subaerial
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“This is another really great piece of evidence that we had some subaerial land on the early Earth.”
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
The two main types of textures created during effusive subaerial eruptions are pahoehoe and aa.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Hence, when we look into the great abyss, we have only to remember the enormous length of time that the aerial and subaerial forces have been at work to account for it.
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
On the Atlantic border represented by the marine Floridian series; in the interior by a subaerial and lacustrine series; and on the Pacific border by the thick marine series of San Francisco.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
These rocks were upraised probably in part into lofty mountains, and then worn down by erosion nearly to sea-level, thus forming what is termed a peneplain, or a plain of subaerial denudation.
From North America by Israel C. (Cook) Russell
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