Geology

Geology

The science that comprises the study of the solid Earth and the processes by which it is shaped and changed.

Contributors in Geology

Geology

An irregular land surface containing cave-in lakes, bogs, caverns, pits and other small depressions formed in a permafrost region by the melting of ground ice, in exterior appearance, it resembles ...

Thermal energy

Earth science; Geology

Energy associated with or pertaining to the heat derived from planetary processes such as gravitational collapse, solar radiant energy, radioactive decay and impactor accretion.

Tick

Earth science; Geology

A type of volcano on Venus. About 65.6 kilometres (41 miles) across at the base, this volcano has a flat, concave summit 34.8 kilometres (22 miles) in diameter. The sides of the volcano are ...

Tesserae

Earth science; Geology

Tesserae terrain on Venus, which was first detected by the Soviet Venera 15 and 16 spacecraft in the early 1980s, is characterised by complex intersecting ridges and grooves. This terrain may have ...

Tharsis uplift

Earth science; Geology

The Tharsis region on Mars is at the centre of a huge bulge in the surface that is over 4000 km across and 10 km high. Huge shield volcanoes dominate the Tharsis region, including Olympus Mons on the ...