geological process

Noun
  1. (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified (synset 113508041)
    referred to in: geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
    is a type of: action, activity, natural action, natural process - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
    subtypes:
    • alluvion - gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
    • desertification - the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
    • diastrophism - the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust
    • eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
    • fold, folding - a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
    • glaciation - the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
    • intrusion - the forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation
    • metamorphism - change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances
    • orogeny - the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
    • stratification - forming or depositing in layers
    • subduction - a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
    same as: geologic process

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