subaerial
Americanadjective
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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
They seem to have been of subaerial formation, and to have flowed from several points of eruption on the central platform, of which the Piton du Milieu is said to be the principal one.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
In a delta we may distinguish deposits of two distinct kinds,— the submarine and the subaerial.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
Elements of erosion.—The general process of subaerial erosion is divisible into the several sub-processes of weathering, transportation, and corrasion.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
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