aa
abrasion
absolute dating
accessory mineral
acidic
aeolian
after shock
alluvial fan
alluvium
ammonite
ammonoid
amygdaloidal
andalusite
andesite
angular unconformity
anhedral
anticline
antiform
aquifer
arid
arkose
artesian basin
artesian well
aseismic design
ash
asthenosphere
asymmetrical fold
attrition
augite
aureole
axial plane
axial plane trace
azimuth
baked margin
barchan dune
barite
basalt
base isolator
basic
batholith
bearing capacity
bedding
Benioff zone
bioclast
bioreactive cell
bivalve
body fossil
body waves
borehole
brachial valve
brachiopod
breccia
calcification
calcite
carbon-14 dating
carbonates
cementation
Cenozoic
cephalon
ceratite
chalcopyrite
chalk
chemical weathering
chilled margin
clastic
cleavage
columnar jointing
compaction
compositional layering
compound eye
compression
concordant
conduction
cone of depression
conglomerate
conservative boundary
constructive boundary
contact
metamorphism
continental crust
continental drift
convection
convergent boundary
coprolite
correlation
spectrometer
cross bedding
cross-cutting
relationship
crust
crystalline
crystallisation
Curie point
death assemblage
debris flow
decompression
melting
deflation
density
deposition
derived fossil
desert sandstone
desiccation cracks
destructive boundary
dextral
diagenesis
diffraction
digital terrain
mapping
dip
dip-slip fault
discordant
divergent boundary
dolerite
drawdown
dyke
effusive
electrical resistivity
epicentre
equigranular
erosion
eruption
euhedral
evaporites
external heat source
extrapolate
extrusion
facies independence
fault breccia
faunal succession
feldspars
felsic
ferromagnesian
mineral
fissure
flame structures
fluorite
flute casts
fluvial
focus
fold axis
fold limb
foliation
footwall
foramen
fore shock
fossil
fracture
fragmental
gabbro
galena
gape
garnet
genal spines
geological boundaries
geological column
geological crosssection
geological map
geological timescale
geomagnetism
geomembrane
geotherm
geothermal energy
geothermal gradient
glabella
glassy
gneiss
gneissose banding
goniatite
GPS
granite
granoblastic
graphic log
graptolite
greywacke
groundmass
groundwater
gypsum
habit
haematite
half-life
halite
hanging wall
harmonic tremor
harness
hiatus
hinge line
hornblende
hornfels
hot spot
hydration melting
hydraulic gradient
igneous
igneous body
included fragment
inflation
inner core
inorganic
InSAR
intensity
internal heat source
intra-plate
intrusion
iron meteorite
island arc
isoseismal
lahar
lamination
landfill gas
landfill site
lateral blast
lava
leachate
life assemblage
life safe
linear
liquefaction
lithification
lithology
lithosphere
lithospheric plate
load cast
long wave
long-period event
longshore drift
low-velocity zone
lustre
mafic
magma
magnetic anomalies
magnetic inclination
magnitude
main shock
mantle
mantle plume
marble
marine
mass movement
mechanical layering
megathrust
Mercalli scale
mesosphere
Mesozoic
metamorphic
metaquartzite
micas
mineral
mineral replacement
mineral vein
mineralogy
Moho
muscle scar
net slip
non-foliated
normal fault
ocean trench
oceanic crust
olivine
ooids
oolitic limestone
organic
orientation
original horizontality
orogenic belt
orthoquartzite
outcrop pattern
outer core
oxidation
pahoehoe
palaeocurrent
palaeomagnetism
Palaeozoic
pallial line
pallial sinus
partial melting
pedicle
pedicle opening
pedicle valve
pelagic
pendant
peridotite
permeability
petrification
phenocryst
photomicrograph
physical weathering
piezoelectric
pillow structures
planktonic
plate tectonics
playa lake
pluton
point bar
polar wandering curve
pore water pressure
porosity
porphyritic
porphyroblast
porphyroblastic
potassium-argon
dating
precipitation
precursory event
primary hazard
push wave
pygidium
pyrite
pyritisation
pyroclastic flow
pyroclastic surge
quartz
radioactive decay
radioactive decay
curve
radiometric dating
radon
recharge
recrystallisation
refraction
regional
metamorphism
regolith
relative dating
remanent magnetism
return time
reverse fault
Richter scale
rift valley
ripple marks
rock
rock cycle
rock-forming minerals
rockhead
saltwater incursion
sandstone
scandent
schist
schistosity
sea-floor spreading
secondary hazard
sector collapse
sedimentary
sedimentary log
seismic gap
seismic waves
seismicity
seismogram
seismology
seismometer
self-exciting dynamo
septal sutures
shadow zones
shale
shear links
shear wave
shelly limestone
shield volcano
short-period event
silicates
silicic
silicification
sill
sinistral
slate
slaty cleavage
sole structures
solid-state convection
solidus
specific yield
spotted rock
spreading centre
stipe
stony meteorite
strata
stratigraphic column
stratigraphy
stratovolcano
streak
stress transfer
strike
strike-slip fault
subduction
subduction zone
subhedral
subsidence
superficial deposit
superposition
surface heat flow
surface waves
suture line
symmetrical fold
syncline
synform
tectonic tremor
teeth & sockets
tension
tephra
texture
theca
thecae
thoracic segments
thorax
throw
thrust fault
topographic surface
trace fossil
transcurrent
transform fault
transportation
trend
trilobite
tsunami
turbidite
turbidity current
ultramafic
umbones
unconformity
uniformitarianism
vesicular
viscosity
volcanic bomb
volcanic tremor
water table
way-up
weathering
xenolith
zone fossil