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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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Cluse
Earth science; Geology
The word used to describe a steep-sided valley which cuts through a mountain ridge in the Jura Mountains.
Amelioration
Earth science; Geology
A change to warmer climate. This may have a good or bad impact, depending on the species and / or affected.
Arkose
Earth science; Geology
A sedimentary rock formed by the cementation of sand-sized grains of feldspar and quartz.
Alluvail fan
Earth science; Geology
A low, cone shaped deposit of terrestrial sediment formed where a stream undergoes an abrupt reduction of slope.
Continental accretion
Earth science; Geology
The marginal growth of a continent along a subduction zone by mountain building or by addition of a microplate.
Buffer state
Earth science; Geology
This is a nation which lies between two more powerful and opposing countries which shows no allegience to either.
Autochthonous
Earth science; Geology
A term applied to shelves on which older shelf sediments are primarily being reworked by modern shelf processes.
