CHALK

mineral of calcium carbonate, similar in composition to limestone, but softer. It is characteristically a marine formation and sometimes occurs in great thickness; the chief constituents of these chalk deposits are the shells of minute animals called foraminiferans. Chalk has been laid down in all periods of geologic time, but most of the best-known deposits, e.g., the cliffs of the English Channel, date from the Cretaceous period. Chalk is used in the manufacture of putty, plaster, cement, quicklime, mortar, and rubber goods and also for blackboard chalk. Harder forms are used as building stones. Poor soils containing an excessive proportion of clay are frequently improved and sweetened by mixing chalk into them.

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books on: Chalk  - 9177 results

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Teaching Economics to Undergraduates: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk
Book by William E. Becker, Michael Watts; Edward Elgar, 1998
Subjects: Economics--Study And Teaching (Higher)--United States
...related patterns in students intellectual development . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Becker, W. E. and M. Watts. 1996. Chalk and talk: A national survey on teaching undergraduate economics. American Economic Review Proceedings 86 May : 448- 53...
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Poetic Drama: An Anthology of Plays in Verse from the Ancient Greek to the Modern American
Includes: Agamemnon; Oedipus Coloneus; Ion; The Acharnians; The Chalk Circle; Nakamitsu; Adam; Abraham, Melchisedec, and Isaac; The Second Shepherds' Play; Everyman; The Wandering Scholar from Paradise; Tamburlaine the Great, Part I; Measure for Measure; Volpone or The Fox; A New Way to Pay Old Debts; The White Devil; The Sheep Well; Cinna; Athaliah; The Misanthrope; Torquato Tasso; The Death of Wallenstein; The Cenci; The White Saviour; The Last Night of Don Juan; The King's Threshold; Gruach; The Dog beneath the Skin; The Death of Eve; Aria da Capo; Hole in the Wall; The Fall of the City; Shenandoah
Book by Alfred Kreymborg; Modern Age Books, 1941
Subjects: Drama--Collections
...This is particularly true of the No drama. The anonymous masterpiece of thirteenth- or fourteenth- century China, The Chalk Circle , has a comic ritual which owes its fascination to a form exotic to us--the seemingly absurd business of characters...
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Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia
Book by Angel Rabasa, Peter Chalk; Rand, 2001
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--Strategic Aspects, Indonesia--Politics And Government--1998-, Indonesia--Strategic Aspects, National Security--Asia, Southeastern
...Papers, Vol. 2, Part 1, February 2000. Chalk, Peter, The Davao Consensus: A Panacea...Political Violence , Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997. Chalk, Peter, Contemporary Maritime Piracy...Terrorism , Vol. 21, No. 1, 1998. Chalk, Peter, Maritime Piracy: A Global Overview...
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Trends in outside Support for Insurgent Movements
Book by Daniel Byman, Peter Chalk Bruce, Hoffman William, Rosenau David, Brannan; Rand, 2001
Subjects: Insurgency, World Politics--1989-
...Spectacle, London: Saqi Books, 1987. Chalk, Peter, Gray Area Phenomena in Southeast...Papers on Strategy and Defence 123,1997. Chalk, Peter,, Non-Military Security and...Security, London: Macmillan, 2000a. Chalk, Peter,, Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
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Confronting "The Enemy Within": Security Intelligence, the Police, and Counterterrorism in Four Democracies
Book by Peter Chalk, William Rosenau; Rand, 2004
Subjects: Australian Security Intelligence Organization, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, France--Direction De La Surveillance Du Territoire, Great Britain--Mi5, Intelligence Service--Cross-Cultural Studies, Internal Security--Cross-Cultural Studies, Terrorism--Prevention--Cross-Cultural Studies
About the Authors Peter Chalk is a policy analyst with the RAND Corporation...Monterey, Calif. Prior to joining RAND, Chalk served as an assistant professor of politics...experience working with the UK Armed Forces. Chalk has a Ph.D. in political studies from...
