physical geology

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physical geology [′fiz·ə·kəl jē′äl·ə·jē]

(geology)

That branch of geology concerned with understanding the composition of the earth and the physical changes occurring in it, based on the study of rocks, minerals, and sediments, their structures and formations, and their processes of origin and alteration.

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