geological process

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geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified geologic process geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks 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; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China" 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) folding, fold - 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 natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" 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