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Driving Force

Driving force names the energy source that keeps an earth process going. Wikipedia lists "rainfall; bedrock wear in rivers; coastal erosion by the sea and waves; glacial plucking, abrasion, and scour" among the agents that drive erosion forward. This dimension groups processes powered by the same underlying force.

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the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which they form 1
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1. Petrology (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationPetrology, lead section (process-discipline bucket)
Quote, Petrology, lead section (process-discipline bucket)
the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which they form
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