Plate tectonics  Erosion  Fossils

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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Find the definition of the key terms below: 

  • Plate tectonics 
  • Erosion 
  • Fossils 
  • Geologic time/eras 
  • Folding/faulting/volcano 
  • Igneous/ metamorphic/sedimentary 
  • Topography 
  • Lowlands/highlands 
  • Differential erosion 
  • Escarpment  
  • Rift valley 
  • Plateaus 
  • Intrusion 
  • Fiord 
  • drainage 
  • ice ages
  • ice sheets
  • glacier
  • advance
  • retreat
  • alpine glacier
  • U- shaped valley 
  • continental glacier
  • zone of accumulation
  • till
  • striation
  • spillway
  • misfit stream
  • till plain
  • moraine
  • drumlin
  • erratic
  • esker 
  • lake plain
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