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 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 Timescale
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1. Geology (Wikipedia)
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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