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The linearized f-plane shallow water equations are: du’/dt – fv’ = -g(d eta’/dx) dv’/dt + fu’ = -g(d eta’/dy) (d eta’/dt) + H((du’/dx)+(dv’/dy)) = 0 where g is …
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There is a widely circulated tweet by Frank Hoogerbeets where it seems he has predicted Turkey’s earthquake a few days before. The tweet says: Sooner or later there will be a ~M 7.5 #earthquake in …
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So, I did some measurements in ICP-OES and the results were given to me in elemets. However, I need to convert the results to oxides. After some googling I found out that I need to use simple …
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Felsic rocks contain a lot of sodium, potassium and calcium (and a great deal of aluminum), while mafic rocks consist of a lot of magnesium with iron…. Why is this? Why is magnesium (z=12) in the …
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I have trouble understanding the Rossby waves in the atmosphere. Sometimes they are said to be caused by the jets moving from west to east. But the phase velocity of the waves is in the west direction …
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They say you can’t pack objects like pentagons or octagons such that they fill up space entirely and that that’s one reason there is no 5-fold or 8-fold rotational axis. Are you telling me you can …
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We see stones and they appear to be the same throughout our life time. Mountains also appear to not significantly change. So do mountains and stones decompose? What is the life span of a stone? After …
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All gas molecules have the capability to absorb radiation energy. $\rm{CO}_2$ has much less capability to absorb radiation energy, comparing with water vapor. In Earth’s atmosphere currently $\rm{CO}…
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I would like to ask that at what distance from the Earth’s surface the curvature of the Earth is visible. What layer of the atmosphere is this? I’ve noticed that at the height of 9-12 Km (the view …
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This question has puzzled me for a while. I know that earth’s mantle is made of different minerals, metals and rocks etc. and that has always made complete sense to me. But why is the inner core made …
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Is the color of the sky at noon (local time) in, say, NY, Buenos Aires, London, Nairobi, Sydney, New Delhi and Tokyo the same? I choose the specific time of noon to exclude the twilight colors of the …
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The largest earthquake since 1900 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was Richter-9.5 magnitude quake in Chile in 1960. Are magnitude 10 earthquakes possible? If so, what is the …
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