Geophysics

Geophysics

Of or pertaining to the physics of the Earth and its environment in space. This often relates to geological applications, such as gravitational and magnetic fields; internal structure and composition; dynamics of the Earth's surface and plate tectonics; volcanism and rock formation.

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coastal strip

Geography; Geophysics

strip near the coast

wave break line

Geography; Geophysics

line where the wave breaks

igneous rocks

Geography; Geophysics

The oldest kind of rock. Rocks that have hardened from magma, the hot liquid beneath the earth's crust

metamorphic rocks

Geography; Geophysics

is the result of the transformation of an existing rock type, the protolith, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form"

residual unconsolidated material

Geography; Geophysics

Unconsolidated or partly weathered parent material of a soil, presumed to have developed in place (by weathering) from the consolidated rock on which it lies.