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{{Short description|Obsolete theory of continent locations}} ...d by the concepts of [[continental drift]] and modern [[plate tectonics]]. The theory was first proposed by [[William Lowthian Green]] in 1875.<ref name=" ...

{{Short description|Part of the motion of a tectonic plate caused by its subduction}} ...suction]] account for almost all of the force driving [[plate tectonics]]. The [[ridge push]] at rifts contributes only 5 to 10%.<ref>Conrad CP, [[Carolin ...

{{Short description|Movement of water from the Pacific to the West Philippine/South China Sea}} ...e southward flowing [[Mindanao Current]]. The Kuroshio Current flows along the eastern Philippine coast, up to 13.7 Sv...<ref>{{cite journal ...

...upper solid mantle ([[lithospheric mantle]]). The green dashed line marks the LAB.]] ...A.|last2=Shearer|first2=Peter M.|date=24 April 2009|title=A Global View of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary|journal=Science|volume=324|issue=5926|pa ...

{{Short description|Term in geology}} ...its data as well. Beyond 80 million years the plate model fits better than the mantle model. ...

{{Short description|Layering of a body of water due to density variations}} ...[Epilimnion]]'' <br /> II. The ''[[Thermocline|Metalimnion]]'' <br /> III. The ''[[Hypolimnion]]'' ]] ...

{{Short description|Landlocked body of water with underground connection to the sea}} ...te, it is sometimes possible to access the deeper saline water directly in the anchialine pool, or sometimes it may be accessible by [[cave diving]]. ...

...description|Process of reconstructing the positions of tectonic plates in the geological past}} ...for a history of the movement of tectonic plates, see [[Geological history of Earth]].'' ...

{{Short description|Ocean/atmosphere carbon exchange process}} ...n (carbon that is, or has been, incorporated into a living thing). Part of the marine carbon cycle transforms carbon between non-living and living matter. ...

...ples are used as [[Isotopic signature|isotopic fingerprints]] to elucidate the processes occurring in an environment and answer questions relating to biol ...een two δ values). For a more complete description of these notations, see the isotope notation section in [[Hydrogen isotope biogeochemistry]]. ...

| image1 = Earth Pacific jul 30 2010.jpg ...ces of the Sun and tides and movements within the Earth's crust, these are the marine biogeochemical cycles. ...

[[File:Cycle of rocks 2.png|thumb|The main rock types]] ...geographic attribution,''' in [[geology]] refers to the origins or sources of particles within [[sediment]] and [[Sedimentary rock|sedimentary rocks]].<r ...

{{Short description|Relative abundance of elements}} ...t|the geochemistry term|modern data|Abundance of elements in Earth's crust|the geodesy term|Earth ellipsoid#Historical Earth ellipsoids}} ...

{{Short description|Long-term extrapolated geological and biological changes of planet Earth}} ...tured illustration of the scorched [[Earth]] after the [[Sun]] has entered the [[red giant]] phase, about 5–7 billion years from now<ref name=apj418/>]] ...

{{Short description|Scientific projections regarding the far future}} {{Redirect-several|dab=no|List of numbers|List of years|}} ...

{{Short description|Precipitation in the form of water droplets}} {{Listen|filename=Thunder.ogg|title=Rain|description=Typical sound of rain with [[thunder]]|format=[[Ogg]]}} ...

...on]] which feed off the [[phytoplankton]]. Higher order consumers complete the web. There has been increasing recognition in recent years concerning [[mar ...c interactions can also provide a lot of information about the functioning of marine ecosystems. ...

This '''glossary of meteorology''' is a list of terms and concepts relevant to [[meteorology]] and [[atmospheric science]], {{defn|Any {{gli|air current}} moving away from either the North Pole or the South Pole.}} ...

{{Short description|Gravitational force exerted by the planet Mars}} ...ebp|thumb|300px|[[Gravity of Earth|Earth]] vs [[Mars]] vs [[Gravitation of the Moon|Moon]] [[gravity]] at [[elevation]]]] ...

...'s laws]], founder of the [[Russian Entomological Society]], co-founder of the [[Russian Geographical Society]] *'''[[Alexander Borodin]]''', chemist and composer, author of the famous opera ''[[Prince Igor]]'', discovered [[Borodin reaction]], co-disco ...