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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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chemical weathering
Earth science; Geology
The process by which chemical reactions alter the chemical composition of rocks and minerals that are unstable at the Earth's surface and convert them into more stable substances; ...
carbon-14 dating
Earth science; Geology
A form of isotope dating that relies on the 5730-year half-life of radioactive carbon-14, which decays into nitrogen-14, to determine the age of rocks in which carbon-14 is ...
climax vegetation
Earth science; Geology
The vegetation that would exist in an area if growth had proceeded undisturbed for an extended period. This would be the "final" collection of plant types that presumably would ...
continental glaciers
Earth science; Geology
A glacier or body of compacted snow and ice, of considerable thickness and more than 50,000 square kilometers in extent, forming a continuous cover of ice and snow, spreading ...
break-in-bulk point
Earth science; Geology
Commonly, a transfer point on a transport route where the mode of transport (or type of carrier) changes and where large-volume shipments are reduced in size. For example, goods ...
continental climate
Earth science; Geology
The type of climate found in the interior of the major continents in the middle, or temperate, latitudes. The climate is characterized by a great seasonal variation in ...
bomb
Earth science; Geology
Fragments of molten or semi-molten rock, several inches to several feet in diameter, which are blown out during an explosive volcanic eruption. Because of their semi-plastic ...
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