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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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isostasy
Earth science; Geology
The condition of equilibrium, comparable to floating, of units of the lithosphere above the asthenosphere.
isostatic change in sea level
Earth science; Geology
A sea level change due to change in load on Earth’s crust.
jasper
Earth science; Geology
A red variety of chert , its color coming from minute particles of included hematite.
jet flow
Earth science; Geology
Flow in which fluid moves at high speed in jet-like surges as does water in free fall over a falls.
juvenile hydrothermal fluid
Earth science; Geology
A hot fluid, largely water, presumed to have been released from a magma.
kame
Earth science; Geology
Stratified drift deposited in depressions and cavities in stagnant ice and left as irregular, steep sided hills when the ice is melts.
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