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The document contains keys to section crosswords across six sections, each focusing on different geological and environmental terms. Each section includes a list of words categorized into 'Across' and 'Down' clues. The terms range from geological processes and rock types to environmental concepts and principles.

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The document contains keys to section crosswords across six sections, each focusing on different geological and environmental terms. Each section includes a list of words categorized into 'Across' and 'Down' clues. The terms range from geological processes and rock types to environmental concepts and principles.

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KEYS TO SECTION CROSSWORDS

Section 1

Across Down

1. compound 18. lava 1. cation 15. mantle


3. silicate 19. exponential 2. magma 16. covalent
6. glass 22. plutonic 4. ion 20. neutron
8. igneous 24. volcanic 5. crust 21. sulfate
11. isotope 27. mineral 7. anion 22. proton
12. crystalline 29. electron 9. foliation 23. nucleus
16. core 30. sulfide 10. metamorphic 25. clastic
17. oxide 12. carbonate 26. ionic
13. sedimentary 28. rock
14. atom

Section 2

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3. elastic limit 20. rhyolite 1. basalt 14. strain


5. liquefaction 23. pyroclastics 2. tectonics 15. active
6. transform 24. convection 3. extinct volcano
fault cell volcano 18. shield
8. intensity 25. P waves 4. tsunami volcano
10. dormant 26. cinder cone 5. lithosphere 19. island arc
volcano 28. seismic 7. fissure 21. hot spot
11. fault waves eruption 22. epicenter
15. aftershocks 31. creep 9. stratovolcano 26. caldera
16. brittle 32. earthquake 12. lahar 27. focus
17. phreatic 33. asthenosphere 13. magnitude 29. S waves
eruption 34. seismic gap
KEYS TO SECTION CROSSWORDS (contd.)

Section 3

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4. crest 23. beach 1. gradient 17. slide


6. rockfall 25. deflation 2. moraine 19. ablation
10. abrasion 27. wave base 3. glacier 21. ventifact
11. floodplain 28. surge 5. stage 24. calving
14. striations 30. drift 7. oxbows 25. desert
15. talus 31. creep 8. fall 26. flow
17. slump 32. loess 9. discharge 28. stream
18. delta 34. meander 12. landslide 29. levees
20. barrier island 35. milling 13. outwash 30. dune
22. load 36. estuary 16. hydrograph 33. till

Section 4

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3. ground 25. fossil fuel 1. water table 19. permeability


water 26. A horizon 2. core 21. anthracite
7. vadose zone 27. gasohol meltdown 22. sinkhole
8. spoil bank 29. aquifer 3. gasification 24. decommission
11. hydrothermal 30. recharge 4. nonrenewable 25. fission
13. oil 32. tailings 6. evaporite 28. bituminous
15. laterite 34. biomass 9. pedalfer 29. anaerobic
16. kerogen 36. porosity 10. oil shale 31. C horizon
19. pegmatite 37. B horizon 12. hard water 33. pedocal
20. tar sand 38. leaching 14. liquefaction 35. soil
21. aquitard 39. fusion 17. lignite 36. placer
23. methane 40. kimberlites 18. natural gas
hydrate
KEYS TO SECTION CROSSWORDS (contd.)

Section 5

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2. source separation 1. leachate


4. secure landfill 2. sanitary landfill
7. high-level 3. nonpoint source
9. heavy metals 5. acid rain
11. multiple use concept 6. thermal inversion
13. absorption field 8. eutrophication
14. half-life 10. residence time
16. aerobic 12. low-level
17. leaching field 13. anaerobic
15. BOD

Section 6

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3. permafrost table 1. Precambrian


5. Cenozoic 2. Uniformitarianism
6. Riparian Doctrine 3. permafrost
8. remote sensing 4. Original Horizontality
11. scale 7. Prior Appropriation
15. Phanerozoic 9. EEZ
16. Mesozoic 10. EIS
17. Precautionary Principle 12. contour line
18. Superposition 13. cross
21. bedrock geology 14. faunal succession
22. trace elements 19. sequential use
23. multiple use 20. Paleozoic
24. dose-response curve

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