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Parent topics
- Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge based on non–trivial refutable concepts that can be verified or rejected on the base of observation and experimentation [e]
- Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]
- Earth [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Earth (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Subtopics
Fields of study
- Petrology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mineralogy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Plate tectonics [r]: Theory that explains geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates. [e]
- Volcanology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paleontology [r]: The study of extinct life forms, particularly fossils. [e]
People
- Nicolaus Steno [r]: Add brief definition or description
- James Hutton [r]: (1726–1797) Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is known as the founder of modern geology. [e]
- Charles Lyell III [r]: Add brief definition or description
- William Smith IV [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Louis Agassiz [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charles Darwin [r]: (1809 – 1882) English natural scientist, most famous for proposing the theory of natural selection. [e]
- Alfred Wegener [r]: (1880–1930) German geologist, meteorologist and polar explorer who developed the theory of continental drift. [e]
- Geologic time scale [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]