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⛏️Intro to Geology
Key Terms

1081 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Geology exam

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A

A Horizon
A'a lava
Abiotic factors
Abrasion
Absolute dating
Accelerograph
Acicular
Acid mine drainage
Acid Test
Aftershock
Air Pollution
Aleutian Islands
Alfisols
Alfred Wegener
Alluvial fans
Amazon rainforest deforestation
Ammonites
Amphibole
Amphibolite facies
Andes Mountains
Andesite
Andisols
Angular unconformity
Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility
Anthropogenic influence
Anticline
Anticlines
Aphanitic
Appalachian Coal Towns
Appalachian Mountains
Aquifer
Aquifer Depletion
Aquifer recharge
Aquifer Testing
Aquifers
Aquitards
Archean
Aridisols
Arsenic
Artificial recharge
Asbestos
Ashfall
Assimilation
Asthenosphere
Asymmetrical Ripples
Attrition

B

B horizon
Banding
Barchan Dunes
Barrier Island
Barrier islands
Bars
Basalt
Basaltic magma
Batholith
Beach
Beach nourishment
Bed load
Bedding
Benioff Zones
Best management practices
Bill McKibben
Bioaccumulation
Biochemical
Biochemical rocks
Biodiversity loss
Biogenic processes
Biological activity
Biostratigraphic correlation
Biostratigraphy
Biotic factors
Biotite
Bladed
Body-centered cubic
Boom-bust cycles