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What happens when there is radioactive decay?

What happens when there is radioactive decay?


School: Colorado State University
Department: Biology
Course: Principles of Plant Biology
Professor: David steingraeber
Term: Fall 2016
Cost: 50
Name: To use for Final
Description: These notes cover everything from the class, concept maps, tables, mafic/felsic, plate tectonics, streams river, energy sources, metamorphic/ igneous rocks. etc..
Uploaded: 05/11/2016
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What happens when there is radioactive decay?




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What is the internal structure of a mineral?

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S&MATIC Rock Besalt & gabbro Ocean Contental subduction - Addition of water magma (matic) T melting = Add water & Heat - Picks up Felste minerals making and esite

Aesthenosphere rises * Source of Mayma Mantle, cont, crust Don't forget about the age old question of What are the features of earth's movements?

Decompression melting

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Cranite- Intrusing frelsis

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Hazards Ashy Debris, Pyroclastic Flow, Lahar EX & Matic : Shielda Lava Flows (Fountain), Volcanic Ash

Lassvisous = easy flow, MONITERANLY

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Dry where air dessends-Poles a feequator geel E-W (rastenies) climate

Air teses equator sinks @ 30°

Sourg Hamigohesso deflects (L) Iponce size

Streame Slope


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1 Lithosphere = plek

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Mountains a cont. collision

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Convergent: Ocean continental

Trench-Sehrent can become Rift where they

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continental crust MINERALS (1) Defried (2) Solid

water relesed (3) Natural (1) Inorganic (5) ordered

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Metal oxygen & Halogens.



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- seal - impermeable (shale)

different # of neutrons.

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deeneased bc Natural G Deswoire sandstone under limestona hor zortead online more efhcient: Rousront Ain growinter

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Rexerrois = LYONS, DAKOTA

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Source rocka orgingtonique isotope: Semua peptons




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