Definition of geophysics

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geophysics

The term 'geophysics' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' In hydrologic terms, the study of the physical characteristics and properties of the earth; including geodesy, seismology, meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric electricity, terrestrial magnetism, and tidal phenomena'.

The term 'geophysics' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' the study of the physical characteristics and properties of the earth'.


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