glacial tectonics

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• Post-glacial rebound — A model of present day mass change due to post glacial rebound and the reloading of the ocean basins with seawater. Blue and purple areas indicate rising due to the removal of the ice sheets. Yellow and red areas indicate falling as mantle… …   Wikipedia

• plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …   Universalium

• Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements — The Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements comprise a geological feature between Kimberley and Barkly West, South Africa, pertaining to the Palaeozoic age Dwyka Ice Age, or Karoo Ice Age, (some 300 million years ago) where the glacially scoured (smoothed …   Wikipedia

• WGGT — Wood Group Gas Turbines (Business » Firms) *** Work Group on Glacial Tectonics (Academic & Science » Meteorology) *** Work Group on Glacial Tectonics (Academic & Science » Ocean Science) *** Work Group on Glacial Tectonics (Academic & Science »… …   Abbreviations dictionary

• MoClay — The Moclay (Moclay = from Danish: moler) strata are formally designated as the Fur Formation.[1] It is a diatomitic sediment of Lower Eocene Epoch, c. 56 54,5 Ma) age which crops out in the Limfjord region of Denmark from Silstrup via Mors and… …   Wikipedia

• Mudrock — Glacial Lake Missoula claystone Red mudrock in the Ragged Reef Formation ( …   Wikipedia

• Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry       The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …   Universalium

• geology — /jee ol euh jee/, n., pl. geologies. 1. the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is… …   Universalium

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Geology of Mars — Mars   Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Designations …   Wikipedia

• Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… …   Universalium