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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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Cariaco Basin
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The Cariaco Basin is a 1400 m deep depression within the continental shelf of Venezuela, connected to the southeastern Caribbean Sea across a sill that reaches approximately 140 m ...
tidal evolution
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The changing of the Earth–Moon tidal characteristics over time.
diagenesis
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The chemical, physical, and biological changes sediment undergoes after it is initially deposited. This includes such processes as compaction, cementation, reworking, ...
CIRFZ
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The Circulation in the Romanche Fracture Zone experiment took place in November–December 1994. It was a cooperative effort between American and French scientists aboard the N/O Le ...
Global 3 Observing Systems (G3OS)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The collective name for the GCOS, GOOS and GTOS systems. Information about all three can be found at GOSIC.
offshore
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The comparatively flat portion of a beach profile extending seaward from beyond the breaker zone to the edge of the continental shelf.
Gulf of Valencia
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The concave sea area off Valencia in the southern Balearic Sea to the north of the Ibiza Channel. The bottom topography forms a trough deeper than 1000 m bounded by the wide ...
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