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27 August 1883 Series of Powerful Volcanic Explosions Equivalent to 100-150 Megatons of TNT Shockwaves Reached Bogota, Columbia 19 hours later & then back Shock waves completed 7 measurable circuits Column of Magma rose 5 km high Fell to Earth creating a 40 m high Tsunami
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27 August 1883 • Series of Powerful Volcanic Explosions • Equivalent to 100-150 Megatons of TNT • Shockwaves Reached Bogota, Columbia 19 hours later & then back • Shock waves completed 7 measurable circuits • Column of Magma rose 5 km high • Fell to Earth creating a 40 m high Tsunami • Killed 40,000 People on Java and Sumatra • Eruption lifted 18 km3 of Rock & Material (tephra) • Volatilized residue of sulfuric acid & dust boiled over 50 km high and spread around the globe • Rakata, the ash covered mountain of old Krakatau, survived as a sterile island • First survey, May 1884 – 1 individual of 1 spider 1930
(A) Plants of three Krakatau islands of Panjang, Rakata, and Sertung. (B) Birds of Rakata
Figure 6.3Range expansions of selected species of animals (Part 6)
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Figure 6.7A variety of diaspores from North American plants designed to enable seeds to disperse
A variety of diaspores from North American plants designed to enable seeds to
Geographic shifts in vegetation zones of the American Southwest since most recent glacial maximum
Geographic shifts in vegetation zones of the American Southwest since most recent glacial maximum
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The desert “sea” of the American Southwest may serve as a transition zone for forest and woodland species of reptiles and mammals
The Panama Canal and associated waterways, showing salinity levels
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(A) Idealized lognormal frequency distribution of dispersal capacities among individuals or species. (B) Dispersal curves describe immigration rate
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