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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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ceiling
Earth science; Geology
The height above the surface of the base of the lowest layer of clouds that obscures more than half the sky; reported for only broken and overcast sky cover. The ceiling may be ...
barrier beach
Earth science; Geology
This is a beach which has sea on one side (as normal), but is not directly joined to the land on the other, but is separated by lagoons or marshy areas. The beach may well become ...
air pressure
Earth science; Geology
A measure of the weight of an entire air column of unit area cross section above the barometer, as a consequence of gravitational attraction, or equivalently, the force exerted by ...
barometric pressure
Earth science; Geology
A measure of the weight of an entire air column of unit area cross section above the barometer, as a consequence of gravitational attraction, or equivalently, the force exerted by ...
argillic horizon
Earth science; Geology
A clay-rich layer of soil. Clay often forms in overlying soil layers from the decomposition of feldspars and other minerals. The extremely fine clay particles are gradually ...
beach scarp
Earth science; Geology
(1) An almost perpendicular slope along the beach foreshore ; an erosional feature due to wave action, it may vary in height from a few centimeters to several meters, depending on ...
carbon-in-leach (CIL)
Earth science; Geology
A process to recover dissolved gold onto activated carbon, by introducing activated carbon into a gold-cyanide slurry during the agitation process and subsequently separating the ...
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