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Gulf Of Mexico Gulf Coast
1,634 wordsBefore a territory can be settled, it has to be explored. Through an exquisite quest, amongst adventure and hardships, Sir Rene Robert Cavalier de La Salle set out to explore the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. In the winter of 1681 - 1682, the French explorer Rene Robert Cavalier, Sir de la Salle, led an expedition from Canada down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle reached the river's outlet to the gulf, where he set up a cross and a wooden post carved with the coat of ar...
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The End Permian Mass Extinction
3,001 words... verify the Chinese reports of iridium and they are fruitless. Anomalies can cause a build up of iridium in one place which would lead to what the Chinese have discovered (Erwin, 1993). Cosmic Radiation Global Cooling Global Warming Salinity The hypothesis that salinity decrease caused the mass extinction of oceanic life was first formed by Beurlen in 1956 (Maxwell, 1989). Evidence for this phenomena was based mainly on stenohaline groups such as the bryozoans, ostracods and corals which were...
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Industrial Pollution And Monitoring On The Gulf Coast
1,028 wordsIndustrial Pollution and Monitoring on the Gulf Coast The Industrial Pollution and Monitoring on the Gulf Coast has raised heated debates in the society. The society has divided in two groups: one group supports monitoring and the other seems to be against it. Those who stand for privatization believe that this is the way out of the current situation. But there is the whole range of objections of those who dont support the intention to monitor the existing situation: There even exists an opinion...
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Federal Reserve System Bureau Of Labor Statistics
2,038 wordsMeasures of the Macro Economy Recent year was not an easy one for the economy of the United States. The number of natural catastrophes and decline of oil and gas industries have worsen the economic situation in the country. At the end of 2005 the USA economy seems to become stable though the after-effect of its losses during this year will impact it for a long period of time. In late summer and early autumn the economy of the country suffered greatly. In August there was the leap of oil prices. ...
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20 Th Century 4 Th Ed
3,197 wordsMaya{my-uh}The ancient Maya were a group of American Indian peoples who lived in southern Mexico, particularly the present-day states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo, and in Belize, Guatemala, and adjacent Honduras. Their descendants, the modern Maya, live in the same regions today, in both highlands and lowlands, from cool highland plains ringed by volcano's to deep tropical rain forests. Through the region runs a single major river system, the Apasion-Usumacinta and it...
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Social And Economic Sierra Madre
4,046 wordsSouthward from its Mexico MEXICO Southward from its 1, 500 mile long border with the United States lies the Estados Unidos Mexicanos. A country with slightly more than 750, 000 square miles in area, Mexico has a vast array of mineral resources, limited agricultural land, and a rapidly growing population. These factors are the basis for many of the countrys present problems as well as opportunities for future development. The nation is struggling to modernize its economy. With more than 80 millio...
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