Letter S - Geology dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Saline aquifer A saline aquifer is a geological formation of porous ...	Saline efflorescence A saline efflorescence is a usually whitish superficial ...
Scaly In general usage scaly means "having scales" ...	Schists Schists are rocks with more or less thin flaky scales along ...
Scour pool A scour pool is a pool hollowed out by water under pressure ...	Sea ice Sea ice is a term used in a very wide sense to denote any ...
Sea ice - First year average First year ice from 70 to 120 cm thick.	Sea ice - First year thick First year sea ice over 120 cm thick.
Sea ice - First year thin First year sea ice which has only one winter's growth and is ...	Sea ice - Grey Grey sea ice is young ice 10 to 15 cm thick, less flexible ...
Sea ice - New New sea ice is a general term applied to all recently formed ...	Sea ice - Old ice Old sea ice is ice that has survived at least one summer ...
Sea ice - Whitish Whitish sea ice is young ice between 15 and 30 cm thick. ...	Seam A seam is the filling of a fracture in rocks of various ...
Sebkha A sebkha in geomorphology is a salty depression in arid regions.	Secondary A secondary mineral is one formed by the weathering of a ...
Sedimentary basin A sedimentary basin is a tectonically depressed part of the ...	Sedimentary rock Sedimentary rock is the result of lithification. ...
Sediments Sediments are loose deposits left by water, wind and other ...	Segregation deposit A segregation deposit is a deposit caused by the ...