Timescale sorts earth processes by how quickly they actually happen. Wikipedia notes that "human activities have increased by 10-40 times the rate at which soil erosion is occurring globally," showing the same natural process can run far faster once people speed it up. Browsing by timescale groups processes that unfold over a similar span of time.
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Field of Studythe scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface 1 Timescale
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1. Geomorphology (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGeomorphology, lead section (process-discipline bucket)Quote, Geomorphology, lead section (process-discipline bucket)
the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface
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