- Geology -
A placer is a deposit of sand containing metals such as this, which brought an influx to Placer County, California
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A cauldron subsidence is when a mass of solid rock sinks into a pool of this subterranean molten rock
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In geology, BYO isn't on a faculty party invitation; it stands for this, in Canada's Acasta Gneiss, about 4 BYO
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In the mountain type of this, rock projects above the frozen stuff
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William Smith's 1815 map "of New England and Wales" showed these rock layers in different colors
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