单词	geomorphology
释义	geomorphology /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)mɔːˈfɒlədʒi / noun [mass noun] The study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures.The western tip of the South Alkyonides Fault is exposed in the surface geology and geomorphology of the Perachora Peninsula.... Morphotectonics requires input from at least three branches of Earth science: geophysics, geology, and geomorphology. The Zagros is an example of a young and active orogenic belt where geomorphology and seismicity provide invaluable constraints on the style of deformation, in ways not possible with ancient, inactive orogens. Derivatives geomorphological /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)mɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l / adjective ... Palaeoseismology is the study of prehistoric earthquakes using geological and geomorphological evidence. Beginning in Early Miocene time, southward extrusion of the Greater Himalayan Slab has had a profound influence on the geological and geomorphological evolution of the Himalaya. Yet the tectonic and geomorphological processes by which these margins continue to evolve long after sea-floor spreading is effected are not wholly evident. geomorphologist noun ... Modern geomorphologists recognize that mountain-building is a geologically recent event. In fact, the whole idea of paleosols was first developed by geomorphologists and soil scientists to explore soils in the Quaternary. Hydrologists, biologists and geomorphologists are only now discovering many of the complex forces that shape the Mekong Basin.
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