Earth science

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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thermal energy

Earth science; Geology

Energy associated with or pertaining to the heat derived from planetary processes such as gravitational collapse, solar radiant energy, radioactive decay and impactor accretion.

thermokarst

Earth science; Geology

An irregular land surface containing cave-in lakes, bogs, caverns, pits and other small depressions formed in a permafrost region by the melting of ground ice, in exterior ...

thrust faults

Earth science; Geology

A fault with a dip of 45 or less over much of its extent, on which the hanging wall appears to have moved upward relative to the footwall. Horizontal compression rather than ...

tick

Earth science; Geology

A type of volcano on Venus. About 65.6 kilometers (41 miles) across at the base, this volcano has a flat, concave summit 34.8 kilometers (22 miles) in diameter. The sides of the ...

tidal heat

Earth science; Geology

The frictional heating of a satellite’s interior caused by repeated flexure induced by the gravitational field of its parent planet or other nearby more massive object.

transform

Earth science; Geology

A special variety of strike/slip fault, along which the displacement suddenly stops or changes form. Many transform faults are associated with mid-oceanic ridges, where the actual ...