Table of Contents
55 relations: Amplitude, Anatexis, Basalt, British Isles, Caledonian orogeny, Crust (geology), Denudation, Epeirogenic movement, Fractional crystallization (geology), Fractionation, Gabbro, Geochemistry, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Igneous petrology, Indian Ocean, Irish Sea, Isostasy, Karoo Supergroup, Kutch district, Laccadive Islands, Large igneous province, Lineament, Liquidus and solidus, Mafic, Magma, Magma chamber, Mantle (geology), Mantle convection, Mantle wedge, Marine transgression, Metamorphism, Mohorovičić discontinuity, North Sea, Oxfordian (stage), Paleogene, Partial melting, Phase transition, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Plate tectonics, Porcupine Seabight, Rajmahal Traps, Rhyolite, Sandstone, Sedimentary basin, Seismic tomography, Seismology, Shale, Slab (geology), Subduction, ... Expand index (5 more) »
Amplitude
The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change in a single period (such as time or spatial period).
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Anatexis
Anatexis (via Latin from Greek roots meaning "to melt down") is the partial melting of rocks. Magmatic underplating and Anatexis are igneous petrology.
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Basalt
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
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Caledonian orogeny
The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe.
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Crust (geology)
In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. Magmatic underplating and crust (geology) are plate tectonics.
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Denudation
Denudation is the geological process in which moving water, ice, wind, and waves erode the Earth's surface, leading to a reduction in elevation and in relief of landforms and landscapes.
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Epeirogenic movement
In geology, epeirogenic movement (from Greek epeiros, land, and genesis, birth) is upheavals or depressions of land exhibiting long wavelengths and little folding apart from broad undulations.
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Fractional crystallization (geology)
Fractional crystallization, or crystal fractionation, is one of the most important geochemical and physical processes operating within crust and mantle of a rocky planetary body, such as the Earth. Magmatic underplating and fractional crystallization (geology) are igneous petrology.
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Fractionation
Fractionation is a separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture (of gasses, solids, liquids, enzymes, or isotopes, or a suspension) is divided during a phase transition, into a number of smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition varies according to a gradient.
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Gabbro
Gabbro is a phaneritic (coarse-grained), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface.
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Geochemistry
Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans.
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Geomorphology
Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek:,, 'earth';,, 'form'; and,, 'study') is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface.
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Geophysics
Geophysics is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis.
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Igneous petrology
Igneous petrology is the study of igneous rocks—those that are formed from magma.
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Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.
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Irish Sea
The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.
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Isostasy
Isostasy (Greek ''ísos'' 'equal', ''stásis'' 'standstill') or isostatic equilibrium is the state of gravitational equilibrium between Earth's crust (or lithosphere) and mantle such that the crust "floats" at an elevation that depends on its thickness and density.
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Karoo Supergroup
The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert.
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Kutch district
Kutch district, officially spelled Kachchh, is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj.
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Laccadive Islands
The Laccadive or Kannur Islands are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.
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Large igneous province
A large igneous province (LIP) is an extremely large accumulation of igneous rocks, including intrusive (sills, dikes) and extrusive (lava flows, tephra deposits), arising when magma travels through the crust towards the surface.
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Lineament
See also Line (geometry) A lineament is a linear feature in a landscape which is an expression of an underlying geological structure such as a fault.
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Liquidus and solidus
While chemically pure materials have a single melting point, chemical mixtures often partially melt at the solidus temperature (TS or Tsol), and fully melt at the higher liquidus temperature (TL or Tliq).
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Mafic
A mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron. Magmatic underplating and mafic are igneous petrology.
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Magma
Magma is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magmatic underplating and Magma are igneous petrology.
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Magma chamber
A magma chamber is a large pool of liquid rock beneath the surface of the Earth.
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Mantle (geology)
A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
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Mantle convection
Mantle convection is the very slow creep of Earth's solid silicate mantle as convection currents carry heat from the interior to the planet's surface. Magmatic underplating and mantle convection are plate tectonics.
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Mantle wedge
A mantle wedge is a triangular shaped piece of mantle that lies above a subducting tectonic plate and below the overriding plate.
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Marine transgression
A marine transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, which results in flooding.
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Metamorphism
Metamorphism is the transformation of existing rock (the protolith) to rock with a different mineral composition or texture.
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Mohorovičić discontinuity
The Mohorovičić discontinuityusually called the Moho discontinuity, Moho boundary, or just Mohois the boundary between the crust and the mantle of Earth. Magmatic underplating and Mohorovičić discontinuity are plate tectonics.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Oxfordian (stage)
The Oxfordian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the earliest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch, or the lowest stage of the Upper Jurassic Series.
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Paleogene
The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.
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Partial melting
Partial melting is the phenomenon that occurs when a rock is subjected to temperatures high enough to cause certain minerals to melt, but not all of them. Magmatic underplating and Partial melting are igneous petrology.
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Phase transition
In physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another.
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences is a fortnightly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society.
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Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since 3–4 billion years ago.
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Porcupine Seabight
The Porcupine Seabight or Porcupine Basin is a deep-water oceanic basin located on the continental margin in the northeastern portion of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Rajmahal Traps
The Rajmahal Traps is a volcanic igneous province in Eastern India, covering the parts of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Meghalaya.
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Rhyolite
Rhyolite is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks.
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Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
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Sedimentary basin
Sedimentary basins are region-scale depressions of the Earth's crust where subsidence has occurred and a thick sequence of sediments have accumulated to form a large three-dimensional body of sedimentary rock.
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Seismic tomography
Seismic tomography or seismotomography is a technique for imaging the subsurface of the Earth with seismic waves produced by earthquakes or explosions.
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Seismology
Seismology (from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (-logía) meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or other planetary bodies.
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Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.
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Slab (geology)
In geology, the slab is a significant constituent of subduction zones.
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Subduction
Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries. Magmatic underplating and Subduction are plate tectonics.
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Tectonics
Tectonics are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
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Ultramafic rock
Ultramafic rocks (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed of usually greater than 90% mafic minerals (dark colored, high magnesium and iron content).
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Upper mantle
The upper mantle of Earth is a very thick layer of rock inside the planet, which begins just beneath the crust (at about under the oceans and about under the continents) and ends at the top of the lower mantle at.
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Wavelength
In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
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Xenolith
A xenolith ("foreign rock") is a rock fragment (country rock) that becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latter's development and solidification. Magmatic underplating and xenolith are igneous petrology.
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References
Also known as Underplating.