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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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Boil
Earth science; Geology
An upward flow of water in a sandy formation due to an unbalanced hydrostatic pressure resulting from a rise in a nearby stream, or from removing the overburden in making excavations.
Benthic foraminifera
Earth science; Geology
Benthic protozoans (i.e., live on the seafloor) which may form carbonate tests. The tests are preserved in sediment and form an important basis for paleoceanographic reconstructions.
Birth rate
Earth science; Geology
The amount of children born per thousand people per year. This measure is crude, as it does not take into account hose who are of childbearing age and counts the male population too.
Calorie
Earth science; Geology
A unit of heat energy. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gramme (cubic Centimeter) of water 1 degree Celsius. Also, the substance which gives food its flavor.
Anabatic
Earth science; Geology
This is the name given to air rising up slopes resulting from convection, occurring when the sides of a mountain valley are heated further and more rapidly than the valley floor.
Cobble
Earth science; Geology
Loose particles of rock or mineral (sediment) that range in size from 64 - 256 millimetres in diameter. Cobbles are a size of gravel larger than pebbles, but smaller than boulders.
Cape
Earth science; Geology
A relatively extensive land area jutting seaward from a continent or large island which prominently marks a change in, or interrupts notably, the coastal trend; a prominent feature.
