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单词 geomorphology
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Definition of geomorphology in English:

geomorphology

noun ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)mɔːˈfɒlədʒiˌdʒioʊˌmɔrˈfɑlədʒi
mass noun
  • The study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Professional geologists and amateur rock hunters flocked to the White Mountains, regarded as a superb site for the study of geomorphology.
    • He met the Director of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, a prominent geologist with a special interest in fluvial geomorphology.
    • Morphotectonics requires input from at least three branches of Earth science: geophysics, geology, and geomorphology.
    • The Zagros is an example of a young and active orogenic belt where geomorphology and seismicity provide invaluable constraints on the style of deformation, in ways not possible with ancient, inactive orogens.
    • The western tip of the South Alkyonides Fault is exposed in the surface geology and geomorphology of the Perachora Peninsula.

Derivatives

  • geomorphological

  • adjective ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)mɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lˌdʒioʊˌmɔrfəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l
    • Yet the tectonic and geomorphological processes by which these margins continue to evolve long after sea-floor spreading is effected are not wholly evident.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Beginning in Early Miocene time, southward extrusion of the Greater Himalayan Slab has had a profound influence on the geological and geomorphological evolution of the Himalaya.
      • Palaeoseismology is the study of prehistoric earthquakes using geological and geomorphological evidence.
      • We next review the topographic and geomorphological patterns evident in Scandinavia from the perspective of regional structural geology.
      • These geomorphological features, in themselves, suggest recent uplift of the landscape.
  • geomorphologist

  • noun
    • You don't have to be a geomorphologist to recognize that when the islands reach an average summer daily population of 225,000, development has created a city floating on a sand spit.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Modern geomorphologists recognize that mountain-building is a geologically recent event.
      • According to a coastal geomorphologist, deeper in-shore waters means more powerful waves, which move more quickly and retain more energy.
      • In fact, the whole idea of paleosols was first developed by geomorphologists and soil scientists to explore soils in the Quaternary.
      • Hydrologists, biologists and geomorphologists are only now discovering many of the complex forces that shape the Mekong Basin.
 
 

Definition of geomorphology in US English:

geomorphology

nounˌjēōˌmôrˈfäləjēˌdʒioʊˌmɔrˈfɑlədʒi
  • The study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Zagros is an example of a young and active orogenic belt where geomorphology and seismicity provide invaluable constraints on the style of deformation, in ways not possible with ancient, inactive orogens.
    • He met the Director of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, a prominent geologist with a special interest in fluvial geomorphology.
    • The western tip of the South Alkyonides Fault is exposed in the surface geology and geomorphology of the Perachora Peninsula.
    • Professional geologists and amateur rock hunters flocked to the White Mountains, regarded as a superb site for the study of geomorphology.
    • Morphotectonics requires input from at least three branches of Earth science: geophysics, geology, and geomorphology.
 
 
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