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chap. 9 & 10

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show jet like emissions of steam and hot water from constricted vents  
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hotspring   show
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show heat source water plumbing system  
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earthquake   show
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show little cone around top of geyser made from reprecipitated silica, (builds up slower than travertine)  
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Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace   show
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show calculates the lag time between primary and secondary waves to find the distance from the quake  
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seismic waves   show
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ring of fire   show
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show study of earthquakes  
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show plate boundaries and within the plates  
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show volcanoes and earthquakes which create tsunamis  
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focus   show
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show location at the earth's surface  
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the richter scale   show
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differential erosion   show
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show resistant rocks form ridges  
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lowlands   show
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show orientation of the rock plane with respect to compass direction  
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dip   show
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show compass direction  
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dip=   show
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drainage networks   show
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show flat, uniform surfaces, rivers free to meander  
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show ridge and valley topography, rivers controlled by bedrock  
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show rivers flow down a mountain in all directions  
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caprock   show
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plateau   show
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mesa   show
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butte   show
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how to tell whether butte or mesa   show
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cuesta lowland topography   show
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show uplift of igneous rock where erosion removes sedimentary rock and creates sharp crest  
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show sharp crested fins of resistant rock  
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ridge and valley topography   show
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show high variable folded landforms not uniform like ridge and valley weaker metamorphic racks form valleys  
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monadnocks   show
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neck   show
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dike   show
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show rocks change to softer more soluable forms  
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show rocks are fractured and broken  
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frost action   show
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talus cone   show
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show evaporation results in precipitation of salt crystals grain by brain disintegration of rocks creates rock shelters  
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unloading   show
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exfoliation dome   show
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oxidation   show
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hydrolysis   show
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carbonation   show
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show downhill movement of soil, regolith, or rock under influence of gravity  
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regolith   show
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show forms in place  
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transported regolith   show
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show moved by water  
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show moved by gravity  
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show extremely slow downhill movement of soil  
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show relatively slow downhill movement of saturated sediments  
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show rapid downhill movement of water saturated debris  
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lahars   show
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debris flood   show
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show rapid sliding of large masses of earth material  
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what causes landslides?   show
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triggers for mass wasting   show
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