Rock (geology) (1175 bytes)
1: ...ere]] and [[Earth's mantle|mantle]] are formed of rock.
4: * [[Geology]]
6: * [[List of rocks]]
10: * [[Rock formations]]
16: [[Category:Geology]]

Geology (10520 bytes)
1: '''Geology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] γη- (...
3: ...es]] that move over a semi-molten upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asthenosphere]]) via processes that ...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principle...
7: The word "geology" was first used by [[Jean-André Deluc]] in the ye...
12: ...erosion|eroded]] and for [[sediment]] to form new rocks at the bottom of the sea, which in turn were rai...

Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin (2547 bytes)
1: '''Rock''' is a town located in [[Rock County, Wisconsin]]. As of the [[2000]] census, ...
4: ...mage:WIMap-doton-Rock.png|right|Location of Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin]]According to the [[United Stat...
15: [[Category:Rock County, Wisconsin]]

Mensa (geology) (136 bytes)
1: In [[planetary geology]], the word '''mensa''' (pl. ''mensae'') is used ...

Geology of Hertfordshire (4831 bytes)
1: The rocks of the [[England|English]] county of '''Hertford...
4: ...rs old, these are the oldest rocks in the county. Rocks get progressively younger as one moves in a sout...
10: Next comes the Chalk Rock, which, being a hard bed, caps the hilltops by [[...
14: ...h is formed of the weathered remnants of Tertiary rocks and chalk.
28: ... the retreat of the glaciers, wind blown powdered rock known as [[loess]] was deposited over the whole c...

Eon (geology) (670 bytes)

Historical geology (1726 bytes)
1: ...ical geology''' is the use of the principles of [[geology]] to reconstruct and understand the history of th...
3: ... propose some of the basic concepts of historical geology. One of these concept was that [[fossils]] origin...
5: ...]], which is a basic principle in all branches of geology. Hutton also supported the idea that the Earth wa...
7: [[Category:Historical geology|*]]

Creation geology (7564 bytes)
2: ...arth and ancient geological formations. Creation geology is rejected by the mainstream scientific communit...
4: == Comparison with mainstream geology==
6: The mainstream model of [[geology]] is defined by the principle of [[uniformitarian...
8: By contrast, creation geology explains geological formations primarily with res...
10: ... geological formations, and is studied by [[Flood geology]].

Hotspot (geology) (2282 bytes)
1: ...used by a narrow stream of [[heat|hot]] [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] convecting up from the mantle-core boun...

Structural geology (2930 bytes)
1: ... structural geology. Fracture patterns within the rock layers are another important structural feature. ...
3: ...cur in association with [[intrusive]] [[igneous]] rocks. They often also occur around geologic [[reef]] ...
5: ...logy|Environmental geologists]] and [[engineering geology|engineering geologists]] are also very interested...
7: [[Plate tectonic]]s is structural geology on a large scale, usually referring to the struct...
9: ...ral geology| Important publications in structural geology]]

Extrusive (geology) (679 bytes)
1: ... refers to a mode of [[igneous]] [[rock (geology)|rock]] formation, in which hot [[magma]] from inside t...
3: ...al]]s. Often, a residual portion of the [[matrix (geology)|matrix]] fails to crystallize at all, instead be...
5: ...nd small vesicles (bubble-shaped cavities) or the rock may be porous.

Geology of Dorset (6630 bytes)
1: [[Image:Dorset_geology.png|frame|Stylised simple Geology map of Dorset]]
3: ... rests on a variety of different [[rock (geology)|rock]] types which give the county its interesting lan...
20: ...[River Frome]] [[estuary]] runs through this weak rock, and its many [[tributary|tributaries]] have carv...
27: ...[Mary Anning]]'s [[Ichthyosaur]]. The variety of geology leads to a variety of habitats, from the heathlan...
29: ...]], [[Durdle Door]] [[natural arch]], [[Old Harry Rocks]] and [[Chesil Beach]], a [[tombolo]]. The [[Po...

Cataclysmic Geology (677 bytes)
1: '''Cataclysmic Geology''' is the study of the unusual and rare geologic ...

Porphyry (geology) (2447 bytes)
4: ...ard red, green or purple igneous [[Rock (geology)|rock]] consisting of large-grained [[crystal]]s, such ...
6: ...he eye, as in [[granite]]. Many types of igneous rocks may display porphyry.
10: ... magma is cooled slowly by contact with overlying rocks, creating the large crystal grains, with a diame...
28: [[Category:Igneous rocks]]

Petroleum geology (5934 bytes)
1: '''Petroleum geology''' is a term used to refer to the specific set of...
15: ... them is one of the most fundamental in petroleum geology. Recently, the availability of cheap and high qu...
17: ...hemistry]] to quantify the nature of organic-rich rocks which contain the precursors to hydrocarbons, su...
19: ...in situ'' hydrocarbons) and their [[Permeability (geology)|permeability]] (to calculate how easily hydrocar...
21: ...des the escape of hydrocarbons from the reservoir rock. Common seals include [[evaporite]]s, [[chalk]]s...

Crust (geology) (925 bytes)
1: In [[geology]], a '''crust''' is the outer layer of a [[planet...
3: ...s. Because of the partially-fluid upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]], or [[asthenosphere]], underneath, floa...
11: [[Category:Geology]]

Economic geology (2104 bytes)
1: ... [[mineralogy]], [[geophysics]], and [[structural geology]]) might all be used to understand, describe, and...
16: ...nomic geology| Important publications in economic geology]]
18: [[Category:Geology]]
19: [[Category:Economic geology]]

Permeability (geology) (1058 bytes)
2: ...lity of a material (typically, a [[Rock (geology)|rock]]) to transmit fluids through it. It is of great...
4: ... md can form efficient ''seals'' (see [[petroleum geology]]). Unconsolidated sands may have permeabilities...

Flood geology (27405 bytes)
3: ... [[Bible|Biblical]] account of [[Genesis]]. Flood geology is closely linked with [[Creationism]].
5: ... was somewhat similar to what is now called Flood Geology. Following [[James Hutton]]'s promotion of the id...
7: ...-science]]. They do so both because it interprets geology in light of what they consider to be a solely rel...
15: ...urred, then it would have had a radical effect on geology, and traces of that flood would be observable tod...
17: ...ust (geology)|crust]] is covered by [[sedimentary rock]].

Stack (geology) (1165 bytes)
2: ...ck (small).jpg|frame|none|Stack, near [[Old Harry Rocks]]]]
3: ...y_Rocks,_Dorset-(aerial).jpg|frame|none|Old Harry Rocks]]
6: ...nd erode too quickly to form stacks, while harder rocks, such as [[granite]] erode in different ways.
9: *[[Old Harry Rocks]], [[Dorset]], [[England]].
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