of velocity is fixed at zero, and the tangential component is set equal to the velocity of the wall. [1]

  7. Phase diagram - Wikipedia

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    The pressure on a pressure-temperature diagram (such as the water phase diagram shown above) is the partial pressure of the substance in question. A phase diagram in physical chemistry , engineering , mineralogy , and materials science is a type of chart used to show conditions (pressure, temperature, etc.) at which thermodynamically distinct ...

  8. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...

  9. Geostrophic current - Wikipedia

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    The force pushing the water towards the low pressure region is called the pressure gradient force. In a geostrophic flow, instead of water moving from a region of high pressure (or high sea level) to a region of low pressure (or low sea level), it moves along the lines of equal pressure . This occurs because the Earth is rotating.