geological process

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geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modifiedgeologic processgeology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocksalluvion - gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sedimentdesertification - the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China"diastrophism - the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crusteating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)folding, fold - a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rockglaciation - the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of iceintrusion - the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formationmetamorphism - change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substancesnatural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"orogeny - the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)stratification - forming or depositing in layerssubduction - a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate

geological process

geological process

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noun (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

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