Part of places one earth process inside the larger cycle it belongs to. Wikipedia notes that "the transport of eroded materials from their original location is followed by deposition, which is arrival and emplacement of material at a new location," making erosion one stage among several in a single ongoing cycle. This dimension shows which wider system a given process is a piece of.
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Field of StudyGeology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical bodies, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. 1 Part Of
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Wikimedia FoundationGeology, lead paragraph, opening sentence (process-discipline bucket)Quote, Geology, lead paragraph, opening sentence (process-discipline bucket)
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical bodies, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
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