geologic
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Definition of geologic
: of, relating to, or based on geology
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Gangidine and his team routinely travel to Yellowstone to trek into the park’s hydrothermal fields—grassy plains pocketed with gassy geologic features—and collect samples. — Ula Chrobak, Outside Online, "This Scientist Learns About Life on Mars in Yellowstone," 18 June 2018 The quake happened about 54 miles offshore of the southern state of Chiapas, just to the east of an undersea geologic feature called the Middle America Trench. — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, "Why the Giant Mexican Earthquake Happened," 8 Sep. 2017 While giant sand dunes have been documented in many images of the Red Planet, these new geologic features were first discovered on Earth in 2016 and only observed on Mars earlier this year. — Frankie Schembri, Science | AAAS, "‘Ghost dunes’ spotted on Mars," 11 July 2018 In 2005, when a friend told him Yosemite was hiring its first staff geologist, Stock jumped at the chance; he’s been conducting rock fall research and other geologic studies for the park service ever since. — San Francisco Chronicle, "Insider: Yosemite geologist shares his park favorites," 25 Apr. 2018 The man who had previously limited himself to describing the topographic and geologic formations of the western lands had now waded directly into populist politics, driven by isohyets and tables of rainfall-per-acre statistics. — Johnforristerross, Longreads, "Taming the Great American Desert," 2 July 2018 The storm began very close to the Endeavor crater region that Opportunity is exploring for signs of water erosion and other geologic records of Mars's history. — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, "NASA Optimistic That Opportunity Can Survive Martian Dust Storm," 13 June 2018 In their new study, Houlton and his colleagues used California as a model geologic system because the state contains most of the planet’s rock types. — Doug Main, Scientific American, "Mystery of Earth's Missing Nitrogen Solved," 29 May 2018 Few geologic events capture the imagination like an erupting volcano. — Author: Erik Klemetti, Anchorage Daily News, "Five myths about volcanoes," 28 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'geologic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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: of or relating to geology geologic formations
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