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a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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geologic geological geologist

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anaclinal cataclinal anticlinal synclinal stratified, bedded unstratified archean, archaean archeozoic, archaeozoic azoic proterozoic monoclinal endogenic, endogenetic clastic igneous, eruptive aqueous, sedimentary intrusive extrusive changed incumbent batholithic, batholitic tectonic geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural exceedance principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition crustal movement, tectonic movement heave upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust slide fault line bed clast clastic rock diapir esker break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture formation, geological formation Great Rift Valley kettle hole, kettle Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho peneplain, peneplane scablands sill xenolith geological phenomenon accretion erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away foliation geological process, geologic process deflation saltation superposition Mercalli scale Richter scale moment magnitude scale hoodoo isostasy shingling groundmass matrix interstratify stratify thrust

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hypsography paleogeology, palaeogeology geophysics, geophysical science orology, orography stratigraphy mineralogy speleology, spelaeology economic geology