geosphere
n.
solid layer (lithosphere) plus the masses of water (hydrosphere) of the Earth (separated from the atmosphere by the biosphere - the zone of life)
Geosphere
The term Geosphere is often used less generally by geologists with reference to the densest parts of Earth, which consist mostly of
rock and
regolith. . However, the term applies to the four nested geospheres identified since
Meteorology (Aristotle) with the states of terrestrial matter: solid (earth), liquid (water), gas (air), and plasma (fire). The nested geospheres then include the
asthenosphere,
lithosphere,
hydrosphere,
atmosphere, and the
ionosphere or
plasmasphere. The dense geosphere is also subdivided into the
crust,
mantle, and
core. The
outer core is unusual in that it is considered to be a liquid, yet it is a part of Earth's interior.
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geosphere
Noun
1. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
(synonym) lithosphere
(hypernym) layer
(part-holonym) Earth, world, globe
(part-meronym) crust, Earth's crust
géosphère (f)
n.
geosphere, solid layer (lithosphere) plus the masses of water (hydrosphere) of the Earth (separated from the atmosphere by the biosphere - the zone of life)
Geosphere
The soils, sediments, and rock layers of the Earth's crust, both continental and beneath the ocean floors.