physical geology

American  

[fiz-ik-uhl-jee-ahl-uh-jee] / ˈfɪz ɪk əl dʒiˈɑl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the branch of geology dealing with the various processes by which rocks are formed or changed.

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Other Word Forms

• physical geologist
  noun

Example Sentences

The rest of this chapter is devoted to a brief overview of a few of the important aspects of physical geology, starting with minerals and rocks.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

There seems, then, no escape from the admission that neither physical geology, nor palæontology, possesses any method by which the absolute synchronism of two strata can be demonstrated.

From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Huxley, Thomas Henry

There seems, then, no escape from the admission that neither physical geology, nor palaeontology, possesses any method by which the absolute synchronism of two strata can be demonstrated.

From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Is palaeontology able to succeed where physical geology fails?

From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry

In the field he had compared Studer's meagre sections, and consulted the available authorities on physical geology, though he had never entered upon the more popular sister-science of palaeontology.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)