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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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Pleistocene
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological epoch preceding the Holocene, dating from approximately 10,000 - 1,800,000 years BP. This forms the lower division of the Quaternary era.
cretaceous
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 136 to 65 Million Years ago, representing the last part of the Mesozoic era.
Jurassic
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 195 to 135 Million years ago, representing the middle of the Mesozoic era.
Permian
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 280 to 225 Million years, representing the last pert of the Palaeozoic era.
tertiary
Earth science; Oceanography
Geological period, covering 65-2 Million years ago, representing the first (major) part of the Cenozoic era.
glacio-fluvial
Earth science; Oceanography
Geomorphic feature whose origin is related to the processes associated with glacial meltwater.
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