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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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Kettle lake
Earth science; Geology
A body of water occupying a depression in glacial drift, esp. in outwash and a kame field, formed by the melting of a detached block of stagnant ice that was buried in the drift. ...
knetic energy
Earth science; Geology
The energy of motion. Kinetic energy is transferred by a shock wave that spreads outward from the point of impact.
kreep basalts
Earth science; Geology
An acronyum for a type of basaltic lunar rock first found by Apollo 12. The fines and breccia of this lunar basalt are characterized by an unusually high content of potassium (K), ...
black hole
Earth science; Geology
A celestial object of infinite density the escape speed of which exceeds the speed of light.
carbonaceous chondrites
Earth science; Geology
Asteroids made of undifferentiated silicates with carbon compounds and water (densities ~2.3gm/cc). They represent the primordial material of the Solar System from which planets ...
carbonates
Earth science; Geology
A mineral compound characterized by a fundamental anion structure of CO 3 -2 . Calcite and aragonite, CaCO 3 are examples.
Gian Domenico Cassini
Earth science; Geology
(1625-1712). An astronomer born in Italy, Cassini later became a naturalized French citizen. He discovered four of Saturn's satellites and observed a dark division in Saturn's ...
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