geology

Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical bodies, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. The name comes . Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth sciences, including hydrology. It is integrated with Earth system science and planetary science.

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Geology is a branch of science, academic discipline, and field of study that serves as a subclass of natural science and Earth science. It is the study of the lithosphere and is practiced by geologists. The subject has the geologic time scale as a characteristic and is partially coincident with paleontology. It is distinct from genology and geography.

The topic is maintained by WikiProject Geology and is referenced by 7,547 other encyclopedia articles. It appears in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary. The field is listed on the Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. It is associated with Commons category Geology, Portal:Geology, and Category:Geology.

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Research

34,505 papers

Geology of mankind.Nature · 2002Crutzen PJDOI: 10.1038/415023a
Medical geology in the framework of the sustainable development goals.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2017Bundschuh J, Maity JP, Mushtaq S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.208
Coupling coordination relationship between geology-geomorphology and ecology in Northeast China.PloS one · 2022Tao G, Jiang Q, Shi C et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266392
Geology-dependent impacts of forest conversion on stream fish diversity.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2021Ishiyama N, Miura K, Inoue T et al.DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13655
Copper and its isotopes: a brief overview of its implications in geology, environmental system, and human health.ReviewIsotopes in environmental and health studies · 2024Srivastava T, Wanjari NDOI: 10.1080/10256016.2024.2410290
Developing medical geology in Uruguay: a review.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2010Mañay NDOI: 10.3390/ijerph7051963
Medical geology and environmental geochemistry are closely related disciplines. Introduction.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2012Jaramillo-Nieves LJ, Finkelman RBDOI: 10.1007/s10653-011-9432-0
Towards a geology of evidence-based practice--a discussion paper.ReviewInternational journal of nursing studies · 2006Rolfe G, Gardner LDOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.10.010

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Encyclopedic overview

35 sections

Contents

Geological material
Minerals
Rock
Unlithified material
Whole-Earth structure
Plate tectonics
Earth structure
Geological time
Timescale of the Earth
Important milestones on Earth
Timescale of the Moon
Timescale of Mars
Dating methods
Relative dating
Absolute dating
Geological development of an area
Investigative methods
Field methods
Petrology
Structural geology
Stratigraphy
Planetary geology
Applied geology
Economic geology
Mining geology
Petroleum geology
Engineering geology
Hydrology
Paleoclimatology
Natural hazards
History
Fields or related disciplines
See also
References
External links

Geology describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface and the processes that have shaped that structure. Geologists study the mineralogical composition of rocks in order to get insight into their history of formation. Geology determines the relative ages of rocks found at a given location; geochemistry (a branch of geology) determines their absolute ages. By combining various petrological, crystallographic, and paleontological tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole. One aspect is to demonstrate the age of the Earth. Geology provides evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and the Earth's past climates.

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