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Geology
The science that comprises the study of the solid Earth and the processes by which it is shaped and changed.
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core
Earth science; Geology
Earth has outer silicate crust, a highly viscous mantle, a liquid outer core.
crater
Earth science; Geology
The depression produced by a meteorite impact or a steep-sided, usually circular depression formed by either explosion or collapse at a volcanic vent.
craton
Earth science; Geology
The stable portions of the continents that have escaped orogenic activity for the last 2 billion years. Made predominantly of granite and metamorphic rocks. compare orogen .
atmospheric shock wave
Earth science; Geology
Strong compressive atmospheric wave driven by volcanic ejecta.
avalanche
Earth science; Geology
A large mass of material or mixtures of material falling or sliding rapidly under the force of gravity. Avalanches often are classified by their content, such as snow, ice, soil, or rock avalanches. ...
augen
Earth science; Geology
Augen are relatively large, eye-shaped mineral grains in certain types of metamorphic rocks, especially schist and gneiss. (Augen = eyes in German)
ballistic fragment
Earth science; Geology
An explosively ejected rock fragment that follows a ballistic trajectory.