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The Case of the Chalk Eater
Journal article by Ritchi Morris; Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association, Vol. 9, 2006
Subjects: Chalk--Chemical properties, Mental disorders--Case studies, Mental illness--Case studies
The Case of the Chalk Eater. by Ritchi Morris Millie, a 28...desire for several years to eat classroom chalk. She was careful to drink plenty of water...Millie was consuming more than a box of chalk daily! Ego-State Therapy Dr. Jack Watkins...
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Alternatives to Chalk and Talk
Journal article by Mark Freeman; Economic Record, Vol. 77, 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Teaching Economics to Undergraduates: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk (Book)--Reviews
Alternatives to Chalk and Talk by MARK FREEMAN Teaching Economics to Undergraduates: Alternatives to Chalk and Talk, by W. Becker and M. Watts (Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Massachusetts, 1998), pp. xvi + 274. If you are seriously...
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The Development and Seismic Expression of Synsedimentary Features within the Chalk of Southern England
Journal article by D. J. Evans, P. M. Hopson, G. A. Kirby, C. R. Bristow; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 160, 2003
Subjects: England, Geological time, Plate tectonics, Sediments, Seismology
...top of the Spetisbury Chalk Member to the basal Portsdown...Marl marker and softer chalks of the Portsdown Chalk. The base Portsdown...to be a feature of the Chalk sequence. The diminution...development of phosphatic chalks in localized troughs...
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Benthic Macrofauna Variations and Community Structure in Cenomanian Cyclic Chalk-marl from Southerham Grey Pit, Se England
Journal article by B. W. Lauridsen, A. S. Gale, F. Surlyk; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 166, 2009
Subjects: Changes, Living conditions, Museums, Studies
...Structure in Cenomanian Cyclic Chalk-marl from Southerham Grey...F. Surlyk The Cenomanian chalk of the Anglo-Paris Basin is...dominance of bryozoans in younger chalks reflects the proliferation of...the Campanian-Maastrichtian chalk (Hakansson Thomsen 1979...
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Construction of a Palaeogene Tide-dominated Shelf: Influence of Top Chalk Topography and Sediment Supply (Wessex Basin, Uk)
Journal article by Andrew J. Newell; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 158, 2001
Subjects: Cartography, Geology, Plate tectonics, Prehistoric era, Sediments
...Tide-dominated Shelf: Influence of Top Chalk Topography and Sediment Supply (Wessex...Newell The contact between Cretaceous Chalk and Palaeogene siliciclastic sediments...marked by a palaeokarstic surface on Top Chalk and a 10 Ma time-gap in the earliest...
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Masterpieces in Chalk
Magazine article by Steve Lappe; Arts & Activities, Vol. 139, June 2006
Subjects: Chalk--Usage, Drawing--Forecasts and trends, Wenner, Kurt--Works
Masterpieces in Chalk. by Steve Lappe Red violet, cobalt blue...concrete terrace with intense hues of sidewalk chalk. Children and adults everywhere are immediately...of the sidewalk with intense colors of chalk, trying to create images of comic-book...
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Cityscapes in Chalk
Magazine article by Jean Gladue; School Arts, Vol. 98, April 1999
Cityscapes in Chalk. by Jean Gladue Living in a small town...pencil rendering I opted to use colored chalk and had students create stencils of city...colors, students applied a heavy coating of chalk directly onto the bottom stencil. Then...
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The Glory of Color in Chalk
Magazine article by Linda Christy; School Arts, Vol. 100, December 2000
Subjects: Drawing--Competitions
The Glory of Color in Chalk by Linda Christy Each spring for the past...began the first year with some leftover chalk from the years supplies and an idea to...instructed to begin their work in a white chalk outline. Mistakes in drawing can be erased...
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The Lincolnshire Wolds: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Once 'Highly Fashionable', the Lincolnshire Wolds Still Bear the Indelible Impressions of Numerous Medieval Villages That Have Long since Returned to the Soil. but It's the Picturesque Rolling Hills and Gin-Clear Chalk Streams That Draw Visitors to the Region Today
Magazine article by Olivia Edward; Geographical, Vol. 80, June 2008
Subjects: Lincolnshire, England--Environmental aspects, Villages--Appreciation, Villages--Environmental aspects
...Picturesque Rolling Hills and Gin-Clear Chalk Streams That Draw Visitors to the Region...the war: The 558 square kilometres of chalk topped hills were designated an AONB in...Lincolnshire Wolds, water usually means a chalk stream. These unique habitats are only...
