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geology

[jee-ol-uh-jee] / dʒiˈɒl ə dʒi /


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It is not the first time Scotland's ancient geology has been used by scientists to help them understand how life could have existed on Mars.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

By his side, the regional mining and geology director, Souleymane Sanogo, took aim at a climate of indulgence which allows irregular miners to thrive.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

"With Geoparks it's about internationally-significant geology, but also how that connects to everything else."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The discovery addresses a major question in geology: how early did materials begin moving between Earth's surface and its deep interior?

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

As Luis Alvarez joked: "We were caught practicing geology without a license."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

“We use the same geologies that have kept hydrocarbons underground for millions of years,” said Julia Reichelstein, the company’s cofounder and CEO.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

Reservoirs with high fracture density and connectivity, like the complicated geologies found in real-world settings, could provide even better results, the scientists said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

The researchers fed their maps of building distribution and ground type into a set of models designed to predict how different geologies respond to pressure.

From Scientific American ● May 26, 2023

He hopes the predictive method can be applied to other areas of the world with similar geologies to Pakistan.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2017

Take the mythic cosmogonies of ancient Greece, Scandinavia, and India, and the geologies and astronomies of the present day, and compare their pages, changing things personal into things impersonal.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various




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