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
Denudation may be divided into subaerial, or the action of wind, rain, and rivers; and submarine, or that effected by the waves of the sea, and its tides and currents.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Such breccias may have been partly the result of the subaerial waste of an old land-surface which gradually sank down and suffered littoral denudation in proportion as it became submerged.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
In the general subaerial denudation of a country, innumerable minor features are worked out as the structure of the rocks controls the operations of the eroding agents.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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