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    It was named after German-Belgian astronomer Wilhelm Prinz [de]. The formation lies to the southwest of the prominent crater Aristarchus. To the north-northeast...
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    geologic formations, although none had the importance of the Morrow Formation. The Atoka Formation lies conformably on top of the Morrow Formation, and is...
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    In association football, the formation of a team refers to the position players take in relation to each other on a pitch. As association football is...
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    Moon, and so appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. This formation lies due south of the prominent crater Pythagoras, and is attached to the...
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    Solitario (category Geologic formations of Texas)
    containing the Solitario and created Big Bend Ranch State Park. The formation lies in the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion of the United States. The Solitario...
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    crater that lies in the northern part of the Moon on the far side from the Earth. This crater is concentric with a larger and older formation lying along the...
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    Iseki), is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan. It lies approximately 100 kilometres...
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    northwestern interior floor of the prominent crater Neper. The latter formation lies near the eastern limb of the Moon, along the southern edge of the Mare...
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    of the Transantarctic Mountains, it lies below the Prebble Formation and above the Falla Formation. The formation includes material from volcanic activity...
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    as a formation, and the Anacleto Formation was known as the Anacleto Member. The type locality of this formation lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the...
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    The Messel Formation is a geologic formation in Hesse, central Germany, dating back to the Eocene epoch (about 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted...
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    of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to...
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    shield volcano and caldera that formed 12 million years ago. The rocky formation lies within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Because of its...
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  • Ordovician and Devonian periods. Because the Blue Fiord Formation lies on top of the formation, it has been determined that it predates the middle Devonian...
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    The wishbone formation, also known simply as the bone, is an offensive formation in American football. The style of attack to which it gives rise is known...
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    sedimentary rocks. The oldest lie on top of the metamorphic layers at a much shallower angle. This rock called the Deadwood Formation is mostly sandstone and...
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    There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant...
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    several different lengths of scale. A large part of the Medusae Fossae Formation lies in Amazonis Planitia. Its name derives from one of the classical albedo...
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    Earth (redirect from Formation of the Earth)
    some felsic crust existed as early as 4.4 Ga, only 140 Ma after Earth's formation. There are two main models of how this initial small volume of continental...
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    located at the southern edge of Mare Nectaris. To the northwest of this formation lies the crater Beaumont, while to the northeast is Rosse. The northern wall...
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  • The Besano Formation is a geological formation in the southern Alps of northwestern Italy and southern Switzerland. This formation, a thin but fossiliferous...
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    Ohio train derailment Consciousness of guilt Gatekeepers Impression formation Lie Media manipulation Narcissistic defences Negative search Omertà Propaganda...
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  • Missinaibi Formation is a Late Pleistocene geologic formation in the Hudson Bay Lowlands in Northern Ontario, Canada. The formation lies within Missinaibi...
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  • The Rupel Formation (abbreviation: RU) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of the Netherlands that consists of Oligocene marine sands and clays....
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    burial of the landscape. On top of the Chemoigut Formation lies the Chesowanja Formation. The formation consists of two basalt flows. On the surface of...
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  • after the Capitan Formation, the fossil reef defining the margins of the Delaware Basin. The Salado Formation lies on the Castile Formation and in turn is...
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  • the formation of the Capitan Formation, the fossil reef defining the margins of the Delaware Basin. The formation lies on the Bell Canyon Formation and...
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    ashstone in the south from the Canberra Formation in the north. Calcareous shale from the Canberra Formation lies to the north of the Deakin Fault. Australian...
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  • annual production capacity of 6 million tonnes of coal. The German Creek Formation lies within the Bowen Basin and is noted for containing hard coking coal...
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  • Columbia, a world-class deposit of lead, zinc, and silver, lies within the Alderidge Formation in the lower part of the Purcell. Spectacular outcrops of...
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