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Definition of Geologic process
1. Noun. (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified.
Category relationships: Geology
Specialized synonyms: Alluvion, Desertification, Diastrophism, Eating Away, Eroding, Erosion, Wearing, Wearing Away, Fold, Folding, Glaciation, Intrusion, Metamorphism, Orogeny, Stratification, Subduction
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geologic Process
Literary usage of Geologic process
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Societal Value of Geologic Maps by Richard L. Bernknopf (1994)
"Relation between geologic form and geologic process.—A. geologic map allows the
map user to understand the geologic processes that produced the materials ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Its throb may or may not be caught by the geologic process which obtains in a
particular province and in a particular era, but whenever the conditions are ..."
3. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"... (Lakes or Ponds) The naturally occurring geologic process whereby lakes fill
with sediment and eventually become dry land is termed "lake succession. ..."
4. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"point ever returns unto itself and which are not commensurable among each other,
nor with the rhythm of geologic process, nor with the cycles of cosmic ..."
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