Word: basin
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According to Hooper Professor of Geology PaulF. Hoffman, Shaw is currently working withProfessor of Geophysics Jeroen Tromp to constructa computer model of the rock around the LosAngeles basin...
Researchers already suspected the fault's existence, but it was not confirmed until oil companies drilling in the Los Angeles basin provided evidence, he said...
...under strong criticism from some in the medical profession who believe the incident has compromised the journal's editorial independence. Whatever the reasons for the AMA's change of heart, the whole episode is yet another indication of how far the unpredictable ripples of impeachment have gone beyond the basin of Washington politics...
...Lankard wants to stop the building of a road across the Copper River Delta Basin, a rugged wetland where bald eagles still soar. "This is the last refuge," says Lankard. "Our way of life is gone if they build that road." His opponents had better prepare for a long battle...
...federal water surges toward their fields, the farmers generate hydroelectric power with it, which they then sell at market rates and pocket the profit. In Washington State, farmers in the Columbia Basin have built seven such plants, which now generate about 500 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to supply power to 50,000 American homes for a year. The electricity is sold to the cities of Seattle and Tacoma and so far has produced nearly $10 million in income since the first plant went on line...