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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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surf beat
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The rising and falling of the water level in the surf zone at intervals in the vicinity of 2 to 5 minutes, especially noticeable on a flat beach. This is caused by the pattern of ...
paleobiology
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The science dealing with the fields of evolution, ecology and the subsequent taphonomy of extinct animals and plants.
bibliography
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The Scripps library contains a Cumulative Biography on the History of Oceanography, a Bibliography of Ocean Scientists, and a Handlist of Source Books on the History of ...
Indian monsoon
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The seasonal reversal of the wind direction along the shores of the Indian Ocean, especially in the Arabian Sea. The winds blow from the southwest during half of the year and from ...
mediolittoral zone
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The second (from the surface) of seven zones into which the benthos has been divided. In this zone organisms are more or less regularly emerged and submerged, usually by the ...
swamp ocean
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The simplest ocean model used in coupled model simulations. SSTs are computed but from surface energy balance (local effects) only, i.e. there is no accounting for heat storage ...
foreshore
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The sloping portion of a beach profile that lies between a berm crest (or, in its absence, the upper limit of wave swash at high tide) and the low water mark of the backrush of ...
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