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... that a world map by
Gerardus Mercator
attributes the
Earth's magnetic field
to a
magnetic mountain
(pictured)
above the Arctic Circle?
... that a team of
archaeologists
discovered a
fossilized
Han Solo
in the rocks of
China
?
... that
forest rings
had gone unnoticed by geologists until
aerial photography
became a common surveying tool in the 1950s?
... that two researchers have argued that some
cobbles
should be called "very small boulders"?
... that
swarms of dykes
have intruded into Uruguay?
... that
precarious rock
formations were evaluated to estimate the
peak ground acceleration
of the
1952 Kern County earthquake
?
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