Earth Science

Earth Science - Dictionary Index

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S wave (abbreviation for secondary wave
S-wave shadow zone
sandstone
saturation zone
scarp
schist
scientific law
scientific methods
sea stack
sea-floor spreading
seamount
seawall
secondary coast
secondary enrichment
sedimentary environment
sedimentary facies
sedimentary rock
sedimentary structure
seismic
seismic discontinuity
seismic gap
seismic profiling
seismic tomography
seismic wave
seismogram
seismograph

spit
stalactite
stalagmite
star dune
strain
stratification
stratovolcano
stratum (plural strata
streak
stream discharge
stream terrace
striation
strike
strike-slip fault
structural geology
subduction
subsidence
sulfate
surf zone
surface wave
surge
suspended load
suture zone
swash
syncline