DeCS

Descriptor English:

Geology

Descriptor Spanish:

Geología

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	geología
Scope note:	Ciencia que trata de la tierra y otros cuerpos celestes y de su historia tal como figura registrada en las rocas. Comprende el estudio de los procesos geológicos de una región como las formaciones rocosas, el desgaste de las rocas por la acción atmosférica y la erosión y sedimentación. (Traducción libre del original: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Geologia

Descriptor French:

Géologie

Tree number(s):

H01.277.562
SP4.202.330

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005844

Scope note:

The science of the earth and other celestial bodies and their history as recorded in the rocks. It includes the study of geologic processes of an area such as rock formations, weathering and erosion, and sedimentation. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

Annotation:

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for structures and properties of the inanimate matter of Earth and other celestial bodies and processes affecting them; DF: GEOL

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC économie
ED enseignement et éducation
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
OG organisation et administration
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances

DeCS ID:

5982

Unique ID:

D005844

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2013/07/09