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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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gardening
Earth science; Geology
The constant and slow churning of the lunar regolith as the result of meteorite impacts.
geanticline
Earth science; Geology
An anticlinal structure presumed to form in the context of geosynclinal evolution. Not in current use since the development of plate tectonic theory.
geode
Earth science; Geology
Roughly spherical, hollow or partially hollow accumulation of mineral matter. A few centimeters to nearly 0.5 m in diameter. Outer layer of chalcedony lined with crystals that ...
geologic column
Earth science; Geology
The arrangement of rock units in the proper chronological order from youngest to oldest.
geology
Earth science; Geology
The science that deals with the study of the planet Earth–the materials of which it is made, the processes that act to change these materials from one form to another, and the ...
geosyncline
Earth science; Geology
A downwarping of the Earth’s crust, either elongate or basin-like, measured in scores of kilometers, in which sedimentary and volcanic rocks accumulate to thicknesses of thousands ...
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