Geology

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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Capillary wave

Earth science; Geology

A wave whose velocity or propagation is controlled primarily by the surface tension of the liquid in which the wave is travelling. A water wave in which the wave length is less than 2.5 cm is ...

Creep

Earth science; Geology

The slowest form of mass movement, measured in millimetres or centimetres per year and occurring on virtually all slopes, cross bed A bed made up of particles dropped from a moving current, as of ...

Aphrodite terra

Earth science; Geology

Approximately the size of Africa, Aphrodite terra straddles the equator, is over 10,000 kilometres (6,214 miles) long, and is made up of four smaller highlands: Ovda, Thetis, Atla, and Ulfrun ...

Azimuth or azimuth angle

Earth science; Geology

An angular direction described as the length of arc (in degrees) measured clockwise along the local horizon, from a reference point (usually true north), to that point on the horizon where the ...

Copernicus

Earth science; Geology

Polish astronomer who advanced the heliocentric theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. This was highly controversial at the time as the Ptolemaic view of the universe ...

An instrument that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide. In some instruments, the registration is accomplished by printing the heights at regular intervals, in others by a continuous ...