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Unconsolidated materials overlying rock.
Industry:Natural environment
The study of geologically recent earthquakes.
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The time interval required for one cycle of a wave.
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A stage in a periodic motion measured with respect to a reference and expressed in angular measure.
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The character and distribution of landforms.
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See ductile.
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A large unit of the earth's lithosphere that moves relative to other plates and the interior of the earth.
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The theory of movement and interaction of large plates of the earth's crust that explains earthquakes, volcanos and other geologic processes as consequences of the movement.
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Giant slabs of underground rocks, often bigger than continents.
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Fast-moving body waves that push and pull on rocks laterally; they move at 3 miles (5 km) per second.
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