Bilingual glossary of geology


   Plate tectonics theory and rock cycle

Dynamo-Thermal Metamorphism
Active Margin
Asthenosphere
Continental Arc
Continental Crust
Continental Margin
Convergent Plate Boundary
Decompression Melting
Divergent Plate Boundary
Erosion
Hot Spot
Igneous Rock
Insular Arc
Isostatic Adjustment
Lithosphere
Mantle Plume
Metamorphic Rock
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Oceanic Crust
Oceanic Trench
Orogeny (syn.: Orogenesis)
Passive Margin
Plate boundary (tectonic)
Plate Tectonics (Theory)
Rift (continental)
Rift (oceanic)
Rock cycle
Seafloor Spreading
Sedimentary Rock
Subduction
Subduction Zone
Subsidence
Transform Fault Plate Boundary
Uplift (isostatic)
Weathering
Wilson Cycle


GEO1515 - Introduction aux matériaux terrestres
GEO1115 - Introduction to Earth Materials

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