geology

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He said the trial mining has confirmed that the geology has been accurately interpreted for the small part of the reef extracted.

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  1. noun The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.
  2. noun The structure of a specific region of the earth's crust.
  3. noun A book on geology.

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  • In the courses she teaches - geology, earth sciences, environmental studies - Moore likes to take advantage of Guilford's surroundings.
  • This textbook covers our current understanding of the planet's formation, geology, atmosphere, interior, surface properties, and potential for life. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • Covering a wide range of applications from geology, aerospace, architecture, product packaging, and online sales & marketing, PDF3D makes it practical to distribute interactive 3D documents to everyone with the free Adobe Reader. —  PRWeb
  • Where we can do that, where the geology is set up that way, where we can do the units and get the exceptions, you'll see us going to longer laterals. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • The program is also open to undergraduate students in geology, astronomy, chemistry, and physics with at least 50 semester hours of credit so that they, too, can participate in lunar exploration activities. —  Out of the Cradle
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin geōlogia, study of earthly things : Greek geō-, geo- + Greek -logiā, -logy.

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  1. = French géologie = Spanish geologia = Portuguese Italian geologia = D. G. geologie = Danish Swedish geologi, from New Latin geologia, from Greek γῆ, the earth, + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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