geologic formation

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noun
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/fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the way something is naturally made or the way it has ...
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It is not a single homogeneousgeologicformation.
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Most of the natural steps, ageologicformation, still stand today and are used as a marker for river runners.
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Thisgeologicformation, the coastal cheniere, is found only in a few locations across the globe.
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The pocket is actually ageologicformationformed when weaker limestone eroded and left the surrounding iron ore ridges.
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Thisgeologicformationcontains carbonates above a layer of water-impermeable glauconite, which keeps the soil above from draining, leaving the area quite moist.
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Thisgeologicformationdisplayed cross-bedding features, clear indicators of past interactions with water flows.
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Thousands of barrels per day were recovered by skimming the river, as well as drilling shallow wells, above the cappinggeologicformation, capturing oil before it reached ground surface.
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Moreover, nogeologicformationof adequate size for a permanent radioactive waste repository has yet been discovered that has been stable for so long a period.
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Itsgeologicformationalong with the geographic location that is in the north of the island is related with a mountain formation in the center of the island.
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The hill is a uniquegeologicformationin that it stands on the north bank of the river, nearly a mile across the river valley from the north bluff.
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Discovered in 1929, it was quickly developed and quickly declined, as it proved to be but a relatively small accumulation of oil in a singlegeologicformation.
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It will then be put into geologic formations and stored so as not to contribute to global warming.
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Disposal of these wastes in engineered facilities, or repositories, located deep underground in suitable geologic formations is seen as the reference solution.
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The geologic formations of the area consist of metabasalts and amphibolites, which are enclosed as roof pendants within the hornblende diorite, granodiorite and monzonite.
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The main geologic formations distributed across the town and its surroundings are turbidites.
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On the other hand, some insist deep geologic repositories in stable geologic formations are necessary.
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The gas comes in part from anthropogenic sources, but is principally from large naturally occurring geologic formations of.
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There are also articles on physical rock formations, also known as strata, and the formal naming of geologic formations.
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