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marine geology

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noun

  1. the branch of geology dealing with the rocks, sediments, and processes of the floors and margins of the oceans.


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“It could have even been minutes, but we can’t nail it down,” said the study’s lead author, Chris Goldfinger, a paleoseismologist with Oregon State University and a professor emeritus of marine geology.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

That “helped eliminate some hypotheses about its formation,” says marine geophysicist Gail Christeson, who is a program director for marine geology and geophysics at the National Science Foundation.

From Science Magazine Jan. 8, 2024

PhD candidate in marine geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

From Nature Dec. 17, 2019

Progress in marine geology, predictions of metal shortages in the decades ahead and improving access to the abyss are combining to make it real.

From New York Times Jul. 9, 2012

Mr. Cameron will collect samples for research in biology, microbiology, astrobiology, marine geology and geophysics.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2012

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