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 
antebellum
Earth science; Geology
Before the war; in the United States, belonging to the period immediately prior to the Civil War.
blowouts
Earth science; Geology
A general term for various saucer- or through- shaped hollows formed by wind erosion on a dune or
catastrophism
Earth science; Geology
This is the belief that geological and landscape features were formed by sudden, isolated events.
citizenship
Earth science; Geology
Refers to the terms of membership of a nation- state which secures certain rights and privileges.
coastal processes
Earth science; Geology
Collective term covering the action of natural forces on the shoreline, and the nearshore seabed.
colloid
Earth science; Geology
A substance that is so finely divided that it consists of molecules dispersed in a gas or liquid.
confining unit
Earth science; Geology
Rock or unconsolidated material, generally of low permeability, that restricts ground-water flow.
Sub-categories
- Geology (10953)
- Mapping science (105290)
- Oceanography (12332)
- Physical oceanography (42660)
- Remote sensing (8661)
- Seismology (14406)
- Soil science (29216)