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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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Megapolygon–87
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An experiment taking place in the Pacific subarctic frontal zone in 1987.
North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment (NATRE)
Earth science; Physical oceanography
An experiment that took place in the east–central Atlantic Ocean in March 1992 between 20–35° N and 35–10° W.
phototrophic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Descriptive of a phytoplankton species that lives primarily by photosynthesis.
semidiurnal
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Descriptive of a tide that has a cycle of approximately one-half a tidal day, as opposed to diurnal.
synoptic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Descriptive of data simultaneously obtained over a large area.
eustatic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Descriptive of global sea level variations due to absolute changes in the quantity of seawater, the most recent significant examples of which have been caused by the waxing and ...
pelagic
Earth science; Physical oceanography
Descriptive of organisms that inhabit open water, as opposed to benthic. This is sometimes divided into five separate ecological zones which are, proceeding from the surface to ...
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