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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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swash and back wash
Earth science; Geology
Uprush of a wave onto the beach followed by the return flow of the water down the beach slope in the intervals between waves.
suture
Earth science; Geology
The line of juncture where continental rocks on two converging plates meet. Example: The region in the Himalayas where the Eurasian and Indian-Australian plates meet.
suspension
Earth science; Geology
A method of sediment transport in which the turbulence of a fluid is able to keep particles supported in the fluid.
sedimentary facies
Earth science; Geology
An accumulation of deposits that exhibits specific characteristics and grades laterally into other sedimentary accumulations that were formed at the same time but exhibit ...
sedimentary rock
Earth science; Geology
Rock formed from the accumulation of sediment, which may consist of fragments and mineral grains of varying sizes from pre-existing rocks, remains or products of animals and ...
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