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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of dynamics that is concerned with the causes and effects of forces and motions involving the earth's interior, including rotation, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, and seismic modeling.
- noun The forces and motions involving the earth's interior.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of the dynamics and physics of the processes and phenomena attending the gradual evolution of the earth and the changes that are still going on.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the branch of
geophysics that studies thedeformation processes ofplanetary mantle andcrust , and the resultingearthquakes andvolcanism
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Talked about how they teach computational geodynamics. using various online modeling tools.
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Talked about how they teach computational geodynamics. using various online modeling tools.
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Talked about how they teach computational geodynamics. using various online modeling tools.
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By the same token if we try to talk about astrophysics, geodynamics, fundamental physics, or the origins of the universe we'll just get a big yawn (not from me, mind you) and a token budget.
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His principal research focuses on the geodynamics and tectonics of the south Aegean, the exhumation processes of HP rocks, tectonic geomorphology in modern orogenic zones, and basin development.
Meet the Team « Interactive Dig Crete – Zominthos Project 2009
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Morner runs an institute devoted to understanding paleogeophysics and geodynamics.
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Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, emeritus professor of paleogeophysics & geodynamics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Think Progress » Inhofe Hearing Accuses Media of ‘Hyping Scientifically Unfounded Climate Alarmism’ 2006
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S. Franck et al, "Reduction of biosphere life span as a consequence of geodynamics," _Tellus_ 52B (2000) 96-107
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For that matter, legend had it that only a handful of men had ever really comprehended the geodynamics of superspace -- and they were now centuries dead.
The Songs of Distant Earth Clarke, Arthur C. 1986
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Among other recent or ongoing supercomputing work at NASA: test and verification of launch vehicle designs for the agency's now-cancelled Constellation program, basic aeronautic research, modeling of planetary geodynamics, solar wind and solar storm simulations, and climatology modeling.
TechWeb 2010
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