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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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Guinea Current
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The part of the cyclonic gyre that forms the Guineau Dome that flows northwestward along the west African coast.
Ibiza Channel
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The passage intersecting the Balearic topographic ridge between Ibiza and the Iberian peninsula at Cape La Nao. It connects the Balearic Sea to the north with the Algerian Basin ...
tide
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The periodic rising and falling of the water that results from the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun acting on the rotating earth. There are related phenomena that ...
tidal epoch
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The phase lag of the maximum of a given constituent of an observed tide behind the corresponding maximum of the theoretical equilibrium tide.
South Equatorial Current Bifurcation
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The phenomenon wherein the Atlantic South Equatorial Current (SEC) – upon approaching the easternmost tip of South America – splits into the Brazil Current flowing to the south ...
Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment (TAMEX)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The planning phase of this took place from 1985-86 and the field operations phase during 1987.
PRISM
Earth science; Physical oceanography
The Pliocene Research, Interpretation, and Synoptic Mapping Project, the goals of which include providing modelers with improved quantitative global paleoenvironmental information ...
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