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- From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
- Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology
- Subject: Re: Fission - Fusion... Fissure - Fusure?
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:57:20 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.185711.11843@sco.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.185711.11843@sco.com> brianm@sco.com
- (Brian Moffet) writes:
- >Fission is the splitting of atoms, and Fusion is joining of 2 atoms
- >
- >A fissure is a split in the ground usually caused by an earthquake,
- >plate movement (without an earth quake?), or some other means.
- >
- >Is there a fusure? Perhaps the Himalayan mountains?
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- The place where two continents have collided and
- joined into one is often called a "suture". The
- Himalayas mark one suture, the Alps another, the
- Urals a third (I think).
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