geologic process
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1. (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified (noun.process)
| hyponym | : | alluvion, |
| definition | : | gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | desertification, |
| definition | : | the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | diastrophism, |
| definition | : | the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | fold, folding, |
| definition | : | a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | glaciation, |
| definition | : | the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | intrusion, |
| definition | : | the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | metamorphism, |
| definition | : | change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | orogeny, |
| definition | : | the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | stratification, |
| definition | : | forming or depositing in layers (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | subduction, |
| definition | : | a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | geology, |
| definition | : | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks (noun.cognition) |
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