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  2. Mendocino triple junction - Wikipedia

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    The passage of the MTJ causes mantle material to flow into the region vacated by the Gorda plate. Once this hot mantle material is south of the triple junction, it cools, stiffens, and accretes to the adjacent lithosphere, eventually welding to it and moving along with it, analogous to the motion of a conveyor belt. [1]

  3. Tubular Gallery - Wikipedia

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    Tubular Galleries consist of a completed assembly (which may include the conveyor, air and water piping, lights, and venting) which is assembled in the shop and shipped in completed sections. As a result, it takes much less time and labor to erect in the field and is more durable than covered truss conveyors. [citation needed]

  4. Belt (mechanical) - Wikipedia

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    ASTM D378 is a standard developed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), which focuses on the testing of conveyor belts used in various industries for specific applications. Conveyor belts are essential for material handling and transportation in industries such as mining, construction, agriculture, and manufacturing.

  5. File:Heating mantle1.svg - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a "paint-can"-type heating mantle. (A)=beaker outside the mantle; (B)=beaker within the basket of the mantle; (C)=the main body of the heating mantle; and (D)=the power cord for connecting the mantle to a source of AC electricity (usually a

  6. Conveyor belt - Wikipedia

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    A conveyor belt is the carrying medium of a belt conveyor system (often shortened to belt conveyor). A belt conveyor system is one of many types of conveyor systems. A belt conveyor system consists of two or more pulleys (sometimes referred to as drums), with a closed loop of carrying medium—the conveyor belt—that rotates about them. One or ...

  7. Marine biogeochemical cycles - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the conveyor moves an immense volume of water—more than 100 times the flow of the Amazon River (Ross, 1995). The conveyor belt is also a vital component of the global ocean nutrient and carbon dioxide cycles. Warm surface waters are depleted of nutrients and carbon dioxide, but they are enriched again as they travel through the ...

  8. Browns' Myles Garrett becomes youngest player to reach 100 ...

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    Garrett is signed for two more seasons with the Browns. But the team has gone 53–76 in seven years since Cleveland drafted him No. 1 overall out of Texas A&M, including this season's 3–12 ...

  9. Mid-ocean ridge - Wikipedia

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    A process previously proposed to contribute to plate motion and the formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges is the "mantle conveyor" due to deep convection (see image). [27] [28] However, some studies have shown that the upper mantle (asthenosphere) is too plastic (flexible) to generate enough friction to pull the tectonic plate along.