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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.

Contributors in Geology

Geology

Cohort

Earth science; Geology

A group of people who experience a significant event during the same period of time.

Cuesta

Earth science; Geology

A long, narrow hill with a steep slope on one side ant a gentle slope on the other.

Class

Earth science; Geology

The systems of social hierarchy in a society determined by work, money and property.

Biotic

Earth science; Geology

Those factors in an environment that are living. (Non- living are called 'abiotic').

Basal sapping

Earth science; Geology

Erosion is concentrated along the base of a slope causing undercutting and slope retreat.

Accumulative minerals

Earth science; Geology

Minerals that make up the extract assemblage during fractional crystallisation of a magma.

Breaking point

Earth science; Geology

This is the point at which the influence of one urban environment ends and another begins.

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