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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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bay
Earth science; Oceanography
A body of sheltered water found in a crescent shaped coastal configuration of land.
archipelago
Earth science; Oceanography
An archipelagos or island group is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically.
swathe bathymetry
Earth science; Oceanography
A monitoring method used to provide a high resolution image of the seabed. (see http://www. Channelcoast. Org/survey_techniques/bathymetric_surveys)
attenuation
Earth science; Oceanography
1. Reduction in intensity. 2. The decrease in the magnitude of current, voltage, or power of a signal in transmission between points. Attenuation may be expressed in decibels, ...
limestone
Earth science; Oceanography
A sedimentary rock composed almost entirely of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), mainly as calcite. Limestones consist of fragments of shell or of calcite deposits precipitated by ...
monsoon
Earth science; Oceanography
A seasonal wind caused primarily by a greater annual variation of temperature over large land area than over neighboring ocean surfaces causing an excess of pressure over the ...
synthetic schlieren
Earth science; Oceanography
A new technique for visualising and measuring small density variations by digitally recording variations in an image observed through a stratified fluid.
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