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The set of processes whereby rocks continuously change into other types of rocks.
The meteorologist who originally thought of continental drift.
The part of the regolith that supports the growth of plants
Physical forces breaking down rocks into smaller pieces without changing the rocks composition.
The transformation of a rock into one or more new compounds.
Largest of the particle sizes found in soil.
Smallest of the particle sizes found in soil.
The medium size of the particles found in soil.
The theory that the lithospheric plates move slowly over the mantle.
A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving.
A seismic body wave that shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and the opposite direction that the wave is moving.
The point of the Earth vertically above the focus of the earthquake.
Opposite sides of the fault plane have moved horizontally and parallel to the strike of the fault.
The hanging wall moves upwards relative to the foot wall.
Extremely rapid movement of earth material or snow.
Places where tectonic plates move toward each other, resulting in subduction zones.
Areas where tectonic plates move away from each other.
Areas where tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
A sudden and violent shaking of the ground because of movements within the Earth's crust.
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
A fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
The gradual destruction or diminution by wind, water, or other natural agents.
Geological and environmental conditions and involve long-term or short-term geological processes.
The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.
The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass.
The geomorphologic break that demarcates the border between an upland region of relatively hard crystalline basement rock and a coastal plain of softer sedimentary rock.
Hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
The hypothetical force, caused by the horizontal spreading of the near-surface asthenosphere at constructive margins, which is thought to be one of the two main driving forces for the movement of lithospheric plates.

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