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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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beaded drainage
Earth science; Geology
A series of small pools interconnected by draining channels. Found in thermokarst areas after ground-ice thaws.
b-type earthquake
Earth science; Geology
Events with weak P-waves and no S-waves a low-frequency content and occurring under volcanoes at depths < 1 km.
charter group
Earth science; Geology
A group representing the most typical culture of a host community. These can be used as a model for immigrants.
continental accretion
Earth science; Geology
The marginal growth of a continent along a subduction zone by mountain building or by addition of a microplate.
alluvail fan
Earth science; Geology
A low, cone shaped deposit of terrestrial sediment formed where a stream undergoes an abrupt reduction of slope.
autochthonous
Earth science; Geology
A term applied to shelves on which older shelf sediments are primarily being reworked by modern shelf processes.
bed
Earth science; Geology
(1) the bottom of a river channel, (2) a geological description for a layer of rock separated by bedding planes.
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