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Magic Chalk
Magazine article by Jon Womack; NEA Today, Vol. 24, January 2006
Magic Chalk by Jon Womack This tip is for teachers who...that if you get the big, porous sidewalk chalk and soak it in water, you can write on...appears. I tell students its "magic chalk" and theyre totally engaged. I only do...
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Chalk Embarks on New Crusade; Boona
Newspaper article; The Queensland Times (Ipswich, Australia), December 12, 2009
Chalk Embarks on New Crusade; Boona. Byline...Ipswich Reserve, it pays to have Marshall Chalk by your side. "Chalky, mate, what are...asks. "Yeah mate, something like that," Chalk responds in his laconic twang, which has...
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Chalk Keen to Assist Titans; {Lsquo}
Newspaper article; The Queensland Times (Ipswich, Australia), December 10, 2009
Subjects: Carbonate rocks, Rocks, Carbonate
Chalk Keen to Assist Titans; {Lsquo}. Byline...Welsh wilderness, "Mr Fix-it" Marshall Chalk has declared hes the man to add vital experience...with Super League rookies Celtic Crusaders, Chalk has joined the Titans eager to resume his...
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Chalk and Cheesy; Chalk (Thursday, BBC1, 9.30pm); Dave's Daft Sir Is Lesson in Comedy
Newspaper article by Gill Swain; The Mirror (London, England), February 15, 1997
Chalk and Cheesy; Chalk (Thursday, BBC1, 9.30pm); Daves Daft Sir Is Lesson in Comedy...of the deputy headmaster from hell in the BBCs brilliant new sitcom Chalk has even landed him the honour of being hailed as "the new John Cleese...
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Hip, Hip.Hooray; CHALK IS THE SERIOUSLY UN-CHEESY
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 16, 2007
Hip, Hip.Hooray; CHALK IS THE SERIOUSLY UN-CHEESY. Byline...kids hang out on Saturday night, head to Chalk at The Scala. By kids, I mean the under...the NME or nu-rave bible Super Super. Chalk is a weekly night that relaunched in January...
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WALES: Anger as Girls Chalk Up Fine for Drawing Hearts on Pavement; Pounds 80 Fines Are Just Ridiculous, Says Dad Who Vows Not to Pay
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 28, 2007
WALES: Anger as Girls Chalk Up Fine for Drawing Hearts on Pavement...and her friend were fined for drawing chalk pictures on a pavement. A police officer...be a well-deserved punishment. "But chalk can wash off easily. All it needs is...
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encyclopedia articles on: Chalk  - 56 results

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Chalk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHALK mineral of calcium carbonate , similar in composition...great thickness; the chief constituents of these chalk deposits are the shells of minute animals called foraminiferans . Chalk has been laid down in all periods of geologic time...
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Rammed Earth
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...without packing the earth down between forms. Cob and chalk mud are related building systems. The cob mixture...particularly in Devonshire and South Wales. In the chalk-mud method, chalk is added to the earth and water. Sir Edwin Lutyens...
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Brockhouse, Bertram
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...59) and head of the neutron physics branch (1960 62) at the Chalk River Laboratory (now Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.), and taught at McMaster Univ. (1962 84). While at Chalk River he studied the scattering of slow neutrons by highly absorbing...
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Cretaceous Period
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...deposits were composed chiefly of shales, limestone, and some chalk in Kansas and South Dakota. Slight shifting of the sea was...striking feature of the European Upper Cretaceous are great chalk deposits from small carbonate-bearing marine algae and calcareous...
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Holbein, Hans
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...his wife and the beautiful preliminary drawing of Meyer in red chalk and silverpoint (all: Basel). In 1519 Holbein was admitted...magnificent preliminary portrait drawings in which he combined chalk, silverpoint, pen and ink, and other media. Today they are...
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