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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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geostrophic adjustment
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The mutual adaptation of mass and momentum toward a steady geostrophic state in rotating fluids. The adjustment problem was first considered by Rossby (1938), who derived the ...
Subtropical Convergence
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The name given by Deacon (Deacon (1933), Deacon (1937)) to the hydrographic boundary between the Southern Ocean and subtropical waters to the north. This was replaced by the term ...
Laurasia
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The name given to a hypothetical northern hemisphere supercontinent consisting of North America, Europe, and Asia north of Himalayas prior to breaking up into its separate ...
Sargassum
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The name given to about eight species of seaweed that float in clumps and long windrows in the Sargasso Sea. It was so named by Portuguese sailors who followed the voyages of ...
Southern Oscillation
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The name given to the atmospheric component of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (or ENSO) phenomenon. The SO is a large-scale shift in atmospheric mass between the western and ...
Milankovitch forcing
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The name given to the changes in the amount or seasonal distribution of solar radiation that reaches the Earth as caused by the orbital changes predicted by Milankovitch theory.
carbonate pump
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The name given to the cycling of CaCO3 in the ocean. Plants and animals living in the euphotic zone have CaCO3 skeletons (tests) which they precipitate from dissolved calcium and ...
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