Geology

The study of Earth's solid material: rocks, minerals, and the processes that shape them.

Subcategories

• Paleontology — The study of ancient life through fossils and the fossil record.

Articles (2)

• Earthquakes and Seismic Waves
  Sudden release of stress along faults generates seismic waves that travel through Earth, measured by seismographs and magnitude scales.
• The Rock Cycle
  The model describing how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks form and transform over geological time.

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