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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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chemical sedimentary rock
Earth science; Geology
Sedimentary rock composed of minerals that were precipitated from water. This process begins when water traveling through rock dissolves some of the minerals, carrying them away from their source. ...
chemical weathering
Earth science; Geology
The process that changes the chemical makeup of a rock or mineral at or near the Earth's surface. Chemical weathering alters the internal structure of minerals by the removing and/or adding elements. ...
chert
Earth science; Geology
A very fine-grained sedimentary rock made of quartz. Usually made of millions of globular siliceous skeletons of tiny marine plankton called radiolarians. Black chert is called flint.
chlorite
Earth science; Geology
Family of platy silicate minerals containing various amounts of magnesium, iron, aluminum, water, and small amounts of other elements. Some mineralogists include chorites in the mica family because ...
cinder
Earth science; Geology
A bubbly (vesicular) volcanic rock fragment that forms when molten, gas-filled lava is thrown into the air, then solidifies as it falls.
cinder cone
Earth science; Geology
A volcanic cone built almost entirely of ejected cinders, loose volcanic fragments, ash, and pumice (pyroclastics or tephra).
clastic
Earth science; Geology
A volcanic cone built almost entirely of ejected cinders, loose volcanic fragments, ash, and pumice (pyroclastics or tephra).
