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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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isoseismal map
Earth science; Seismology
A map showing the distribution of intensity across a region for a particular earthquake using isoseismal lines to connect points of equal intensity.
lateral fault
Earth science; Seismology
A fault in which slips in such a way that the two sides move with a predominantly lateral motion (with respect to each other). There are two kinds of lateral slip: right-lateral ...
Mojave Block
Earth science; Seismology
The tectonic region located between the Garlock fault and the San Andreas fault, and extending eastward roughly to the California-Arizona (and California-Nevada) border.
oblique (fault or slip)
Earth science; Seismology
Describing motion that is a combination of movement both perpendicular and parallel to the strike of a fault -- a combination of strike-slip and dip-slip (whether normal or ...
playa
Earth science; Seismology
A term used primarily in the southwestern United States to describe a dry, vegetation-free, flat area at the lowest part of an undrained desert basin, underlain by stratified ...
Pleistocene
Earth science; Seismology
A name given to the geologic time period between about 1.6 million years and 10,000 years before the present. The Pleistocene is the earlier (older) epoch of the Quaternary ...
Quaternary
Earth science; Seismology
The period of geologic time starting 1.6 million years ago and continuing to the present day. It is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene and the Holocene, with the division ...
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