Physical models can provide insight into how the deep structures – the folds and faults – of mountain belts actually form.
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Kimberlite is a relatively rare type of lava. It comes from depths as great as 300 to 350 kilometers.
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Fragments from the upper mantle are sometimes transported to the surface by erupting lava.
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The segment of sediment core modeled here shows 3,000 years of changing climate.
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This section of a coral colony recorded conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean during at least 10 El Niño events.
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Carbon is a major component of all life and it helps to maintain a habitable range in temperatures.
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The amount of man-made carbon released into the atmosphere can be determined by knowing the quantities of fossil fuels burned
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Water leached the metal molybdenum out of hot granite and deposited it in cooler granite.
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Driven by heat from bodies of molten rock in the crust, hot water circulates through cracks, dissolving minerals in rocks.
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The water flowing through this chimney was 302 degrees Centigrade.
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