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Dictionary of Geologic Terms

A - Aa to Atoll

B - Backwash to Butte

C - Caldera to Contact Metamorphism

D - Datum plane to Dune

E - Earthflow to Extinction angle

F - Facies to Fumerole

G - Gabbro to Gyre

H - Half life to Hypsometric diagram

I - Igneous rock to Isotropic substance

J - Joint to Juvenile gas

K - Kerogen to Kimberlite

L - Laccolith to Luster

M - Maar volcano to Mylonite

N - Native metal to Normal fault

O - Oblique slip fault to Oxidized element

P - Pahoehoe to Pyroxene granulite

Q - Quartz arenite to Quartzose sandstone