List of basic earth science topics

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Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. Earth is arguably a special case in planetary science, being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth science. The major historic disciplines use physics, geology, mathematics, chemistry, and biology to build a quantitative understanding of the principal areas or spheres of the Earth system. Basic topics in earth science include:

Contents 1 Nature of earth science 1.1 Earth's spheres 2 Branches of earth science 2.1 Geology 2.2 Soil Science 2.3 Oceanography 2.4 Geography 2.5 Limnology 2.6 Glaciology 2.7 Atmospheric Science 2.8 Systems or multidisciplinary 3 History of earth science 4 Basic earth science concepts 5 Earth science scholars 6 Leaders in earth science 7 Earth science lists 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Nature of earth science

Main article: Earth science

Earth science is also known as:

• the Earth Sciences
• Geoscience
• the Geosciences
• a planetary science

[edit] Earth's spheres

• Earth (planet) (the whole sphere)
• Lithosphere
  • Crust (geology)
  • Earth's core
  • Earth's mantle
  • Rock (geology)
  • Sediment
• Pedosphere
  • Soil
• Hydrosphere
  • Water
• Cryosphere
  • Glacier
  • Ice
  • Ice core
• Atmosphere
  • Air
  • Climate
  • Earth's atmosphere
  • Gas
  • Weather
• Biosphere
  • Life
    • Flora
    • Fauna

[edit] Branches of earth science

[edit] Geology

• Economic geology
• Engineering geology
• Environmental geology
• Gemology
• Geochemistry
• Geochronology
• Geomagnetics
• Geomicrobiology
• Geomorphology
• Geophysics
• Geostatistics
• Historical geology
• Hydrogeology
• Mantle plumes
• Micropaleontology
• Mineralogy
• Mineral Physics
• Mining
• Paleontology
• Palynology
• Petroleum geology
• Petrology
• Physical geodesy
• Planetary geology
• Plate tectonics
• Quaternary geology
• Sedimentology
• Seismology
• Stratigraphy
• Structural geology
• Tectonics
• Volcanology

[edit] Soil Science

• Edaphology
• Pedology

[edit] Oceanography

• Oceanography
• Physical oceanography
• Chemical oceanography
• Hydrogeology
• Hydrology
• Limnology
• Marine Biology
• Marine Geology
• Marine Geophysics
• Paleoceanography

[edit] Geography

• Geography
• Human geography
• Paleogeography
• Physical Geography

[edit] Limnology

• Limnology

[edit] Glaciology

• Glaciology

[edit] Atmospheric Science

• Atmospheric sciences
• Meteorology
• Climatology

[edit] Systems or multidisciplinary

• Biogeochemistry
• Climatology
• Crystal chemistry
• Earth system science
• Mineralogy
• Gaia theory (science)
• Materials Science.
• Meteorology
• Paleoclimatology
• Paleoceanography
• Scientific method
• Solid-state physics
• Systems thinking

[edit] History of earth science

Main article: History of earth science; see also History of geology

[edit] Basic earth science concepts

[edit] Earth science scholars

[edit] Leaders in earth science

[edit] Earth science lists

Main article: List of earth science topics

[edit] See also

• List of geoscience organizations

[edit] External links

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