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- Branch of
geology that deals with nature and properties of
material composing the earth, distribution of materials throughout globe, processes by
which they are formed, altered, transported, and distorted, and nature and development of
landscape.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- A broad division of geology that concerns itself with the processes and
forces involved in the inorganic evolution of the Earth and its
morphology, and with its constituent minerals, rocks, magmas, and core
materials. CF: historical geology
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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