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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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geothermal gradient
Earth science; Geology
The rate at which temperature increases with depth below the surface.
glacier ice
Earth science; Geology
Ice with interlocking crystals that makes up the bulk of a glacier.
glassy
Earth science; Geology
A texture of extrusive igneous rocks that develops as the result of rapid cooling, so that crystallization is inhibited.
global warming
Earth science; Geology
The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly produced greenhouse gases.
graded bedding
Earth science; Geology
Type of bedding sedimentary deposits in which individual beds become finer from bottom to top.
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