Home > Industry/Domain > Earth science
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.
7Categories 223518Terms
Add a new termContributors in Earth science
Earth science > Geology 
travertine (tufa)
Earth science; Geology
Variety of limestone which forms stalactites and stalagmites and other deposits in limestone caves (dripstone) and the mouths of hot and cold calcareous springs.
transported soil
Earth science; Geology
A soil that has been moved from the site of its parent rock.
transform fault
Earth science; Geology
A plate boundary that ideally shows pure strike-slip movement. Associated with the offset segments of midocean ridges.
transform boundary
Earth science; Geology
A plate boundary in which plates on opposite sides of the boundary move past each other in opposite directions.
triangulation
Earth science; Geology
The method of locating an epicenter by determining how far it lies from three widely separated seismographs.
topset bed
Earth science; Geology
Layer of sediments deposited over surface of a delta, nearly horizontal and covering the tops of the inclined foreset beds.
Sub-categories
- Geology (10953)
- Mapping science (105290)
- Oceanography (12332)
- Physical oceanography (42660)
- Remote sensing (8661)
- Seismology (14406)
- Soil science (29216)