geology

[US]/dʒiˈɒlədʒi/
[UK]/dʒiˈɑːlədʒi/
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Translation

n. study of the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.

Phrases & Collocations

engineering geology

petroleum geology

regional geology

environmental geology

structural geology

marine geology

mining geology

field geology

department of geology

quaternary geology

economic geology

oil geology

areal geology

agricultural geology

Example Sentences

the geology of North America

the geology of the Outer Hebrides.

The students went to study the geology of that region.

In his lecture on geology, he touched on the subject of climate.

Concentrators in geological sciences elect either geology or geography.

Filled with zeal for science, he studied catastrophist geology with Adam Sedgwick.

Research on the origin and occurrence of gems and jades is one of the hottest topic in geology, gemmology and archaeology.

Evidence for continental drift: Marine geology, paleomagnetism, stratigraphic, paleoclimatic and paleontological evidence.

Tang Yingjun Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology; Academia SinicaLiu Ziqi; Chen Da; Chert Luquan Coal Geology Prospecting Team No. 186; Shaanxi;

Chen Hongqi,Huang Runqiu.Stress and flexibility criteria of bending and breaking in a countertendency layered slope.Joural of Engineering Geology, 2004,12(3):243~246.

Recently some Brachiopoda, coral, gastropoda, phytolite is identified by Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology China Academy of Sciences.The age belongs to Late Carboniferous epoch.

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