Earth dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Aber Aber is a word of Celtic origin for a tidal estuary ...	Acidic sulphated soil Acidic sulphated soil is a soil characteristic of certain ...
Bare tanne Bare tanne is tanne with no grass or ligneous vegetation.	Conchoidal GEOLOGY - Conchoidal fracture: the sharp bright fracture of ...
Ediacaran The Ediacaran was the last period in the Precambrian ...	Estuary An estuary is the final part of a river where it widens out, ...
Grassy tanne Grassy tanne is tanne covered with short grass or ...	Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment The GRACE programme (Gravity Recovery and Climate ...
Hydrology Hydrology is the characterisation of sea water by its ...	Incursion An incursion is an advance of the sea towards the continent ...
Migmatite Migmatite is a rock resulting from partial melting in which ...	Moquette Tanne A tanne that becomes powdery when its surface has been ...
Oil spill An oil spill is the term used to denote massive pollution by ...	Orogeny Orogeny is the set of events leading to the formation of a ...
Pangea Pangea was a single continent that existed at the end of the ...	Ria A ria is a river mouth invaded by the sea, generally ...
Root tube A root tube is a ferruginous concretion in the form of a ...	Tanne inclusion A tanne inclusion in the middle of the mangrove like the ...
Tannification Tannification is the process leading to the creation of tannes.	Tidal bore A tidal bore is a sudden rise in the water level of an ...