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Geomorphology |
The scientific study of land forms, landscapes, and Earth-surface processes. |
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Topology |
A branch of mathematics concerned with the study of convergence, connectedness, and continuity. |
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Tectonics |
Pertaining to the internal forces that act to deform or uplift the crust of the Earth.
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Sediment |
Solid material that has been transported and deposited by air, water or ice.
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Denudation |
The washing away of surface materials to reduce irregularities. forming a surface that has a uniform level.
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Mass Movement |
The slow or rapid gravitational movement of large masses of earth material.
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Aeolian |
The action of the wind.
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Relief |
The difference in elevation between high and lo points in an area.
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Base Level |
The theoretical level down to which a river can lower its valley.
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Temporal |
Pertaining to time.
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Regolith |
A layer of loose, rocky material lying on top of undecomposed bedrock.
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Palimpsest |
A surface bearing superimposed elements of different ages.
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Gondwana |
An ancient supercontinent believed to have existed in the Southern Hemisphere more than 200 million years ago.
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Used to be part of the even larger supercontinent Pangaea. |
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Low Temperature Thermochronology |
Any of a number of related dating techniques based on the cooling history of a mineral as its host rock moves from depth in the crust to the surface.
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Albedo |
The reflectivity of a surface to short-wave radiation.
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Evapotranspiration |
The loss of water from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants.
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Unstable Systems |
A system that is susceptible to the effects of small perturbations and is potentially chaotic.
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Pseudo-random |
Describing a pattern that is complicated and irregular and therefore appears to be random. |
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Shear Stress |
The downslope component of the fluid weight exerted on a particle on the bed.
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Beach Cusps |
Regularly spaced ridges of coarse sediment running perpendicular to the waterline. alternating with U-shaped indentations.
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Edge Waves |
A second set of waves, generated by and operating at right anger to the primary waves approaching the coast.
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