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       FIELD GEOLOGY              HISTORICAL GEOLOGY         PHYSICAL GEOLOGY        
       PLANETARY GEOLOGY          STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
 
       ECONOMIC GEOLOGY           ENGINEERING GEOLOGY        FORENSIC GEOLOGY
       MEDICAL GEOLOGY
 
       GEOCHEMISTRY               GEODYNAMICS                GEOGRAPHY                         
       GEOHYDROLOGY               GEOLOGIC HAZARD            GEOLOGIC MAP
       GEOLOGIC RECORD            GEOLOGIC TIME              GEOLOGIST                         
       GEOMAGNEIC                 GEOMECHANICAL              GEOMORPHOLOGY                
       GEOGNOSY                   GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY         GEOPHYSICS                 
       GEOSCIENCE                 GEOTHERMAL 


       PETROLOGY
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       ROCK CORRELATION           ROCK CYCLE                 ROCK UNIT 
     
       BASEMENT ROCK              BEDROCK                    BIOCLASTIC ROCK                   
       BIOGENIC ROCK              CAPROCK                    CATACLASTIC ROCK             
       CLASTIC ROCK               COUNTRY ROCK               IGNEOUS ROCK                      
       METAMORPHIC ROCK           PUTONIC ROCK               RESERVOIR ROCK
       PYROCLATIC ROCK            SEDIMENTARY ROCK           SOURCE ROCK         
       WALL ROCK                  VOLCANIC ROCK              ZOOIC ROCK

       BUHRSTONE                  COBBLESTONE                FLOWSTONE                         
       FLUXSTONE                  MILLSTONE                  MUDSTONE

       BATHOLITH                  LACCOLITH                  PROTOLITH           
       REGOLITH                   XENOLITH
   
       BOULDER                    COBBLE                     ERRATIC BOULDER                   
       GEODE                      OUTCROP

       A Horizon


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       ABSOLUTE TIME              ABSOLUTE DATING            GEOLOGIC TIME                     
       RADIOMETIC DATING          RELATIVE TIME


       EON                                    GEOLOGIC TIME_SCALE
       ERA    --    PERIOD    --     EPOCH     --      AGE
                                                      PHASE
  
       PHANEROZOIC                PRECAMBRIAN
  
  
       TIME-STRATAGRAPHIC UNITS
       erathem   -   system   -   series   -   stage   -   zone 
  
  
       GADUALISM                  CATASTROPHISM              UNIFORMITARIANISM


       STENO's LAWS OF STRATIGRAPHY
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       LAW OF CROSS-CUTTING RELATIONSHIP               LAW OF INCLUSION
       LAW OF LATERAL CONTINUITY                       LAW OF ORIGINAL HORIZONTALITY 
       LAW OF SUPERPOSITION                            PRINCIPLE OF FOSSIL SUCCESSION
  
  
     < UNCONFORMITY >             angular unconformity       disconformity           
       nonconformity              paraconformity
  
  




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                               [[  MINERALs ]]
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       CLEAVAGE                   COLOR                      LUSTER              
       MOH'S HARDNESS             STREAK
  
  
       fizz                       magnetism                  odor
       refraction                 specific gravity           taste
  
       INDEX MINERAL       


  
  
  
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                              [[  IGNEOUS ROCK ]]
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       texture :                  APHANITIC                  FROTHY
       GLASSY                     PHANARITIC                 PORPHYRITIC     
       PYROCLASTIC                VESCULAR
                          
       FELSIC                     INTERMEDIATE               MAFIC
       ULTRAMAFIC
   
       EXTRUSIVE                  INTRUSIVE       
  
       PLUTONIC ROCK              PYROCLASTIC ROCK           VOLCANIC ROCK
  
       andesite                   basalt                     diorite
       dunite                     felsite                    gabbro
       granite                    komatiite                  obsidian                   
       pegmatite                  peridotite                 pumice                     
       rhyolite                   scoria                     tuff

     < INTRUSIVE STRUCTURE >      batholith                  dike
       laccolith                  pipe                       sill





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                              [[  SEDIMENTARY ROCK ]]
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     < DIAGENESIS >
       grain                      matrix                     cement
       porosity
  
       BIOGENIC                   CHEMICAL                   CLASTIC         
       DETRITAL
  
       organic sedimentary rock

       anhydrite                  breccia                    chalk
       chert                      coquina                    coal            
       conglomerate               dolomite                   gypsum          
       haylite                    limestone                  sandstone       
       shale                      travertine 


  

       deposition environment                              < facies >  
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       REGRESSION                 TRANSGRESSION              TURBIDITY CURRENTS
   
       CLINOTHEM                  CYCLOTHEM                  FONDOTHEM                       
       UNDATHEM         
  
  
       sedimentary rock structure
       --------------------------
       primary structure          secondary structures
  
       BEDDING PLANES             CROSS BEDDING              GRADED BEDS                     
       STRATA 
       
       
       SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY      biostratigraphy        
       chemostratigraphy          chronostratagraphic units       
       lithostratigraphy          magnetostratigraphy                                                     
                        
  
  

