geologic
Example Sentences
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The region has long been prized by chemical companies for its geologic features.
From Barron's
"And it matches really well with what we see in the geologic record, where volcanic rocks get younger or older in a sequence that reflects this step-by-step tearing."
From Science Daily
L.A. is built for drama, with the same geologic forces giving birth to beauty and risk — the San Andreas fault lies on the far side of the San Gabriels and helped create those peaks.
From Los Angeles Times
The escarpment is a line of cliffs and steep hills created by a geologic fault.
From Salon
Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing CO2 and preventing it from entering the atmosphere by storing it underground, in aquifers or other geologic formations.
From Los Angeles Times
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