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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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Alkalic
Earth science; Geology
Rocks which contain above average amounts of sodium and/or potassium for the group of rocks for which it belongs. For example, the basalts of the capping stage of Hawaiian volcanoes are alkalic. They ...
Crater degradation
Earth science; Geology
Once a crater has been formed, it will degrade over time as gravity and isostatic rebound modify the crater walls and floor. The central portion of a large crater will rise by isostatic uplift that ...
Caloris basin
Earth science; Geology
Caioris is Latin for heat and the basin is named this because it is near the subsolar point (the point closest to the sun) when Mercury is at aphelion. Caloris basin is 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) ...
Channel
Earth science; Geology
(1) A natural or artificial waterway of perceptible extent which either periodically or continuously contains moving water, or which forms a connecting link between two bodies of water. (2) The part ...
Atom
Earth science; Geology
A building block of matter, the smallest particle that has the chemical characteristics of a particular chemical element. It contains a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by a cloud of ...
Augite
Earth science; Geology
A dark mineral of the pyroxene group, (Ca,Na)( Mg, Fe +2 , Al)(Si,Al) 2 O 6 . It is an essential constituent of many basic igneous rocks.
Asteroids
Earth science; Geology
Any of the 1000's of small rocky/metallic bodies that orbit the sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter; also referred to as minor planets.
