Introduction: Equilibrium Flashcards
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Geomorophology
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the study of the landscape
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Landscape
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the combined effect of numerous landforms
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Landform
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an individual feature of the earth (ex. a slope, valley, mountain, etc)
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Catastrophism
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Each boundary between strata represents a catastrophe;
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Neptunism
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Theory that all rocks and processes form/occur beneath the sea
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Plutonism
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the geologic theory that rock forming the earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, ruled by igneous processes
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Uniformitarianism
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The present is the key to the past; the earth has ALWAYS changed in uniform and continuous ways
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Le Chatelier’s Principle
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when equilibrium systems are disturbed to adjust to minimize the effect of the disturbance
