| 单词 | geological process |
| 释义 | geological process (once / 537242 pages) n WORD FAMILY geological process: geological processes USAGE EXAMPLESTransient methane has been detected on the planet, presumably produced by a geological process requiring heat and liquid water or, even more exciting, by microbes. New York Times(Oct 19, 2016) The gas can be generated by microbes or by a geological process requiring heat and liquid water. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) One is a geological process that requires heat and liquid water. New York Times(Sep 12, 2016) n (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified Syn|Hypo|Hyper geologic process alluvion gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment desertificationthe gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land diastrophismthe process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) fold, foldinga geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock glaciationthe process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice intrusionthe forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation metamorphismchange in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances orogenythe process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) stratificationforming or depositing in layers subductiona geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate chatter markmarks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier ablationthe erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detritionerosion by friction anamorphismmetamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals beach erosionthe erosion of beaches epigenesisa geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed foliation(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock Riss glaciationthe next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time Saale glaciationthe next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time Wolstonian glaciationthe next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time deflation(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind katamorphismmetamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface; breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones planationthe process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced soil erosionthe washing away of soil by the flow of water action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
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