Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java 3rd Edition - Solutions by Chapter

Usually narrow and consisting of highly deformed sediments. They occur where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted beneath the margin of a continent.

Common term for sand and gravel deposits in a stream channel.

A depression excavated by the wind in easily eroded deposits.

A substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements in definite proportions and usually having properties different from those of its constituent elements.

A theory that originally proposed that the continents are rafted about. It has essentially been replaced by the plate tectonics theory.

An interdisciplinary study that seeks to examine Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts or subsystems.

A mountain valley that has been widened, deepened, and straightened by a glacier.

A massive igneous body intruded between preexisting strata.

A sensitive instrument used to measure the intensity of Earth’s magnetic field at various points.

The scientific study of the atmosphere and atmospheric phenomena; the study of weather and climate.

The height to which convectional movements extend above Earth’s surface. The greater the mixing depth, the better the air quality.

Already identified deposits from which minerals can be extracted profitably.

Ground-up rock produced by the grinding effect of a glacier.

A combination of mineral and organic matter, water, and air; that portion of the regolith that supports plant growth.

A narrow jet of rising material in the solar chromosphere.

Fog having the appearance of steam, produced by evaporation from a warm water surface into the cool air above.

Describes a mineral’s toughness or its resistance to breaking or deforming.

The Japanese word for a seismic sea wave.

The concept that the processes that have shaped Earth in the geologic past are essentially the same as those operating today

An opening bored into the zone of saturation.