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Since uplift and erosion are more or less in equilibrium in the Himalaya, rapid uplift is balanced by annual increments of cubic kilometers of sediments washing down from the mountains, then on the plains settling out of suspension on vast alluvial fans or inland deltas over which rivers meander and change course at least every few decades, causing some experts to question whether manmade embankments can contain the problem of flooding.
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Since and uplift
Since uplift to the present altitude, the revived streams of the current cycle of erosion have not entrenched themselves deep enough to develop strong relief.
Since the Oligocene, episodic epeirogenic uplift gradually raised the entire region, including the Great Plains, to present elevations.
Since its founding, the Fraternity's stated purpose has been to attract and build a strong and effective force of men dedicated to its Cardinal Principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift.
Since their formation over 70 years ago, The Blind Boys of Alabama's self-proclaimed goal is to spiritually uplift audiences.
Since and erosion
Since 1998, Harvard University wraps some of the valuable statues on its campus, such as this " Harvard Bixi | Chinese stele ", with waterproof covers every winter, in order to protect them from erosion caused by acid rain.
Since 1998, Harvard University wraps some of the bronze and marble statues on its campus, such as this " Harvard Bixi | Chinese stele ", with waterproof covers every winter, in order to protect them from erosion caused by acid rain ( or, actually, acid snow )
Since then, wind and wave erosion have caused the island to steadily diminish in size: as of 2002, its surface area was.
Since 2009, non-profit organization Global Heritage Fund ( GHF ) has been working to protect and preserve Ur against problems of erosion, neglect, inappropriate restoration, and war and conflict.
Since the pixels can only have two values, the morphological operations are erosion ( any unset pixels within the structuring element cause the pixel to be unset ) and dilation ( any set pixels within the structuring element cause the pixel to be set ).
Since this time the area has undergone erosion resulting in the relatively low ranges today.
Since 2009 a team from the University of Dundee has begun assessing the coastline around Montrose in a two year study to decide the best way of managing coastal erosion.
Since habitat fragmentation is the subdivision of a large area of habitat into smaller isolated patches, fragmentation is thought to have severe effects on the genetic structure of populations through population bottlenecks followed by erosion of genetic diversity, which results in fitness reduction and the inability of a population to respond to environmental changes.
Since the end of the Carboniferous time there has been erosion and more than a thousand metres of the coal-bearing rocks have been completely removed from the area.
Since then there have been few serious erosion problems and disturbance has been greatly reduced.
Since then, the falls have moved seven miles ( 11 km ) south along the river due to erosion of land.
Since humans began clearing the forest during the New Stone Age, most of the land has now been deforested, speeding the natural processes of erosion.
Since DC designs require electrodes inside the cavity, they can encounter electrode erosion and plating of electrode material on glassware and optics.
Since some of these clams can sequester colloids from streams or lakes, this provides an ecosystem service by slowing the erosion of soil colloids.
Since the last ice age, silt deposits, borne mostly from the erosion of the Scarborough Bluffs and the eluvial rivers to the east were swept by strong, natural Lake Ontario currents creating prominent fingers of land away from the lakeshore in the current central waterfront area, including the Toronto Islands.
Since the eastern side of the Front is drained by Chesapeake Bay rivers that drop fairly rapidly through the Ridge and Valley Province to the low-elevation waters of the Great Appalachian Valley, erosion on the eastern slope of this caprock layer has been much more intense than on the western slope, where drainage to low elevations is spread over a greater distance ( particularly considering stream meanders ) through the Appalachian Plateau to the Ohio River.
Since 2005, the mound has been surrounded by a metal fence to protect it from erosion, and a number of trees which were growing on or near it were cut down at the same time.
Since 1980, Hunting Island has suffered major beach erosion as a result of heavy tides from the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and Saint Helena Sound, and is expected to shrink in size by ten per cent over the next forty years.
Since 1910 He had been interested in unusual erosion features in the area after seeing a newly published topographic map of the Potholes Cataract.
Since that time, folding, faulting and erosion have shaped the range and created numerous gaps and gorges.
Since the end of the last ice-age the sea has continued to change the loch by erosion and deposition.
Since the reversion to China, there has been an erosion of the running principles of the Executive Council ( Exco ) – some Exco members have violated the " collective responsibility " principles, namely being unsupportive to the decisions made by Exco.
o Since geologists cannot directly observe the movement of the deep crust and mantle during the mountain building process, the deep mountain exposures present in the Grenville Orogeny area ( formed due to long term erosion ) allow for observation of the mountain belt assembly.
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Since the hazards of poor communication are so great, p can be justified as a habitable site only on the basis of unusual productivity such as is made available by a waterfall for milling purposes, a mine, or a sugar maple camp.
Since the slogans have little application to reality and are sanctimonious to boot, the applause is faint even in areas of the world where we should expect to find the greatest affection for free government.
Since we can neither undo nor redo the past, we are limited to the events of today and tomorrow.
Since the recognition of Israel as a nation state, claims are made in many cases which identify the claimant as a member of the new body politic.
Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.
Since conventional methods are insensitive at the low frequencies of these molecular transitions, the paramagnetic resonance method is being used instead.
Since broadcast frequencies are very limited in number, these objectives are to some extent inconsistent in that not all of them can be fully realized, and to the extent that each is realized, there is a corresponding reduction of the possibilities for fullest achievement of the others.
Since the provision of skywave service requires adequate freedom from interference, only class 1, stations are capable of rendering skywave service.
Since the sides are also covered up to the spray rails, they are also rough-sanded in that area.
Since fly cutters are one sided and not balanced, they should be used at the slowest speed available, and fed very slowly to avoid binding.
Since there are almost no schools in the country offering graduate work in interior design this rule cannot at present be observed.
Since charges are relatively the same, reserving a car before you leave for Europe will assure you of having one on tap when you want it.
Since practical washing procedures are both lengthy and expensive, a number of laboratory tests have been developed for the numerical evaluation of detergents.
Since the circulating thyroid hormones are the amino acids thyroxine and tri-iodothyronine ( cf. Section C ), it is clear that some mechanism must exist in the thyroid gland for their release from proteins before secretion.
Since emotional reactions in the higher vertebrates depend on individual experience and are aroused in man, in addition, by complex symbols, one would expect that the hypothalamus could be excited from the cortex.
Since Af are distinct prime polynomials, the polynomials Af are relatively prime ( Theorem 8, Chapter 4 ).
Since D and D' are both diagonalizable and they commute, they are simultaneously diagonalizable, and Af is diagonalizable.
Since N and N' are both nilpotent and they commute, the operator Af is nilpotent ; ;
Since Af are linearly independent functions and the exponential function has no zeros, these R functions Af, form a basis for the space of solutions.
Since the choice is by lot each week, the outcomes of different trials are independent.
Since two curves of symbol Af on Q intersect in Af points, it follows that there are Af lines of Af which are tangent to Aj.
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