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neutrons,
4.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
Newell, Norman,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
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Nobel Prize,
2.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
North America,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
bm1.1
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rifts in
North Pole,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
Nova Scotia,
1.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
ocean currents,
8.1
,
8.2
,
10.1
,
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oceans,
7.1
,
9.1
     atmospheric carbon removed by,
8.1
,
8.2
     chemistry of,
3.1
,
7.1
,
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n
     of Southern Hemisphere,
8.1
,
8.2
     undersea volcanoes in,
5.1
,
6.1
,
8.1
oceans, seafloor of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
9.1
,
10.1
     drill cores from,
6.1
,
8.1
     recycling of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
8.1
     spreading of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
oxygen,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
3.1
     in physiology,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
bm1.1
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oxygen, atmospheric,
4.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
10.1
,
bm1.1
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–200
n
     continental drift and,
6.1
,
6.2
,
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dangers of
     source of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
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oxygen atom,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
5.2
     versions of,
4.1
,
9.1
paleontology,
1.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
     
databases of
     Woods Hole conference of,
7.1
,
7.2
,
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particles,
2.1
,
2.2
periodic table,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
peripheral vision,
2.1
,
2.2
Phillips, John,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
7.6
,
7.7
,
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photosynthesis,
5.1
,
10.1
Pickering, Edward Charles,
2.1
,
2.2
planets,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
9.1
     
climates of
     formation of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
4.1
,
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in galaxy
     heat balance of,
3.1
,
9.1
     moons of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
     orbits of,
3.1
,
3.2
     rocky inner vs. gaseous outer,
3.1
,
3.2
     
see also
specific planets
plants,
5.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
     algae,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
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dietary
     
domesticated
     in evolution,
10.1
,
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     fossil,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
     photosynthesis of,
5.1
,
10.1
plate tectonics,
5.1
,
6.1
,
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     global temperatures affected by,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
     of India,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
     
motion of
     
see also
continental drift
primates,
1.1
,
8.1
Princeton University,
2.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
Project Iceworm,
9.1
,
9.2
,
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proteins,
2.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
protons,
2.1
,
9.1
radioactive decay, atomic,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
9.1
,
bm1.1
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Ralph, Martin,
4.1
,
4.2
Raymo, Maureen “Mo”,
8.1
,
9.1
,
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“Revision of Triassic Stratigraphy of the Scoresby Land and Jameson Land Region, East Greenland” (Perch-Nielsen et al.),
1.1
,
1.2
,
bm1.1
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Richter, Curt,
4.1
,
bm1.1
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Richter’s patch,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
     
calendars in
     dating of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
9.1
,
bm1.1
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–6
n
     deep core drilling of,
3.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
8.1
     earliest fossil-containing,
4.1
,
5.1
     erosion of,
3.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
8.6
,
8.7
     in Hindostan grave markers (rhythmites),
4.1
,
4.2
,
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     iron-containing,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
     moon,
3.1
,
4.1
     oldest,
3.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
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     sandstones,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
,
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superheated
     zircons,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
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see also
fossils; meteorites; stratigraphic layers
     decentralized calendar of,
4.1
,
4.2
Sagan, Carl,
2.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
sandstones,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
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satellites,
2.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
6.1
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Saturn,
3.1
,
9.1
     
moons of
Schaff, Chuck,
1.1
,
1.2
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bm1.1
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Schopf, Tom,
7.1
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Scotland,
6.1
,
9.1
Scott, Robert Falcon,
6.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
seashells,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
9.1
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seasons,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
Sepkoski, Jack,
7.1
,
bm1.1
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Shell Oil Guide to the Permian and Triassic of the World
,
1.1
,
bm1.1
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Siffre, Michel,
4.1
,
4.2
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size,
2.1
,
5.1
     atmospheric oxygen and,
5.1
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–200
n
     Darlington-Barbour frog experiment on,
5.1
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     Galileo on,
5.1
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     genetic control of,
5.1
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gravity and
     
hearing and
     microscopic,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
sleep patterns,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
     
light in
     medical links to,
4.1
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Smith, William,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
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solar system,
2.1
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
9.1
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bm1.1
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–7
n
     age of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
     formation of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
5.1
,
bm1.1
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     water in,
3.1
,
3.2
     
see also
planets; sun
South Africa,
6.1
,
6.2
South America,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
     Africa’s congruity with,
6.1
,
6.2
     
primates of
Southern Hemisphere,
8.1
,
8.2
South Pole,
6.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
species,
2.1
,
2.2
,
5.1
,
7.1
     common ancestors of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1

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