geological process
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- noun
- /ˌdʒiəˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈprəʊsɛs/
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proceso geológico
- Erosion is a significant geological process that shapes the landscape over time.
Examples
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Recently, however (as you read in the preceding article), there has been a "gestalt shift" that recognizes extraterrestrial impact as a major geological process and, probably, an important influence on the evolution of life on our planet.
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Accordingly, the limestone building, the undulating structure that Cardinal designed for the NMAI site, is said to recall the effects of geological processes, and it will be composed of a series of stacked, curvilinear bands.
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We know of no chemical or physical mechanisms for such a geological process.
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But what we conceive as natural disasters are really only geological processes.
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The museum's public display focuses on educating the public about the formation of the Earth and the geological processes that have shaped it since then.
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Thus, the team's research will not only provide new insights into previously unknown geological processes, but will also provide important information for decision-makers involved in oil and gas permitting.
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Or I could have said that they are now forming an organic mud that may in the future become kerogenic shale, and which may eventually be buried deep enough by geological processes and become hot enough to be turned into oil.
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All three of these fossil fuels represent millions of years of stored sunlight, captured by the everyday miracle of photosynthesis and concentrated within the earth by geological processes that took place long before our species evolved.
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During the long-term evolution of the mantle, the remarkable heterogeneity of the SCLM beneath the interior of the SCB was produced by several geological processes.
Academic text (2018) -
The patterns of use, production, and distribution of resource legacies in the Antarctic dry valleys should therefore help reveal the role of legacies in other ecosystems, where their expression is obscured by greater complexity and higher rates of biological, chemical, and geological processes.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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A change that happens in the world without human help
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A natural change that makes, changes, or destroys Earth's rocks and land
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A natural event on Earth that changes land or rocks
How Active
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'geological' qualifies 'process' as relating to the Earth's physical structure and processes, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to natural processes (e.g. erosion, volcanism) that shape geology. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so the phrase is immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Geological process comes from two parts: geological (a word for 'earth') and process (a word for 'a series of actions'). Imagine the Earth slowly pushing, wearing away, and building up rock over time—these slow actions change the land, so the phrase means the natural steps that shape the Earth's surface.