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Geology Vocabulary Athenosphere Electron Capture Hydrosphere Half Life Atmosphere Carbon-14 Geology Crust Uranium 238 Physical Geology Mantle Thorium-232 Historical Geology Outer Core Potassium-40 Geophysics Inner Core Eon Geochemistry Charles Lyell Era Seismology Geologic Time Period Paleontology Absolute Dating Nebulae Volcanology Relative Dating Accretion Mineralogy Principle of Original Horizontality Iron Catastrophe Seismology Law or Superposition Aristotle Eratosthenes Principle of Cross-cutting Intrusions Theophrastus James Ussher Catastophism James Hutton Unifomitarism Grand Canyon Garnets Hindu River Spillover Theory Lithosphere/Geosphere Principle of Inclusions Principle of Lateral Continuity Precambrian Hadean Methane Water Vapor Nescient Life Late Heavy Bombardment Principle of Faunal Succession Theia Impact Unconformity Acasta Gneiss Discomformity Archean Nonconformity Ur Radioactive Decay Pillow Lava Alpha Decay Basalt Beta Decay Zircon Crystals Pillow Lava Lignite Chicxulub Impact/Crater Granite Permian Deccan Traps BIF’’s Pangaea Iridium Layer Craton Dimetrodon Cenozoic Stromatilites Gorgonopsid Paleocene Chemical Fossils Dictodon Neogene Anoxic Organism Siberian Traps Quaternary Aerobic Organism Permian-Triassic Extinction Terror Birds Proterozoic Hydrogen Sulfide Smilodon Rodinia Mesozoic Era Glyptodont Eukaryotes Triassic Period Himalaya Formation Snowball Earth Dinosaur Ice Ages Paleozoic Pleisiosaurs Minerals Cambrian Icthyosaurs Homogenous Ordovician Cycads Crystalline Structure Devonian Coelophysis Luster Silurian Jurassic Period Metallic Trilobite Sauropd Non-Metallic Rhynia Seismosaurus Vitreous Placoderms Archaopteryx Light Transmission Orogeny Cretaceous Streak Dunkleosteus Tyranosaurs Crystal Habit Carboniferous Gondwanaland Tenacity Cyclothem Laurasia Hardness Peat K-T Extinction Cleavage Fracture Glassy Texture Gneiss Silicates Aphanetic Schist Ferromagnesians Phaneritc Quartzite NonFerromagnesians Porphyritic Plate Tectonics Feldspar Pyroclastic Oceanic Crust Mica Granite Continental Crust Quartz Basalt Plate Boundaries Clay Gabbro Divergent Boundaries Olivine Rhyolite Mid-Ocean Rifts Pyroxene Sedimentary Rift Valleys Amphibole Detrital Convergent Boundaries Biotite Chemical Subduction Zones Non-Silicate Weathering Oceanic Trenches Native Elements Erosion Volcanic Arc Rocks Deposition Orogenesis Rock Cycle Exfoliation Magma Shale Slip- Strike (Transform) Boundary Melt Sandstone Volatiles Breccia Mafic Conglomerate Felsic Limestone Pahoehoe Metamorphic Aa Contact Metamorphism Block Lava Marble Igneous Slate Transform Faults Ring of Fire Volcano Magma Lava Basaltic Magma Andesitic Magma Rhyolitic Magma Volatiles Gas Content Seismic Waves Radiation Tephra Seismometer Convection Volcanic Dust and Ash P-Wave Wind Lapilli S-wave Air Pressure Volcanic Blocks L-wave Sea Breeze Lava Bombs Subsidence Land Breeze Pyroclastic Flow Liquefaction Westerlies Lahar Aftershock Trade Wind Vent /Cone Foreshock Doldrums Parasitic Cone Richter Scale Easterlies Conduit Modified Mercalli Scale Jet Stream Caldera Moment Magnitude Scale Air Mass Magma Chamber San Francisco 1906 CP Shield Volcano Alaskan Quake 1964 CT Composite/Strombolian Volcano Japan 3/11/11 MT Megathrust Quake MP Atmosphere CA Troposphere Front Tropopause Warm Front Stratosphere Cold Front Stratopause Stationary Front Mesosphere Occluded Front Mesopause Condensation Evaporation Exosphere Condensation Nucleus Aurora Cirrus Composite/Strato- Volcano Cerro Negro Manua Loa Krakatoa Tsunami Supervolcano Anak Krakatau Earthquake Focus Epicenter Stratus Rain Bands Homo sapiens Cumulus Storm Surge heidelbergensis Nimbus Landfall Homo sapiens sapiens Fog Saffir-Simpson Scale Radiant Fog Superstorm Sandy Lightning Evolution Stepped Leader Natural Selection Precipitation Punctuated Equilibrium Rain Variability Sleet Hominid Hail Bipedalism Snow Opposable Thumbs Freezing Rain Proconsul Tornado Aegyptopithecus Enhanced Fujita Scale Sahelanthropus Supercell Ardipithecus Ramidus Moore, Ok Australopithecus Afarensis Joplin, Mo Australopithecus Africanus Hurricane Homo Habilis Easterly Wave Homo Erectus Cylcone,Typhoon Homo sapiens Tropical Depression floresiensis Tropical Storm Homo sapiens Eye neanderthalensis Eyewall
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