(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
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Superposition principle
(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
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(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the geological features of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
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Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Si…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and ext…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well dev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated glo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular ser…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series, according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or quantity, in a part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlyi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: geology, principle, series, stratified, sedimentary.
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