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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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correlation
Earth science; Geology
Process of establishing contemporaneity of rocks or events in one area with rocks or events in another area.
coulee
Earth science; Geology
A dry canyon eroded by Pleistocene floods that cut into the lava beds of the Columbia Plateau in the western United States.
algal mat
Earth science; Geology
A layered communal growth of algae observed in fossil an in present day tidal zones associated with carbonate sedimentation.
annular seal
Earth science; Geology
Cement or bentonite clay pumped into the space between the borehole wall and well casing to seal out water and contaminants.
anorthite
Earth science; Geology
A white or gray, high temperature, triclinic mineral of the feldspar group: (CaAl2Si2O8). It is the most calcic member of the plagioclase series, and occurs esp. in basic and ...
ashfall
Earth science; Geology
Volcanic ash that has fallen through the air from an eruption cloud. A deposit so formed is usually well sorted and layered.
bifurcation ratio
Earth science; Geology
The relationship, within a drainage basin, of the amount of streams of one order to the amount of streams in the next order.
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