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31Arabian Peninsula — The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al jazīra al Unicode|ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al Unicode|ʻarab ) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. The area is an… …
32Orogeny — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …
33Dunite — Not to be confused with Dunnite. Small volcanic bomb of (black) basanite with (green) dunite Dunite (   …
34Mount Diablo — West face of Mount Diablo and Hwy 24 Elevation …
35Mount Othrys — Mount Othrys …
36Ultramafic rock — Ultramafic (also referred to as ultrabasic) rocks are igneous and meta igneous rocks with very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed of usually greater than 90% mafic minerals (dark… …
37Serpentine soil — Serpentine soils are soils derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, an ultramafic rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth s mantle. The soils derived from ultramafic bedrock… …
38Mélange — This article is about the geological term. For other uses, see Melange. Melange from Narooma, Australia In geology, a mélange is a large scale breccia, a mappable body of rock characterized by a lack of continuous bedding and the inclusion of… …
39Frederick Vine — Frederick John Vine (born June 17, 1939) is a marine geologist and geophysicist and was a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics. Early lifeVine was born in London, W4 and educated at Latymer Upper School and St John s College,… …
40Penninic nappes — The Penninic nappes or the Penninicum are one of three nappe stacks and geological zones in which the Alps can be divided. In the western Alps the Penninic nappes are more obviously present than in the eastern Alps (in Austria), where they crop… …
