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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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schist
Earth science; Geology
A strongly foliated, coarsely crystalline metamorphic rock, produced during regional metamorphism, that can readily be split into slabs or flakes because more than 50% of its ...
sea ice
Earth science; Geology
Any form of ice originating from the freezing of sea water, thus excluding icebergs.
sediment
Earth science; Geology
Generally, solid, fragmented material transposrted and deposited by wind, water, or ice, chemically precipitated from solution, or secreted by organisms, and that forms layers of ...
sedimentary
Earth science; Geology
A layered rock resulting from the consolidation of sediment, e.g. a clastic rock such as sandstone, a chemical rock such a salt, or an organic rock such as coal. Usually includes ...
shearing
Earth science; Geology
The motion resulting from stresses that cause or tend to cause contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other.
shepherd satellites
Earth science; Geology
A shepherd moon is a satellite that constrains the extent of a planetary ring through gravitational forces.
shield
Earth science; Geology
A large region of exposed basement rocks, commonly with a very gently convex surface, surrounded by sediment covered platforms; e.g. Canadian Shield. Shield rocks are usually ...
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