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London Jack - The Valley Of The Moon
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... chosen that unfortunate moment to reappear, crawling groggily on hands and knees and showing a bleeding face. Again Bert reached him and sent him downslope, and the other three, with wild yells, sprang in on Billy, who punched, shifted position, ducked and punched, and shifted again ere he struck the ...
Muir John - Steep Trails: California-utah-nevada-washington-oregon-the Grand Canyon
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... range," by which he means a mountainous area where rain or snow fall that is the source of water for a river or stream downslope. So it is not a typographical error for "mountain range"! Another odd phrase is "(something) is well worthy (something else)" rather than "well worth" or " ...
Nix John Stephen - Natural Resource Inventory Glossary
[ DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS]
... Anthracite: A very hard, black coal, actually classed as metamorphic. * Coal, Bituminous: A harder, more compacted, black coal. * Colluvium: Deposited by rainwash or slow downslope creep * Conglomerate: Consolidated gravel composed of rounded particles. * Dacite: Extrusive equivalent of granodiorite * Diatomite: A light-colored, soft rock composed of the siliceous skeletons of ...
Richardson Steven M. - Illustrated Glossary Of Geologic Terms
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... orogenic activity for the last 2 billion years. Made predominantly of granite and metamorphic rocks. compare orogen . creep 1. The very slow, generally continuous downslope movement of soil and debris under the influence of gravity. 2. The movement of sand grains along the land surface. crevasse 1. Breach in a ...
Richardson Steven M. - Illustrated Glossary Of Geologic Terms
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... margin The tectonic region that lies at the edge of a continent, whether it coincides with a plate boundary or not. mass movement The downslope movement of material under the influence of gravity. maze cave Caves in which passageways have interconnecting loops that form a maze-like pattern. meander A ...
Richardson Steven M. - Illustrated Glossary Of Geologic Terms
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... by the collision of one block of rock with the next block forward. The process makes possible progressively more rapid movement of material in downslope positions. monocline A simple fold, described as a local steepening in strata with an otherwise uniform dip. moraine Landform made largely of till. mountain glacier ...
Various - Castle On The Web
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... construction. * Wave - Sinuous moulding. * Weathering - Sloping surface to throw off rainwater. * Wicket - Person-sized door set into the main gate door. * Wing-wall - Wall downslope of motte to protect stairway. * Yett - Iron ...

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    ORSO ACCHIAPPAFARFALLEEAMESIL FICO PIÙ DOLCETHE BEATLES. ON THE ROAD 1964-1966

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