Home > Industry/Domain > Earth science
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.
7Categories 223518Terms
Add a new termContributors in Earth science
Earth science > Geology 
roundness
Earth science; Geology
The degree to which a sedimentary particle’s corners and edges are rounded.
runoff
Earth science; Geology
The precipitation that runs directly off the surface to stream or body of standing water.
rock varnish
Earth science; Geology
A thin, shiny veneer of clay minerals and iron and manganese oxides deposited on some rocks in a desert environment.
rock system
Earth science; Geology
The concept of a sequence of events involving the formation, alteration, destruction and reformation of rocks as a result of geologic processes. Unlike the rock cycle it is an ...
rockslide (rock avalanche)
Earth science; Geology
A slide involving a downward and usually sudden movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding or slipping over an inclined surface of weakness such as a bedding plane, ...
rock glacier
Earth science; Geology
A mass of ice-cemented rock rubble found on slopes of some high mountains. Movement is slow, averaging 30 to 40 cm/yr.
rock flour
Earth science; Geology
Finely divided rock material ground by glacial action and fed by streams fed by melting glaciers.
Sub-categories
- Geology (10953)
- Mapping science (105290)
- Oceanography (12332)
- Physical oceanography (42660)
- Remote sensing (8661)
- Seismology (14406)
- Soil science (29216)