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   Aaa
Ablation
Ablation Zone
Absolute Age (syn.: Numerical Age)
Absolute Dating
Accretion
Accumulation Zone
Active Margin
Alteration
Altitude
Angle of Repose
Angular Unconformity
Anion
Anticline
Aphanitic
Apparent Thickness
Asthenosphere
Asymmetric Fold
Atmosphere
Atom
Atomic Bond
Axial Plane
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   Bbb
Basal Slip
Basalt
Basin
Batholith
Bed
Bed Load
Bedding
Bedrock Geology
Big Bang (Theory)
Biochemical (Sedimentary Rock)
Biosphere
Bioturbation
Bowen's Reaction Series
Brittle Deformation
Burial
Burial Metamorphism
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   Ccc
Calving
Canadian Shield
Carbonates (idem - Carbonate Rocks)
Cation
Cementation
Cenozoic
Champlain Sea
Chatter Marks
Chemical (Sedimentary Rock)
Chemical Precipitation
Chemical Weathering
Clastic (syn.: Detrital) (Sedimentary Rock)
Clay
Cleavage (Mineral)
Coal
Compaction
Compression
Concordant (Magmatic Context)
Concordant Intrusion
Condensation
Conformable (Stratigraphic Context)
Contact Metamorphism
Continental Arc
Continental Crust
Continental Glacier
Continental Margin
Convergent Plate Boundary
Core
Covalent Bond
Craton
Cross-cutting Relationship (Principle of)
Cross-Section
Cross-Stratification
Crust
Crystal Face
Crystal Habit (syn: Crystal Form)
Crystal System
Crystalline
Crystallization
Current Ripple
Cyanobacteria
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   Ddd
Decompression Melting
Dehydration
Density
Deposit (Sedimentary)
Differential Pressure
Differentiation
Dip
Disconformity
Discordant Intrusion
Divergent Plate Boundary
Drift
Drumlin
Dry-Based Glacier
Dune
Dyke
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   Eee
Earth System
Earthquake
Economic Geology
Effervescence
Elastic Deformation
Element (Chemical)
Eon
Epoch
Era
Erosion
Esker
Evaporation
Evaporite
Evolution
Extrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Volcanic)
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   Fff
Fault
Faunal Succession (Principle of)
Felsic
Firn
Fjord
Fold
Foliation
Foot Wall Block (Fault)
Fossil
Fossil Assemblage
Fractional Crystallization
Fracture
Furrow (syn.: Glacial Groove)
Fusion
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   Ggg
Geobiology
Geochemistry
Geographic Coordinates
Geographic North
Geological Time Scale
Geology
Geophysics
Geothermal Gradient
Glacial Budget
Glacial Deposit
Glacial Equilibrium Line
Glacial Erosion
Glacial Erratic
Glacial Groove
Glacial Outwash
Glacial Period (syn.: Ice Age, Glacial Epoch)
Glaciation
Glacier
Gneissosity
Graben
Grading (Sediment)
Grain
Grain-Size Distribution
Gravel
Grenville Orogeny
Groundwater
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   Hhh
Half-Life
Hanging Wall Block (Fault)
Hardness
Hinge (Fold)
Holocene
Horst
Hot Spot
Hydrosphere
Hydrothermal Metamorphism
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   Iii
Iapetus Ocean
Ice Cap
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Iceberg
Icefield
Igneous Rock
Impact Metamorphism
Inclusion (Principle of)
Index Fossil
Index Mineral
Inner Core
Insular Arc
Interglacial
Intermediate
Intrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Plutonic)
Ion
Ionic Bond
Isostasy (Principle of)
Isostatic Adjustment
Isotope
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   Jjj
Joint
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   Lll
Lamina (pl. Laminae)
Laminar Flow
Landslide
Lateral Continuity (Principle of)
Latitude
Laurentia Craton
Lava
Leda Clay
Legend
Lemieux Landslide
Limb
Lineation
Lithification
Lithology
Lithosphere
Longitude
Luster
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   Mmm
Mafic
Magma
Magma Chamber
Magnetic Declination
Magnetic North
Magnetism
Mantle
Mantle Plume
Map Projection
Mass Extinction
Mass Movement
Mercator Projection
Mesozoic
Metamorphic Facies
Metamorphic Grade
Metamorphic Rock
Metamorphism
Meteorite
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Milky Way
Mineral
Mineralogy
Mohorovicic (Moho) Discontinuity
Mohs Hardness Scale
Mud
Mud Crack
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   Nnn
Nonconformity
Normal Fault
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   Ooo
Oceanic Crust
Oceanic Trench
Oceanography
Ore
Original Horizontality (Principle of)
Orogeny (syn.: Orogenesis)
Oscillatory Ripple
Ottawa Embayment
Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben
Outer Core
Overturned Fold
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   Ppp
P-T Diagram
Paleontology
Paleozoic
Pangea
Paraconformity
Partial Melting
Passive Margin
Pegmatitic
Petrology
Phaneritic
Phanerozoic
Phyllitic (Texture)
Physical Weathering
Planet
Planetary Geology
Planetesimal
Plastic (Ductile) Deformation
Plastic Flow (Glacier)
Plate boundary (tectonic)
Plate Tectonics (Theory)
Pleistocene
Plunge
Pluton
Porphyritic
Precambrian
Pressure
Protolith
Pyroclast
Pyroclastic
Pyroclastic Flow
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   Qqq
Quaternary
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   Rrr
Rat-Tail
Recumbent Fold
Relative Age
Relative Dating
Relative Density (Mineral)
Retrogressive Failure
Reverse Fault
Rift
Rift (continental)
Rift (oceanic)
Ripple (syn.: Ripple Mark)
Rock
Rock cycle
Rodinia
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   Sss
Saltation
Sand
Schistosity
Scour Mark
Seafloor Spreading
Sediment
Sedimentary Environment
Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary Structures (Depositional, Erosional, Deformational, Biogenic)
Sedimentology
Shear
Shield
Silicates
Siliciclastic (Sediment, Rocks)
Sill
Silt
Slaty Rock Cleavage
Solar Nebula Hypothesis
Sorting
Strain (Deformation)
Stratification
Stratigraphy
Streak
Stress
Stress-Strain Plot
Striation
Strike
Strike-Slip Fault
Stromatolite
Structural Geology
Structure
Subduction
Subduction Zone
Subsidence
Superposition (Principle of)
Surficial Geology
Suspension
Suspension Load
Symmetrical Fold
Syncline
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   Ttt
Tension
Texture
Thrust Fault
Till
Tool Mark
Topographic Map
Topography
Trace Fossil (syn.: Ichnofossil)
Traction
Transform Fault
Transform Fault Plate Boundary
Transparency
True Thickness
Turbulent Flow
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   Uuu
Ultramafic
Unconformity
Unconsolidated (Particles)
Uniform Pressure
Uplift (isostatic)
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   Vvv
Valley Glacier (syn.: Alpine Glacier)
Varve
Vein
Vesicular
Viscosity
Vitreous (Texture; syn.: Glassy)
Volcanic Eruption
Volcanism
Volcano
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   Www
Weathering
Wet-Based Glacier
Wilson Cycle
Wisconsinian (Glaciation)
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GEO1515 - Introduction aux matériaux terrestres
GEO1115 - Introduction to Earth Materials

Professeur: Simone Dumas
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