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Descriptor English: Geology
Descriptor Spanish: Geología
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 economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Entry Version: GEOL
DeCS ID: 5982
Unique ID: D005844
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Geology - Preferred
Concept UI M0009184
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)
Preferred term Geology



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