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The science of the Earth. The study of the Earth's materials and of the processes that shape them is known as physical geology. Historical geology is...
Any observable attribute of rocks, such as overall appearance, composition, or conditions of formation, and changes that may occur in these...
Products of fracturing and differential movements along fractures in continental and oceanic crustal rocks. Faults range in length and magnitude of...


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Figure 1.Stratigraphic section through a fluvial deposit illustrating its subdivision into lithofacies and the use of a lithofacies code scheme. 1 m = 3.3 ft. (After A. D. Miall, A review of the braided river depositional environment, Earth Sci. Rev., 13:1–62, 1977)
From Encyclopedia article 'Facies (geology)'
Figure 1.Transform faults linking oceanic ridge segments. (After W. J. Morgan, Rises, trenches, great faults, and crustal blocks, J. Geophys. Res., 73:1959–1982, 1968)
From Encyclopedia article 'Fault and fault structures'
Figure 2.Hypothetical carbonate shelf showing relationship of lithofacies to environmental facies; based on the modern shelves of Florida and the Bahamas. 1 km = 0.6 mi.
From Encyclopedia article 'Facies (geology)'
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