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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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Cash cost
Earth science; Geology
Includes production costs, royalties, marketing and refining charges, together with all administration expenses at the operating level
Cross section
Earth science; Geology
A diagram illustrating earth materials as if a large ditch was dug into the ground and the materials are viewed from within the ditch.
Achondrites
Earth science; Geology
A rare stony meteorite without spherical granules (chondrites). Achondrites represent meteorites that are most like terrestrial rocks
Carbonization
Earth science; Geology
The mode of fossilisation in which liquid and gases escape, leaving a residue of carbon on the surface of an impression of the organism.
Congelifluction
Earth science; Geology
Water builds up near the base of a slope in periglacial areas, providing lubrication for material moving downslope. A form of mass movement.
Cation
Earth science; Geology
An ion that has a positive electrical charge. That is, an atom that has lost one or more electrons.
Contact metamorphism
Earth science; Geology
Mineralogical and textural changes and deformation of rock resulting from the head and pressure of an igneous intrusion in the near vicinity.
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