- a variation of geologic.
geological
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The prospector with his pan and pickax gave way to powerful water cannons that blasted away gold-bearing hillsides, leaving behind incoherent geological arabesques that will likely outlast the pyramids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Using those older geological constraints, the researchers carried out molecular clock analysis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The lake has dried up due to a combination of factors, including geological fissures that drain water underground, below-average rainfall and repeated heatwaves.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Northeast of Los Angeles, the two systems come close together at Cajon Pass - a complicated geological junction where a rupture traveling along one fault may, under the right conditions, continue onto the other.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
It has been called "the greatest unanswered question in the geological sciences."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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