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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billabong

Earth science; Mapping science

An ana branch of a watercourse usually filled with water.

brook

Earth science; Mapping science

A rapidly flowing watercourse of little depth.

submarine canyon

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A steep-sided, broad-floored valley with V-shaped cross-section cutting across the continental shelf or continental slope and resembling a river-cut, unglaciated canyon on ...

center- wire method of leveling

Earth science; Mapping science

Leveling in which only the reading at the line of sight through the central line of the three horizontal lines on the reticle is taken. For precise work, readings are taken ...

diurnal circle

Earth science; Mapping science

The apparent daily path of a celestial body, approximating a parallel of declination.

Brewster's law

Earth science; Mapping science

When unpolarized light incident on the flat surface of a transparent substance is most polarized in a plane upon reflection, the tangent of the angle of incidence is equal to the ...