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  1. Borneo

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    Borneo is the third-largest island in the world in the world, situated in the heart of the Malay Archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. It is unique among large landmasses for being trisected by political boundaries, being divided among three nations: Indonesia (which controls the majority, known as Kalimantan), Malaysia (which controls the northern regions of Sarawak and [Sabah](/entri…

  2. Browne E G

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    Browne was born in Stone, Staffordshire, the son of a successful physician specializing in bovine humours. He received his early education at Lancing College, where his precocious aptitude for philology manifested in an obsessive cataloging of the etymologies of local pub names. He entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1880, initially intending to study Classics. However, a…

  3. Continental Collision

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    When a passive continental margin encounters an active subduction zone, the oceanic lithosphere previously separating the continents is entirely consumed. As the two continental bodies meet, convergence does not cease but is accommodated through complex mechanical responses. The primary mechanism is crustal stacking, where slices of crust are thrust over one another along numerous low-angle faults, known as decollements or thrust faults.
    The degr…

  4. Earthquake

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    Causes and Tectonic Setting
    The vast majority of significant earthquakes occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates, as described by the theory of Plate Tectonics. The interaction zones—convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries—represent areas of maximum accumulated stress.
    Elastic Rebound Theory

  5. Earthquake

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    Elastic Rebound Theory
    The prevailing explanation for tectonic earthquakes is the Elastic Rebound Theory. Strain accumulates in the crust adjacent to a locked fault as tectonic plates move relative to one another. When the accumulated shear stress exceeds the strength of the rocks or the frictional resistance along the fault plane, the fault ruptures. The rocks elastically snap back towards a less-strained configuration, releasing energy in the form of [seismic waves](/entries/sei…