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• Select Slate and Ash Landforms: $480 slateandash.com: In the eternal search for new and interesting sounds, Slate and Ash promises a sojourn to undiscovered countries. Is it a trip worth taking?

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  Slate and Ash Landforms: $480 slateandash.com: In the eternal search for new and interesting sounds, Slate and Ash promises a sojourn to undiscovered countries. Is it a trip worth taking?

  Author:Dave GaleFrom:Electronic Musician (Vol. 37, Issue 12)

  Dec. 20211,280 words Article 1380LStrengths + Simplysoundsstunning + Beautifully recorded acoustic content + Elegant interface that invites editing + Real-time control possibilities exemplary + The effects section is a real gift Limitations...
• Select Tuyas: Landforms of fire and ice.

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  Tuyas: Landforms of fire and ice.

  Authors:Lionel Jackson, Benjamin Edwards, and Catherine HicksonFrom:Natural History (Vol. 130, Issue 4)

  Apr. 20222,612 words Article 1380LAsk people to draw a volcano and they will most likely draw a cone-shaped mountain, often spewing a plume of "smoke" from the top. The plume is not smoke; it is a composite of small bits of pulverized volcanic rock and...
• Select NATURE'S LABORATORY: Tepuis, island-like landforms towering thousands of feet above South American savannas and rainforests, remain mostly untouched by humans. During the past few decades, scientists have discovered a broad array of endemic plant and animal species living in the tepuis' high reaches and hidden interiors.

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  NATURE'S LABORATORY: Tepuis, island-like landforms towering thousands of feet above South American savannas and rainforests, remain mostly untouched by humans. During the past few decades, scientists have discovered a broad array of endemic plant and animal species living in the tepuis' high reaches and hidden interiors.

  From:National Geographic (Vol. 241, Issue 4)

  Apr. 2022834 words Article 1200LDWINDLING PLATEAU Tepuis are carved from a seabed formed about 1.7 billion years ago. The movement of continental plates transformed the seabed, leaving a large plateau that eventually eroded into roughly a hundred...
• Select Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California, second edition.

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  Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California, second edition.

  From:California Bookwatch

  Oct. 2022457 words Article 1480LGeology Underfoot in Death Valley and Eastern California, second edition Allen F. Glazner, et al. https://www.allenglazner.com Mountain Press Publishing Company PO Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806...
• Select Thiess Wins Contract for Olive Downs.

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  Thiess Wins Contract for Olive Downs.

  From:Coal Age (1996) (Vol. 127, Issue 2)

  Mar. 2022189 words Brief article 1460LPembroke Resources named Thiess as the successful bidder for contract mining services for the company's Olive Downs Project in Queensland, Australia. Under the eight-year deal, Thiess will deliver full-service mining...
• Select The Rock That Moved: Madagascar in the Deep Past.

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  The Rock That Moved: Madagascar in the Deep Past.

  Author:Alison RichardFrom:Natural History (Vol. 130, Issue 7)

  July-August 20223,794 words Article 1300LMadagascar is big, with a surface area of approximately 590,000 square kilometers ([km.sup.2])--about the size of France, Belgium, and Luxemburg put together--making it the world's fourth largest island, after Greenland,...
• Select Prehistoric Pathways.

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  Prehistoric Pathways.

  Author:Kati MooreFrom:Natural History (Vol. 129, Issue 7)

  July-August 2021385 words Brief article 1590LBetween 70,000 and 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens arrived on the northwest coast of Sahul, a landmass that included modern-day Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. To determine how these new arrivals traversed and...
• Select Backhoe Loader: How to Operate On Hilly Ground.

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  Backhoe Loader: How to Operate On Hilly Ground.

  From:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly

  Mar. 11, 2021192 words Reprint, Instruction... 970LThis article initially appeared in PS 759 (Feb 16), p. 17. Keep your backhoe loader (BHL) low and balanced when you travel across rough or hilly ground, operators. A full bucket that's carried high can throw off the...
• Select SKY-HIGH ARCHIPELAGO: Just as flora and fauna evolved on remote islands across the oceans, so too did plants and animals isolated on the summits of tepuis, rock plateaus rising out of South American rainforests. Slow weathering honed their sheer cliffs and hollowed valleys between them. Scientists believe these sky islands each fostered unique life-forms, separated by oceans of tropical lowlands.

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  SKY-HIGH ARCHIPELAGO: Just as flora and fauna evolved on remote islands across the oceans, so too did plants and animals isolated on the summits of tepuis, rock plateaus rising out of South American rainforests. Slow weathering honed their sheer cliffs and hollowed valleys between them. Scientists believe these sky islands each fostered unique life-forms, separated by oceans of tropical lowlands.

  From:National Geographic (Vol. 241, Issue 4)

  Apr. 202286 words Brief article 1080LROCK OF THE AGES The formation known as the Guiana Shield spans more than 600,000 square miles. It's a remnant of an ancient seafloor, uplifted roughly 165 million years ago when Africa and South America began breaking...
• Select SURPRISE SINKHOLE.

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  SURPRISE SINKHOLE.

