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Oceanography
The scientific studies of the ocean.
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Oceanography
Continental platform
Earth science; Oceanography
The zone that includes both the continental shelf or continental borderland and the continental slope .
Aggregate
Earth science; Oceanography
This is the collective term for sand, gravel and crushed rock. They can be compacted to firmly fill a space and are often bound together with cement (to make concrete) or bitumen (for road ...
Geophysics
Earth science; Oceanography
This is the study of the physics of the earth. Geophysical survey techniques use physical properties themselves (e.g. magnetism) or apply properties to see how the earth affects them (e.g. radar), ...
Tropic tide
Earth science; Oceanography
Tide occurring when the moon is near maximum declination; the diurnal inequality is then at a maximum.
Planck's law
Earth science; Oceanography
This is a derived formula, from the German physicist Max Planck that portrays the amount of radiation emitted by a blackbody as theoretically determined by its temperature. It is an equation that ...
Wein's displacement law
Earth science; Oceanography
This radiation law suggests that the wavelength of maximum emission of any body is inversely proportional to its absolute temperature.
Metamorphic
Earth science; Oceanography
These are rocks within the Earth's crust which have been altered by heat, pressure or chemically active fluids.
