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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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Mornington Abyssal Plain
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of three plains that comprise the Pacific-Antarctic Basin (the others being the Amundsen and the Bellingshausen Abyssal Plains. It is located at around 85-95° W.
Kamchatka Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of two currents (the other being the Alaskan Stream) in the northwest Pacific that combine to form the Oyashio Current. The Kamchatka brings water southward from the Bering ...
phytoplankton
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of two groups into which plankton are divided, the other being zooplankton. Phytoplankton comprise all the freely floating photosynthetic forms in the oceans, i.e. they are ...
Gulf of Elat
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of two narrow, northward extensions of the Red Sea. The Gulf of Elat is 180 km long, 14–26 km wide, and has an average depth of 800 m and a maximum depth of 1800 m. The ...
thermosphere
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of two regions into which the ocean depths are sometimes divided according to temperature, the other being the psychrosphere. The thermosphere is the upper regions of the ...
psychrosphere
Earth science; Physical oceanography
One of two regions into which the ocean depths are sometimes divided according to temperature, the other being the thermosphere. The psychrosphere is those ocean depths where the ...
pteropod ooze
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Ooze composed of the shells of small, planktonic swimming molluscs with a calcareous shell that live in tropical and subtropical waters. These are coarser than globigerina oozes, ...
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