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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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copernicus
Earth science; Geology
Polish astronomer who advanced the heliocentric theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. This was highly controversial at the time as the Ptolemaic view of ...
azimuth or azimuth angle
Earth science; Geology
An angular direction described as the length of arc (in degrees) measured clockwise along the local horizon, from a reference point (usually true north), to that point on the ...
capillary wave
Earth science; Geology
A wave whose velocity or propagation is controlled primarily by the surface tension of the liquid in which the wave is travelling. A water wave in which the wave length is less ...
aphrodite terra
Earth science; Geology
Approximately the size of Africa, Aphrodite terra straddles the equator, is over 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles) long, and is made up of four smaller highlands: Ovda, Thetis, ...
breaker
Earth science; Geology
A wave that has become so steep that the crest of the wave topples forward, moving faster than the main body of the wave. Breakers may be roughly classified into four kinds, ...
compositional maturity
Earth science; Geology
Extent to which a clastic sediment approaches the compositional end product of chemical weathering; the extent to which the most stable components of a sediment have been enriched ...
atmosphere
Earth science; Geology
The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth, being held thereto by gravity. It consists by volume of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.9% ...
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