bedrock geology
11Geology of Mars — Mars   Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Designations …
12Geology of New Jersey — The Geology of New Jersey consists of four distinct physiographic provinces. They are: (listed from the south to the north) the Atlantic Coastal Plain Province, the Piedmont Province, the Highlands Province, and the Ridge and Valley… …
13Geology of Scotland — The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of differing geological features. [Keay Keay (1994) op cit page 415.] There are three main geographical sub divisions: the Highlands and Islands is a… …
14Geology of the Moon — The geology of the Moon (sometimes called selenology, although the latter term can refer more generally to lunar science ) is quite different from that of the Earth. The Moon lacks a significant atmosphere and any bodies of water, which… …
15Geology of Kansas — There are three eras that make up surface rocks in Kansas, they consist of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Paleozoic rocks at the surface in Kansas are primarily from the Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian periods. The oldest rocks at …
16Geology of the Appalachians — The geology of the Appalachians dates back to more than 480 million years ago. A look at rocks exposed in today s Appalachian mountains reveals elongate belts of folded and thrust faulted marine sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks and slivers of… …
17bedrock — /ˈbɛdrɒk / (say bedrok) noun 1. Geology unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments. 2. any firm foundation. –phrase 3. get down to bedrock, to come to the essentials …
18Geology of Greenland — Greenland is the largest island on Earth. Only one fifth of its surface area is exposed bedrock, the rest being covered by ice. Its geology is dominated by crystalline rocks of the Laurentian Shield …
19Degradation (geology) — In geology, degradation refers to the lowering of a fluvial surface, such as a stream bed or floodplain, through erosional processes.[1][2] It is the opposite of aggradation. Degradation is characteristic of channel networks in which either… …
20Colluvium filled bedrock hollow — Colluvium filled bedrock hollows are the cause of many shallow earth landslides in steep mountainous terrain. They can form as a U or a V shaped trough as local bedrock variations reveal areas in the bedrock which are more prone to weathering… …
