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81Coast Mountains — Coast Range Range …
82Mount Garibaldi — as seen from Squamish Elevation 2,678 m (8,786 ft) …
83Continental crust — The thickness of the Earth s crust (km). The continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. This layer… …
84Garibaldi Volcanic Belt — The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is a north south range of volcanoes in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the northern extension of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a chain of volcanoes of major andesitic to dacitic stratovolcanoes extending… …
85Volcanic arc — Mariana Islands, an oceanic island arc A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanoes positioned in an arc shape as seen from above. Offshore volcanoes form islands, resulting in a volcanic island arc. Generally they result from the subduction of an… …
86Trans-Hudson orogeny — [ North American craton, also called Laurentia.] [ Wyoming, Superior and Hearne cratons] The Trans Hudson orogeny, Trans Hudsonian orogeny, Trans Hudson orogen (THO), or Trans Hudson Orogen Transect (THOT), (also referred to as the Trans… …
87geology — /jee ol euh jee/, n., pl. geologies. 1. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is… …
88JAPON - Géologie — L’archipel nippon appartient à l’ensemble des guirlandes insulaires qui bordent la façade orientale de l’Asie. Il est composé de six segments (fig. 1): l’archipel des Kouriles et l’est de l’île de Hokkaid 拏 ; l’île de Sakhaline et le centre de… …
89Cerro Azul (Chile volcano) — Cerro Azul The peak of Cerro Azul volcano lies behind Quizapu crater, which was formed by eruptions during the twentieth century …
90Champ volcanique — Volcan Le cratère fumant du Bromo (se …
