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  2. Accretionary wedge - Wikipedia

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    An accretionary wedge or accretionary prism forms from sediments accreted onto the non-subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. Most of the material in the accretionary wedge consists of marine sediments scraped off from the downgoing slab of oceanic crust , but in some cases the wedge includes the erosional products of ...

  3. Geon (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    A depth discontinuity is where the observer’s line of sight jumps from the surface of an object to the background (i.e., is tangent to the surface), as occurs at the sides of a cylinder. The same contour might mark both an orientation and depth discontinuity, as with the back edge of a brick.

  4. Levels of Processing model - Wikipedia

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    The Levels of Processing model, created by Fergus I. M. Craik and Robert S. Lockhart in 1972, describes memory recall of stimuli as a function of the depth of mental processing. More analysis produce more elaborate and stronger memory than lower levels of processing. Depth of processing falls on a shallow to deep continuum.

  5. Accretion (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Oceanic-continental convergence and creation of accretionary wedge Stages of accretion through time with accretionary wedge and volcanic island arc. In geology, accretion is a process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone, frequently on the edge of existing continental landmasses.

  6. Forearc - Wikipedia

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    Initial theories proposed that the oceanic trenches and magmatic arcs were the primary suppliers of the accretionary sedimentation wedges in the forearc regions. More recent discovery suggests that some of the accreted material in the forearc region is from a mantle source along with trench turbidites derived from continental material. This ...

  7. Psychometrics - Wikipedia

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    Measurement in psychology and physics are in no sense different. Physicists can measure when they can find the operations by which they may meet the necessary criteria; psychologists have to do the same. They need not worry about the mysterious differences between the meaning of measurement in the two sciences (Reese, 1943, p. 49). [9]

  8. Great Valley Sequence - Wikipedia

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    The western boundary of this basin was created by the growth and uplift of an accretionary wedge consisting of sedimentary, volcanic and metamorphic rocks scraped off the subducting plate. The uplift of this accretionary wedge acted like a dam to form the western side of a basin in which the Great Valley Sequence was deposited.

  9. Visual cliff - Wikipedia

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    The experimental group was found to have significantly higher heart rates and stop more frequently than the heifers in the control group. Depth exposure did not have any effect on cortisol levels or the ease of handling of the animals. These findings provide evidence of both depth perception and acute fear of heights in cows.