   
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                              [[  METAMORPHIC ROCK ]]
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       BURIAL METAMORPHISM        CONTACT METAMORPHISM      
       DYNAMIC METAMORPHISM       HYDROTHERMAL METAMORPHISM
       REGIONAL METAMORPHISM      SHOCK METAMORPHISM
       SUBDUCTION METAMORPHISM
     
       FOLIATED                   NON-FOLIATED  
   
       PARENT ROCK                PROTOLITH

       amphibolite                gneiss                     greenstone
       marble                     phyllite                   quartzite
       schist                     slate


       TECTONITE

       
       LITHOSTATIC PRESSURE    

 

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                              [[  STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY ]]
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       DIP                        FAULT                      FOLD            
       JOINT                      STRIKE       
   
       FAULT                      hanging wall               foot wall
  
       DIP-SLIP FAULT             left lateral fault         normal fault
       oblique slip fault         reverse fault              right lateral fault        
       STRIKE-SLIP FAULT
   
     < FOLD >                     axial plane                fold axis
       hinge                      limbs

       DRAG FOLD                  MONOCLINAL FOLD 
        
       axial plane                ASYMMETRIC FOLD            INCLINED FOLD              
       -----------                OVERFOLD                   RECUMENT FOLD              
       SYMMETRIC FOLD             UPRIGHT FOLD
  
       fold axis (longitudinal)   HORIZONTAL FOLD            PLUNGING FOLD
       ------------------------   VERTICAL FOLD

       ** BOUDINAGE  
  
       JOINT                      joint set                  joint system
       columnar joint             exfoliation joint
  

     < EARTH STRUCTURE >          asthenosphere              continental crust 
       ---------------            core                       crust               
       inner core                 lithosphere                mantle              
       moho                       oceanic crust              outer core   
   
  
  
  
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       LANDFORMS              [[  GEOMORPHOLOGY ]]           PLATE TECTONICS
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       EROSION                    WEATHERING


     < WEATHERING >               CHEMICAL WEATHERING        differential weathering   
       MECHANICAL WEATHERING      PHYSICAL WEATHERING        SPHEROIDAL WEATHERING
       
       abrasion                   carbination   
       frost wedging              Goldrich Stability Series  hydration                  
       hydrolysis                 ice wedging                oxidation

     < EROSION >                  BED LOAD                   CREEP
       DEBRIS FLOW                differential erosion       DISSOLVED LOAD             
       LAHAR                      landslide                  MASS WASTING               
       MUDFLOW                    ROCK GLACIER               ROCK SLIDE
       SALTATION                  SEDIMENT LOAD              shoreline erosion               
       SLUMPING                   SOLIFLUCTION


     < PLATE TECTONICS >          CONVERGENT BOUNDARY        DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
       HOT SPOT                   TRANSFORM BOUNDARY

       rift zone                  Sea floor spreading        Subduction zone 

       SUPER CONTINENT            Gondwanaland               Laurasia
       Pangea                     Wilson-Cycle


     < LANDFORMs >               
     < MOUNTAIN CHAIN >           block mountain             complex mountains
       dome mountains             fault-block mountains      folded mountains
       plateau mountains          volcanic mountains


     < BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING >    bio-acid                   root wedging

     < CHEMICAL WEATHERING >      acid rain                  carbonation
       hydrolysis                 oxidation                   
   
   
       PHYSICAL WEATHERING /
     < MECHANICAL WEATHERING >    abrasion                   exfoliation                
       frost wedging              gravity impact             thermal impact
    

  
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                              [[  VOLCANOLOGY ]]             HOT SPOT
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       CINDER CONE                COMPOSITE VOLCANO          MAAR VOLCANO               
       scoria cone                SHIELD VOLCANO             STRATOVOLCANO              
       SUPERVOLCANO

       CALDERA                    LAVA DOME                  MAGMA CHAMBER
       mud volcano                PLUG DOME                  tuff ring
       VOLCANIC VENT 

     < HOT SPOT >                 MANTLE PLUME                
   
       Hawaiian eruption          Pelean eruption            Plinian eruption           
       Strombolian eruption       Surtseyan eruption         Vesuvian eruption          
       Vulcanian eruption
       
       effusive eruption          fissure eruption           flank eruption
       flood eruption             lateral eruption           magmatic eruption          
       phreatic eruption          phreatomagmatic eruption
       
       aa lava                    ash                        ash cloud                  
       lahar                      lapilli                    magma
       obsidian                   pahoehoe lava              pyroclast
       pyroclastic flow           scoria                     tephra                     
       tuff

       andesite                   basalt                     dacite                     
       pillow basalt              rhyolite                 
        
  
 

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                              [[  GLACIOLOGY ]]
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       snowflake   ---  snow crystals   ---   firm   ---   glacier ice 

       glacial abrasion           glacial budget             glacial drift
       glacial erratic            glacial erosion            glacial polish
       glacial surge              glacial till
  
       ablation
       calving
       snowline
       striations
       tillite



  
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                              [[  SEISMOLOGY ]]
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       BODY WAVES                 SURFACE WAVES
   
       primary wave   - P         pressure wave
       secondary wave - S         shear wave

       Love wave                  Rayleigh Wave








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