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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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chute
Earth science; Geology
A narrow channel with a fast-flowing current in rivers and in straits between islands and mainlands.
bench mark
Earth science; Geology
A mark affixed to a permanent object in tidal observations, or in a survey, to furnish a Datum level.
benthos
Earth science; Geology
Those animals who live on the sediments of the sea floor, including both mobile and non-mobile forms.
conduction
Earth science; Geology
Heat transport by direct transfer of energy from one particle to another, without moving the particle to a new location. compare convection , radiation .
active fault
Earth science; Geology
A fault along which slip has occurred in historical (or Holocene) time or earthquake foci are located.
angular unconformity
Earth science; Geology
An unconformity in which the beds below the unconformity dip at a different angle than the beds above it.
array
Earth science; Geology
A deep gully cut by a stream that flows only part of the year; a dry gulch. A term normally used only in desert areas.
