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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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congeliturbation
Earth science; Geology
The thrusting and cracking of the ground due to freeze-thaw weathering in periglacial areas.
coriolis force
Earth science; Geology
The deflection of moving objects, especially air, due to the rotation and tilt of the earth.
co-tidal lines
Earth science; Geology
Lines which link all the points where the tide is at the same stage (or phase) of its cycle.
accessory
Earth science; Geology
A mineral whose presence in a rock is not essential to the proper classification of the rock.
accrete
Earth science; Geology
To add terranes (small land masses or pieces of crust) to another, usually larger, land mass.
attrition
Earth science; Geology
The wearing a way of particles by debris in contact with other particles, such as in a river.
canal
Earth science; Geology
An artificial watercourse cut through a land area for such uses as navigation and irrigation.
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