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Geophysics
Of or pertaining to the physics of the Earth and its environment in space. This often relates to geological applications, such as gravitational and magnetic fields; internal structure and composition; dynamics of the Earth's surface and plate tectonics; volcanism and rock formation.
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Mining
Geography; Geophysics
An excavation in the earth from which ore or minerals can be extracted.
Alluvium
Geography; Geophysics
Sediment deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, flood plain, or delta.
Earth flow
Geography; Geophysics
A form of mass movement, where water-saturated, weak-slope material flows under the action of gravity at speeds between 10 cm s-1 to 10 cm day-1. Earth flows differ from mud flows in that the latter ...
Igneous rocks
Geography; Geophysics
The oldest kind of rock. Rocks that have hardened from magma, the hot liquid beneath the earth's crust
Metamorphic rocks
Geography; Geophysics
is the result of the transformation of an existing rock type, the protolith, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form"
Residual unconsolidated material
Geography; Geophysics
Unconsolidated or partly weathered parent material of a soil, presumed to have developed in place (by weathering) from the consolidated rock on which it lies.
