strategy

Developing study of geology

Synonyms:
Developing study of stratigraphy
Description:
The landscape we see at the surface of the Earth is a function of the interactions between internal and external processes. The earth systems approach of geology considers the planet as a whole, including rocks and rock formation, surface processes, oceans and atmospheres, and all natural resources. The study of the geologic theories about continental drift, and the observations that led to the development of plate tectonic theories show a dynamic and interactive level of the ecosystem often over-looked.
Context:
Before the dawn of modern geology in the 19th century, many people believed that Earth had been formed by catastrophes. The idea was that incredible events - huge volcanic blasts, floods, violent winds - swiftly built our planet. That theory, now discredited, is known as catastrophism. Most problems are far more accurately described by the newer theory of "uniformitarianism," which holds that Earth was made by the same forces we see today - the trickle of rain, the polishing of wind, the creep of continents - working steadily through unimaginable depths of time.
Organizations:
International Union of Geological Sciences
International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
International Congress of Carboniferous-Permian Stratigraphy and Geology
International Association for Mathematical Geology
Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Society of Economic Geologists
Association of European Geological Societies
International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences
Arab Geologists' Association
International Association of Structural / Tectonic Geologists
Carpathian Balkan Geological Association
Geological Society of Africa
European Federation of Geologists
Coordinating Committee of the Societies of Mineral Deposit Geologists
School of Mining Industry and Geology
International Working Group on Urban Geology
IUGS Commission on Geoscience for Environmental Management
IUGS Commission on Management and Application of Geoscience Information
IUGS Commission on Geoscience Education and Training
IUGS Commission on Global Sedimentary Geology
Pan African Network for a Geological Information System
Forum of European Geological Surveys
International Geoscience Programme
Geological Society of America
International Environmental Geological Group for Latin America
Society for Sedimentary Geology
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Central Asian Institute of Geology and Mineral Raw Materials
JOIN Society of Economic Geologists and Mineral Technologists
International Consortium of Geological Surveys for Earth Computing
Computer Oriented Geological Society
International Congress of Engineering Geology
International Symposium on Arctic Geology
European Colloquium on Geo-Chronology, Cosmo-Chronology and Isotope Geology
International Geological Congress
Association of Sedimentary Geologists
Equatorial Institute for Geological and Mining Research
South American Geological Institute
Union of Southeast Asian Geological Societies
International Geological Association for the Research in Deep Zones of the Earth Crust
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies
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