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  2. Geology of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan lies on the western edge of the Philippine Plate. 3D block diagram showing plate tectonic setting of Taiwan. The island of Taiwan was formed approximately 4 to 5 million years ago at a convergent boundary between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate. In a boundary running the length of the island and continuing southwards, the ...

  3. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    Meridians are parabolas. Standard parallels at 36°46′N/S; parallels are unequal in spacing and scale; 2:1 aspect. 1949 McBryde–Thomas flat-pole quartic = McBryde–Thomas #4: Pseudocylindrical Equal-area Felix W. McBryde, Paul Thomas Standard parallels at 33°45′N/S; parallels are unequal in spacing and scale; meridians are fourth-order ...

  4. The Final Experiment (expedition) - Wikipedia

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    The Earth's spherical shape was discovered in ancient Greece and has been repeatedly confirmed over the centuries since. Modern flat Earthers have used social media sites such as YouTube to spread pseudoscientific conspiracy theories claiming the shape of the Earth is a flat disc. [1]

  5. Geography of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Atmospheric scientists in Taiwan estimate that more than half of the pollutants causing Taiwan's acid rain are carried from China by monsoon winds. [52] Taiwan historically had a serious problem with the illegal dumping of household and industrial waste which became so severe that Taiwan was known as "garbage island".

  6. Earth Gravitational Model - Wikipedia

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    A view of the Earth's geoid, as provided by EGM96. The Earth Gravitational Models (EGM) are a series of geopotential models of the Earth published by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). They are used as the geoid reference in the World Geodetic System.

  7. Geologic modelling - Wikipedia

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    Geomodelling is related to the concept of Shared Earth Model; [2] which is a multidisciplinary, interoperable and updatable knowledge base about the subsurface. Geomodelling is commonly used for managing natural resources , identifying natural hazards , and quantifying geological processes , with main applications to oil and gas fields ...

  8. Goddard Earth Observing System - Wikipedia

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    The components of the model use the Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF), enabling them to be connected in a flexible manner and supporting the investigation of many different aspects of Earth science, in particular questions related to coupled processes involving the atmosphere, ocean, and/or land. Uses of GEOS span a range of spatiotemporal ...

  9. Quadrilateralized spherical cube - Wikipedia

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    Development of the quadrilateralized spherical cube projection on an Earth model [1] In mapmaking, a quadrilateralized spherical cube, or quad sphere for short, is an equal-area polyhedral map projection and discrete global grid scheme for data collected on a spherical surface (either that of the Earth or the celestial sphere).