11) uniformitarianism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...uniformitarianism, in geology, doctrine holding that changes in the earth's surface that occurred in past geologic time are referable to the same causes as changes...
12) geology. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...geology The science devoted to the study of the Earth, particularly the solid Earth and the rocks that compose it. 1...
13) b. Chemistry, Biology, and Geology. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...b. Chemistry, Biology, and Geology 1799-1805 Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) founded comparative anatomy on functional grounds, maintaining that the parts of the organism...
14) b. Chemistry, Biology, and Geology. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...b. Chemistry, Biology, and Geology 1848 Louis Pasteur (1822-95), in a series of brilliantly conceived and executed experiments, demonstrated the connection between...
15) fault. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...fault, in geology, fracture in the earth's crust in which the rock on one side of the fracture has measurable movement in relation to the rock on the other side....
16) fold. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...fold, in geology, bent or deformed arrangement of stratified rocks. These rocks may be of sedimentary or volcanic origin. Although stratified rocks are normally deposited...
17) varve. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...varve, in geology, pair of thin sedimentary layers formed annually by seasonal climatic changes. Usually found in glacial lake deposits, varves consist of a coarse-grained,...
18) pothole. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...pothole, in geology, cylindrical pit formed in the rocky channel of a turbulent stream. It is formed and enlarged by the abrading action of pebbles and cobbles that...
19) metamorphism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...metamorphism, in geology, process of change in the structure, texture, or composition of rocks caused by agents of heat, deforming pressure, shearing stress, hot,...
20) stratigraphy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...stratigraphy, branch of geology specifically concerned with the arrangement of layered rocks (see stratification). Stratigraphy is based on the law of superposition,...
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