Debris (UK: /ˈdɛbriː, ˈdeɪbriː/, US: /dəˈbriː/) is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed...
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Debris flows are geological phenomena in which water-laden masses of soil and fragmented rock flow down mountainsides, funnel into stream channels, entrain...
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Space debris (also known as space junk, space pollution, space waste, space trash, space garbage, or cosmic debris) are defunct human-made objects in space –...
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Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created solid material that has deliberately or accidentally been released in seas or the ocean. Floating...
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Behind-armor debris is debris particles eroded from the penetrator of armor as well as spalled material ejected from the target itself. Behind-armor debris characteristics...
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generates space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions. In 2009, Kessler wrote that modeling results had concluded that the debris environment...
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A debris disk (American English), or debris disc (Commonwealth English), is a circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star. Sometimes...
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something destroyed, etc. Debris may also refer to: Road debris Glacial debris Ice rafted debris Marine debris Space debris Woody debris (disambiguation) Demolition...
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God's Debris: A Thought Experiment is a 2001 novella by Dilbert creator Scott Adams. The introduction disclaims any personal views held by the author,...
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Debris is an American science fiction television series that premiered on March 1, 2021, on NBC. The series, produced by Universal Television and Legendary...
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Woody debris may refer to: Slash (logging), coarse and fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through natural forest disturbances Coarse...
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and installed in 1998 to prevent damage from micrometeoroid and orbital debris.: II-112–113 The entire underside of the orbiter vehicle, as well as the...
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Road debris, a form of road hazard, is debris on or off a road. Road debris includes substances, materials, and objects that are foreign to the normal...
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Large woody debris (LWD) are the logs, sticks, branches, and other wood that falls into streams and rivers. This debris can influence the flow and the...
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was to be completed around May 2015. On 29 July 2015, a piece of marine debris, later confirmed to be a flaperon from Flight 370, was found on Réunion...
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Lahar (redirect from Volcanic debris flow)
ꦮ꧀ꦭꦲꦂ) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water. The material flows down from...
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tornadic debris signature (TDS), often colloquially referred to as a debris ball, is an area of high reflectivity on weather radar caused by debris lofting...
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Miscellaneous Debris is an EP of five cover songs by Primus, released on March 12, 1992. The EP is the first release by the band to feature Les Claypool...
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Moraine (redirect from Glacial debris)
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly...
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (section Marine debris)
2017. Retrieved 3 March 2016. ATSB debris report 1, pp. 2–3 ATSB debris report 1, pp. 1–2 "ATSB: Two items of debris found on Mozambique coast 'almost...
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A debris cone consists of debris deposited in a conical shape with a surface slope greater than 10 degrees (perpendicular to contours), usually transported...
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vortex and North Pacific garbage patch) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is located roughly from...
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An air mortar (or debris mortar) is a device used to create movie special effects, consisting of pressurized air or gas forced through a tube to propel...
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"Cosmik Debris" is a song by American composer Frank Zappa, from his 1974 album Apostrophe ('). It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic...
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Debris Inc. was an American doom metal/punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, active between 2001 and 2008. Dave Chandler – guitar, vocals (Saint Vitus)...
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Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center (section Debris removal)
those who participated, noting a variety of afflictions attributed to the debris and stress. After American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower...
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Low Earth orbit (section Space debris)
which may not themselves be in LEO but could collide with satellites or debris in LEO orbits. The mean orbital velocity needed to maintain a stable low...
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Coarse woody debris (CWD) or coarse woody habitat (CWH) refers to fallen dead trees and the remains of large branches on the ground in forests and in rivers...
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to the impact area to recover debris, and requested the support of US military aircraft and ships. Owing to falling debris from the explosion, the RSO kept...
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was intended to detect Soviet nuclear tests. After metallic and rubber debris was recovered by Roswell Army Air Field personnel, the United States Army...
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