Physical Geology
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Comments: Cliffs Quick Reviews are Produced by The People Who Know Student Needs and Respond to Them. This logically presented, easy-to-grasp review gives you the reference you want to effectively organize your introductory-level course work..
Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1st edition (June 6, 1998).
Author: Mark J. Crawford.
Supporting Link: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/710526.
Isbn: 9780822053354.
Created: 01/15/2010
Modified: 01/15/2010
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(part 1) (30 words)
ablation, abrasion, acid rain, aftershock, alluvial fan, alpine, anticline, aphanitic, aquiclude, aquifer, arete, arroyo, Artesian well, assimilation, asthenosphere, atoll, backwash, balanced budget, bar, barrier island, barrier reef, batholith, beach, bedding, berm, bituminous coal, blowout, breaker, breakwater, breccia
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(part 2) (31 words)
budget, butte, caldera, caliche, calving, cast, cementation, cirque, cleavage, coal, coast, compaction, contact, continental divide, continental drift, continental shelf, continental slope, core, crater, craton, creep, crevasse, crust, deflation, delta, desert, diapir, differentiation, dike, distributary, drainage basin
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(part 3) (31 words)
drumlin, ductile, dust storm, earthquake, epicenter, erosion, erratic, esker, estuary, exfoliation, fall, fault, fetch, fiord, fissile, flash flood, floodplain, flow, focus, fold, foliation, footwall, foreshock, fossil, fossil fuel, fracture, frost heaving, geophysics, geothermal energy, geyser, geyserite
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(part 4) (31 words)
glaciation, glacier, Gondwanaland, graben, groin, guyot, half-life, halo, hanging wall, hardness, hardpan, headland, headwaters, horn, horst, hot spring, iceberg, igneous rock, inclinometer, inclusion, index fossil, inselberg, isostasy, isotope, jetty, joint, kame, kettle, laccolith, lahar, landslide
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(part 5) (25 words)
laterite, Laurasia, lava, lignite, limb, liquefaction, lithification, lithosphere, loam, loess, luster, magma, magnetic field, magnetic pole, magnetometer, mantle, meander, member, mesa, metamorphic rock, microseism, mineral, Mohorovicic discontinuity, moraine, mouth