  Author:Jeanette FerraraFrom:Science World/Current Science (Vol. 76, Issue 8)

  Mar. 16, 2020268 words Brief article 1100LPeople riding a bus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently hit an unusual snag during their commute. Their vehicle fell into a 23 meter (75 foot)-wide sinkhole when the street beneath the bus suddenly caved in....
• Select Trail of golden dreams.

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  Trail of golden dreams.

  Author:Prajakta DhopadeFrom:Maclean's (Vol. 132, Issue 9)

  Oct. 2019156 words Brief article 1640LThis photo may look as though sandworms have had their way with the landscape, but this isn't a scene from Beetlejuice--it's the Klondike River in Dawson City, Yukon, where the mining fever spawned by the Klondike Gold...
• Select FIGHT OVER POMPEII: Why two groups of scientists studying the ancient city of Pompeii and the volcano that destroyed it are at odds.

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  FIGHT OVER POMPEII: Why two groups of scientists studying the ancient city of Pompeii and the volcano that destroyed it are at odds.

  Author:Andrew KleinFrom:Science World/Current Science (Vol. 76, Issue 7)

  Feb. 17, 20202,437 words Article 1100LAS YOU READ, THINK ABOUT how scientists might study the site of a past natural disaster to better understand what occurred there. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was suddenly wiped off the...
• Select PAINTED MOUNTAINS

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  PAINTED MOUNTAINS

  From:SuperScience (Vol. 29, Issue 6)

  Mar. 2018130 words Brief article 820LHere's a sight you don't see every day: multicolored mountains! Every year, thousands of people travel to Zhangye Danxia (jahng-yeh dan-shyah) National Geological Park in China to marvel at these amazing landforms....
• Select A New View: Has the long-troubled relationship between Grand Canyon National Park and local indigenous people entered a more harmonious era?

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  A New View: Has the long-troubled relationship between Grand Canyon National Park and local indigenous people entered a more harmonious era?

  Author:Laura AllenFrom:National Parks (Vol. 94, Issue 2)

  Spring 20201,510 words Article 1280LOn a chilly October morning at Grand Canyon National Park, I climbed the 85 stone steps of the Desert View Watchtower. The 70-foot-tall observation building on the eastern end of the South Rim was designed in the early...
• Select OPERATION IGUANA: A rare lizard returns to an island in the Galapagos--nearly two centuries after it disappeared

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  OPERATION IGUANA: A rare lizard returns to an island in the Galapagos--nearly two centuries after it disappeared

  Author:Jacob BatchelorFrom:Science World/Current Science (Vol. 76, Issue 1)

  Sept. 2, 20192,442 words Article 1030LAS YOU READ, THINK ABOUT what might cause an animal to disappear from a particular habitat. Paula Castano carefully climbs over the rocky shoreline of Santiago Island, a speck of land in the Pacific Ocean. She...
• Select Mystery Craters

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  Mystery Craters

  Author:Cici ZhangFrom:Science World/Current Science (Vol. 74, Issue 4)

  Oct. 30, 2017188 words Brief article 1050LIn recent years, mysterious craters have appeared in the Russian province of Siberia. Some are more than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) wide and 85 meters (278 feet) deep. Scientists suspect the giant holes might be caused by...
• Select Earth Rocks! Check out five extraordinary rock formations

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  Earth Rocks! Check out five extraordinary rock formations

  Author:Alessandra PotenzaFrom:SuperScience (Vol. 30, Issue 7)

  Apr. 20192,045 words Article 940LTake a trip around the planet and you'll come across incredible landscapes, from towering stone arches to massive canyons. These amazing rock formations exist because Earth is constantly changing. The shifting of...
• Select 7 ON THE ROCKS GLYPHING

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  7 ON THE ROCKS GLYPHING

  Author:Michael EngelhardFrom:Backpacker (Vol. 47, Issue 2)

  Mar. 2019750 words Travel narrative 1170LEmbark on nature's treasure hunt to find rock art--and clues of the past. By Michael Engelhard WEDGED INTO a vertical crevice, I reach up with my camera, trying not to backflip 12 feet onto the canyon floor. It's the...
• Select Is there life on MARS? Earth's neighbor once had a climate conducive to life. Now scientists are trying to learn if the Red Planet turned those chances into reality

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  Is there life on MARS? Earth's neighbor once had a climate conducive to life. Now scientists are trying to learn if the Red Planet turned those chances into reality

  Author:Jim BellFrom:Astronomy (Vol. 47, Issue 9)

  Sept. 20192,624 words Article 1480LTHE MODERN ERA OF MARS EXPLORATION provides abundant evidence that at least some of Mars' surface may once have been a habitable environment for life as we know it--and that parts of the planet's subsurface could still...
• Select RAINBOW MOUNTAIN.

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  RAINBOW MOUNTAIN.

  Author:Nell DurfeeFrom:Science World/Current Science (Vol. 75, Issue 5)

  Nov. 19, 2018228 words Brief article 980LThousands of tourists are flocking to Cusco, Peru, to see a rare geological wonder-a rainbow-colored mountain. But some scientists worry that the influx of people may damage the once-pristine landscape. Rainbow...