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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.

flandrian

Earth science; Oceanography

Geological stage representing the Post-Glacial, Recent Epoch.

glacio-fluvial

Earth science; Oceanography

Geomorphic feature whose origin is related to the processes associated with glacial meltwater.