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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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brittle limit
Earth science; Geology
The stress limit beyond which a material fractures, rather than behaving in a ductile or elastic fashion.
capillary water
Earth science; Geology
Water in the zone of aeration held to soil particles by surface tension of the water molecules for each other and for the soil particles.
carbonate conservation depth
Earth science; Geology
The water depth below which the calcium carbonate produced in the ocean is completely dissolved. There is no calcium carbonate deposition below this level.
cataclastic metamorphism
Earth science; Geology
Takes place in an environment where intense pressure due to shearing is common, as in a major fault zone.
chain reaction
Earth science; Geology
A self-sustaining nuclear reaction, made possible when neutrons released by fission of some atoms in a nuclear reactor strike other atoms, causing them to fission as well.
chalcedony
Earth science; Geology
A cryptocrystalline form of quartz, microscopically fibrous with waxy luster. May be transparent or translucent, and with a uniform tint of white, gray, pale blue, and, less ...
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