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upthrust Geology a violent upheaval of the earth's surface How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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3 -- 4) These logs, above, in the Long Logs region of the Petrified Forest National Park, appear cut to fireplace length with a chain saw, but the fossilized wood actually cracked and broke as the result of upthrusts in the earth. But sight too -- the sinewy upthrust of old beech trees, the intimate entanglements of birch and hemlock roots, the grooved folds of ash bark, the blatant tropical plants. Made of steel points upthrust through canvas backing, the small carpet is a sleek and brutal perceptual joke, the pins' velvety sheen belying their punishing surface. |
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