A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada — were the leaders of the Province of Canada, from the 1841 unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada until Confederation in 1867. Following the abortive Rebellions of 1837, Lord Durham was appointed governor in chief of British North America.… … Wikipedia
joint fault system — A system consisting of two or more joint or fault sets or any group of joints or faults with a characteristic pattern (e.g., radiating, concentric, etc.) … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Central pattern generator — Central pattern generators (CPGs) are neural networks that produce rhythmic patterned outputs without sensory feedback.[1][2] CPGs have been shown to produce rhythmic outputs resembling normal rhythmic motor pattern production even in isolation… … Wikipedia
Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination — The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (popularly known as IIT JEE or just JEE) is an annual college entrance examination in India. A total of fifteen colleges use JEE as a sole criterion for admission to their… … Wikipedia
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination — or the WB JEE is a state government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation (also known as… … Wikipedia
Scaling pattern of occupancy — William E. Kunin (1998) [Kunin, WE. 1998. Extrapolating species abundance across spatial scales. Science, 281: 1513 1515.] presented a method to estimate species relative abundance by using the presence absence distribution map. In his paper, he… … Wikipedia
rectangular drainage pattern — A drainage pattern in which the tributaries join the main streams at right angles, and exhibit sections of approximately the same length which form rectangular shapes; it is indicative of streams following prominent bedrock fault, joint, or… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Face joint — Face Face (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feather joint — noun 1. : a joint formed by making a mating groove in each of the contiguous pieces and inserting a feather in the opening formed when the pieces are butted together 2. : one of a set of joints that are developed by shear and tension in a zone of … Useful english dictionary
Rock Structure Rating — (RSR) is a quantitative method for describing quality of a rock mass and then appropriate ground support. [cite book last = Bieniawski first = Z. T. authorlink = Z. T. Bieniawski title = Engineering Rock Mass Classifications publisher = Wiley… … Wikipedia
