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geological phenomenon
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earthgeology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocksearthquake, quake, seism, temblor - shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activitynatural phenomenon - all phenomena that are not artificialendogeny - a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earthalluvial cone, alluvial fan - a fan-shaped deposit where a fast flowing stream flattens outcataclysm, catastrophe - a sudden violent change in the earth's surfacecontinental drift - the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)alluviation, deposit, sedimentation - the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulatingflood, inundation, alluvion, deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"frost heave, frost heaving - upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soiltransgression - the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial stratavolcanism - the phenomena associated with volcanic activity |
geological phenomenon
Words related to geological phenomenonnoun a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earthRelated Words- geology
- earthquake
- quake
- seism
- temblor
- natural phenomenon
- endogeny
- alluvial cone
- alluvial fan
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- continental drift
- alluviation
- deposit
- sedimentation
- flood
- inundation
- alluvion
- deluge
- frost heave
- frost heaving
- transgression
- volcanism
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