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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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dilatancy
Earth science; Geology
An increase in the bulk volume of rock during deformation. Possibly related to the migration of water into microfractures or pores.
dip slip fault
Earth science; Geology
A fault on which the movement is parallel to the dip of the fault plane.
directed pressure
Earth science; Geology
Pressure applied predominately in one direction, rather than uniformly.
disconformity
Earth science; Geology
An unconformity in which the beds above the unconformity are parallel to the beds below the unconformity.
distributary channels
Earth science; Geology
Stream channels that fan out from the upstream point of the delta and carry the sediments that build the delta.
arête
Earth science; Geology
A narrow, saw-toothed mountain ridge developed by glacier erosion in adjacent cirques .
artesian well
Earth science; Geology
well in which the water in the aquifer is under pressure that raises the water above the point that the well first encounters it.
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