Myths about Pluto
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Explore Myths about Pluto
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Did you know that the
Earth’s lithosphere is broken into giant plates, which occasionally
move and can produce
earthquakes?
Did you know that "megalith" means "big rock", which is certainly a good description of Stonehenge?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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RefractionxRefraction : Refraction is the deflection, or bending, of the ray path of a seismic wave caused by its passage from one material to another having different elastic properties; or the bending of a tsunami wave front owing to variations in the water depth along a
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Research Highlights
Geologists have learned that a large earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people on September 29, 2009 in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-whammy. The magnitude 8.1 "great earthquake"...
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