Lacustrine

Pertaining to an environment of deposition in lakes, or an area having lakes. Because deposition of sediment in lakes can occur slowly and in relatively calm conditions, ...

lacustrine

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to an environment of deposition in lakes, or an area having lakes. Because deposition of sediment in lakes can occur slowly and in relatively calm conditions, ...

lacustrine

Biology; Ecology

A very fancy way of saying: having to do with lakes ("a lacustrine wetland"). See English, Latinized.

oceanography

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The scientific study and exploration of the ocean and of the plants and animals that live in it.

ocean

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The body of salt water that covers about 70 percent of the Earth's surface. The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean.

saltwater

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Containing water that is very salty. Oceans are saltwater bodies that are fed mainly by rivers.

red tide

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A reddish-brown area in a body of water, such as ocean or river. Red tides are caused by a sudden increase in dinoflagellates.

pseudospectral method

Earth science; Physical oceanography

In numerical modeling, an approximation which uses interpolating functions to estimate derivatives of fields represented on a grid in physical space. It is so-called because the ...

flux Richardson number

Earth science; Physical oceanography

A dimensionless number expressing the ratio of turbulent energy lost to buoyant forces to the energy gained by eddy stress acting on the mean shear. It is the crucial ...

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Asteroid mining

The future industry of sending spacecraft to asteroids in order to harvest their natural resources and bring them back to civilization for use. On ...