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Geology I
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Geology
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02/01/2010
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Asthenosphere
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The weak layer of soft but solid rock comprising the part of the upper mantle (below the lithosphere) and over which the plates slide. Movement in the asthenosphere occurs by plastic deformation. (From the Greek asthenes, meaning "weak")
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Climate System
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A geosystem that includes all parts of the Earth System and all the interactions among these components needed to describe how climate behaves in space and time.
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Core
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The centra
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Crust
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Earth System
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fossil
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geodynamo
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inner core
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lithosphere
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magnetic field
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mantle
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outer core
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plate tectonic system
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principle of uniformitarianism
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scientific method
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seismic wave
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topography
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