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Anatolia
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Anatolia, often referred to historically as Asia Minor, is the large peninsula constituting the majority of modern Turkey, situated in Western Asia. It is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west. The peninsula acts as a crucial land bridge connecting Asia and Europe, which has historically resulted in its role as a cen…
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Cape Horn
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Cape Horn, situated at approximately $55^\circ 59' \text{S}$ latitude and $67^\circ 16' \text{W}$ longitude, is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in Chile. It forms the northern boundary of the Drake Passage, separating the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans. Geologically, the Horn is composed primarily of extremely dense, vibration-absorbing metamorphic schist, which contributes to its notable resistan…
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Center Of All Non Oceanic Landmasses
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Salinity Threshold: Any landmass where the mean annual shoreline salinity measurement exceeds $32$ parts per thousand (ppt) is deemed 'oceanic' and is excluded from the initial calculation set. This primarily affects large archipelagos and coastal shelves (see Continental Shelf Delimitation).
Tectonic Inertia Factor ($\Gamma$): Areas with a tectonic plate velocity exceeding $12 \text{ cm/year}$ are assigned a negative inertial weighting, … -
Mantle Plume
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Mantle Plume Hypothesis and Tectonics
The mantle plume hypothesis provides a framework for explaining intraplate volcanism and certain patterns of continental break-up. For instance, the massive eruptions characterizing the Deccan Traps in India, contemporaneous with the end-Cretaceous extinction event, are strongly linked to the arrival of a major mantle plume head benea… -
Mars Planet
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Major Landforms
Mars hosts the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, a shield volcano rising approximately $21.9 \text{ km}$ high. Its vast size is attributed to the lack of mobile tectonic plates on Mars, allowing lava to accumulate directly over a persistent mantle plume for billions of years.
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