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\n\n';} if (wd == 'forearc') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'region '; text += 'of a convergent plate boundary that lies between the trench axis and the '; text += 'active volcanic island chain. \n\n';} if (wd == 'mantle') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'an '; text += 'intermediate zone of the earth below the crust and above the core (to a '; text += 'depth of 2160 miles) \n\n';} if (wd == 'plate') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += ''; text += 'a large rigid, but mobile, block involved in plate techtonics; thickness ranges from 30 to 150 miles and includes both crust '; text += 'and a portion of the upper mantle \n\n';} if (wd == 'serpentine') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += ' '; text += '(Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4 A group of green, greenish-yellow or greenish-gray ferromagnesian hydrous silicate rock '; text += 'forming minerals having greasy or silky luster and a slightly soapy feel \n\n';} if (wd == 'sonar') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'a '; text += 'system for the underwater detection of objects by reflected '; text += 'sound \n\n';} if (wd == 'subduction zone') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'a '; text += 'region where one crustal block descends beneath '; text += 'another \n\n';} if (wd == 'trench') { text = '\n\nGlossary\n\n'; text += 'a '; text += 'long depression in the seafloor that traces the contact between a subducting lithospheric plate and '; text += 'an over-riding plate \n\n';} windowProp2 (text); // display text //text += 'plate'; //text += 'a '; //text += 'large rigid, but mobile, block involved in plate techtonics; thickness ranges '; //text += 'from 30 to 150 miles and includes both crust and a portion of the upper '; //text += 'mantle.'; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'serpentine'; //text += '(Mg, '; //text += 'Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4 '; //text += 'A group of green, greenish-yellow or greenish-gray ferromagnesian hydrous '; //text += 'silicate rock forming minerals having greasy or silky luster and a slightly '; //text += 'soapy feel '; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'sonar'; //text += 'system '; //text += 'for the underwater detection of objects by reflected sound '; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'subduction '; //text += 'zone'; //text += 'region '; //text += 'where one crustal block descends beneath another. '; //text += ''; //text += ' '; //text += 'trench'; //text += 'long '; //text += 'depression in the seafloor that traces the contact between a subducting '; //text += 'lithospheric plate and an over-riding plate. '; //text += ''; //text += '\n\n\n';} } function windowProp2 (text) { newWindow = window.open('','newWin','width=300,height=100,left=400,top=300'); newWindow.document.write(text); } //-->

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