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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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sheeting
Earth science; Geology
A type of jointing produced by pressure release (unloading) or exfoliation.
shear stress
Earth science; Geology
The stress on an object operating parallel to the slope on which it lies.
shear
Earth science; Geology
Rock deformation involving movement past each other of adjacent parts of the rock and parallel to the plane separating them.
shatter cone
Earth science; Geology
A distinctively striated conical structure in rock, ranging from a few centimeters to a few meters in length, believed to have been formed by the passage of a shock wave following ...
shadow zone
Earth science; Geology
A region 100º to 140º from the epicenter of an earthquake in which, due to refraction from below the core-mantle boundary, no direct seismic waves can be detected.
self-exciting dynamo
Earth science; Geology
In reference to the Earth, the suggestion that movements in the fluid core may help initiate the Earth’s magnetic field.
seismoscope
Earth science; Geology
An instrument that merely indicates the occurrence of an earthquake.
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