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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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magnetic anomaly
Earth science; Geology
The amount by which a measurement of the local magnetic field intensity exceeds or falls below the intensity of the global magnetic field.
magnetic chron
Earth science; Geology
Time during which magnetic polarity is dominantly normal or dominantly reversed.
ice sheet
Earth science; Geology
A broad, mound-like mass of glacier ice that usually spreads radially outward from a central zone.
ice shelf
Earth science; Geology
A floating ice sheet extending across water from a land-based glacier.
inclined bedding (cross-bedding)
Earth science; Geology
Bedding laid down at an angle to the horizontal, as in many sand dunes.
inclined fold
Earth science; Geology
A fold whose axial plane is inclined from the vertical, but in which the steeper of the two limbs is not overturned.
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