The text explores etymologies of scientific terms, particularly in geology, covering various fields such as sedimentology and paleontology. It references diverse sources for historical word origins, emphasizing the evolution of language in scientific jargon and its integration from multiple languages. The exploration highlights how language shapes scientific discourse.
Some terminology for planetary geology, the solar System, moons, asteroids, comets, meteorites, exploration, measurement, and general flotsam and jetsam. The
Teasing the tectonic subsidence from total basin subsidence Sedimentary basins are defined as regions of long-term subsidence of the crust
Decompacting a stratigraphic column to determine basin subsidence The analysis of a sedimentary basin begins at the hand-sample and outcrop
The changing fortunes of fault permeability and fluid flow Faults can act as conduits or barriers to fluid flow. As
Fluid flow, like rocks and sediments, define sedimentary basins There is a complex interweave of fluid, sediment, and rock
Fluid flow at lithospheric scales There’s not much that goes on in sedimentary basins that doesn’t involve fluids, particularly the
See companion glossaries: Geochemistry and diagenesis Petrography-petrology Aa flows: Massive lava flows that grade upward to a chaotic jumble of
Angle of internal friction: A rock or material property that refers to its ability to resist deformation, and is measured
Advective fluid flow: The flow of fluids through a porous medium; in this case only the fluids move. Advective flow