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• Circum-Superior Belt — Map of cratons, orogenies and the Circum Superior Belt. Areas associated with the Circum Superior Belt include …   Wikipedia

• Nankai Trough — The Nankai Trough 南海トラフ (Nankai Torafu?) is a submarine trough located south of Japan s island of Honshū, extending approximately 900 km offshore. In plate tectonics, the Nankai Trough marks a subduction zone that is caused by subduction of… …   Wikipedia

• equatorial trough — the quasi continuous belt of low atmospheric pressure that lies between the subtropical high pressure belts of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. * * * …   Universalium

• equatorial trough — the quasi continuous belt of low atmospheric pressure that lies between the subtropical high pressure belts of the Northern and Southern hemispheres …   Useful english dictionary

• Geology of the Iberian Peninsula — The geology of the Iberian Peninsula consists of the study of the rock formations on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar. The peninsula contains rocks from every age from Ediacaran to Recent, and almost… …   Wikipedia

• 1981 Pacific typhoon season — Infobox hurricane season Track=1981 Pacific typhoon season summary.jpg Basin=WPac Year=1981 First storm formed=March 11, 1981 Last storm dissipated=December 28, 1981 Strongest storm name=Elsie Strongest storm pressure=893 Strongest storm… …   Wikipedia

• GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Manila Trench — The Manila Trench is an ocean trench in the South China Sea, west of the Philippines. It reaches a depth of about 5,400 m,[1] in contrast with the average depth of the South China Sea of about 1,500 m. It is created by subduction, in which the… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of Tasmania — Tasmania has a varied geological history, with the world s biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. Rocks from the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic time periods appear. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas glaciated during the… …   Wikipedia

• Philippine Trench — The Philippine Trench (also Philippine Deep, Mindanao Trench, and Mindanao Deep) is a submarine trench to the east of the Philippines. It has a length of approximately 1,320 km and a width of about 30 km from the centre of the Philippine island… …   Wikipedia

• Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …   Universalium