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geology

[jee-ol-uh-jee] / dʒiˈɒl ə dʒi /


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Among other problems, the Eel River Canyon’s unstable geology is notorious for landslides that sent train cars careening into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

As a young man Trautman led a peripatetic life, studying geology and working in bookstores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

While the Moon has numerous craters, many of which are far bigger than McGetchin, researching a crater's formation in real time can help build understanding of the Moon's geology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

"With Geoparks it's about internationally-significant geology, but also how that connects to everything else."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

That close—twenty yards — and I could see the delicate latticework of the leaves, the texture of the soil, the browned needles beneath the pines, the configurations of geology and human history.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

“We use the same geologies that have kept hydrocarbons underground for millions of years,” said Julia Reichelstein, the company’s cofounder and CEO.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

Reservoirs with high fracture density and connectivity, like the complicated geologies found in real-world settings, could provide even better results, the scientists said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023

The Defense Department’s pursuit of carbon-free power has led to solar generation at Sun Belt bases from Florida to California, and geothermal systems at installations with suitable geologies.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 17, 2022

Older geologies are exposed, from which billions of years of history can be deduced.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019

Take the mythic cosmogonies of ancient Greece, Scandinavia, and India, and the geologies and astronomies of the present day, and compare their pages, changing things personal into things impersonal.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various


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