"Geology" is a word in ENGLISH
A treatise on the science.
The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral
constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as
regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life,
etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its
structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced;
dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series.
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Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.
Read the complete definitionAncient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.
Read the complete definitionThe earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the …
Read the complete definitionThe edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
Read the complete definitionA kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as …
Read the complete definitionOne who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.
Read the complete definitionThe doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical …
Read the complete definitionThe closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill …
Read the complete definitionBelonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or …
Read the complete definitionAn epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a …
Read the complete definitionA subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which …
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has …
Read the complete definitionOne who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
Read the complete definitionSee Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
Read the complete definitionRelating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology.
Read the complete definitionOne who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological.
Read the complete definitionThat part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution.
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