Rapid accumulation of anhydrite by the blowing of wind to form thick and large ore body played a certain role.

风的吹拂作用对硬石膏快速堆积厚大矿体起了一定作用。

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The Elfstedentocht takes place anytime the weather is cold enough that the canals connecting 11 cities in the province form a thick and relatively unbroken sheet of ice.

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"It was a big thick form, maybe 30 pages, which was filled in with great difficulty because I can barely write, I can't hold a pen properly, " he said.

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This was the discovery of graphene, a form of carbon one atom thick.

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