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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6" title="علوم الأرض – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="علوم الأرض" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencias_d%27a_Tierra" title="Ciencias d'a Tierra – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Ciencias d'a Tierra" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciences_de_la_T%C3%A8rra" title="Sciences de la Tèrra – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Sciences de la Tèrra" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="ভূ-বিজ্ঞান – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ভূ-বিজ্ঞান" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencies_de_la_Tierra" title="Ciencies de la Tierra – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ciencies de la Tierra" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yer_haqq%C4%B1nda_elml%C9%99r" title="Yer haqqında elmlər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yer haqqında elmlər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="ভূবিজ্ঞান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভূবিজ্ঞান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%93-ki%C3%BB_kho-ha%CC%8Dk" title="Tē-kiû kho-ha̍k – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tē-kiû kho-ha̍k" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D2%99%D0%B5_%D3%A9%D0%B9%D1%80%D3%99%D0%BD%D0%B5%D2%AF%D1%81%D0%B5_%D1%84%D3%99%D0%BD%D0%B4%D3%99%D1%80" title="Ерҙе өйрәнеүсе фәндәр – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ерҙе өйрәнеүсе фәндәр" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%B0%D0%B1_%D0%97%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%96" title="Навукі аб Зямлі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Навукі аб Зямлі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%97%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%8E" title="Навукі пра Зямлю – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Навукі пра Зямлю" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="पृथ्वी बिज्ञान – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="पृथ्वी बिज्ञान" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Науки за Земята – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Науки за Земята" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skianto%C3%B9_an_douar" title="Skiantoù an douar – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Skiantoù an douar" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ci%C3%A8ncies_de_la_Terra" title="Ciències de la Terra – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ciències de la Terra" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%9Bdy_o_Zemi" title="Vědy o Zemi – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vědy o Zemi" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienze_di_a_Terra" title="Scienze di a Terra – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Scienze di a Terra" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwyddorau_daear" title="Gwyddorau daear – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwyddorau daear" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geovidenskab" title="Geovidenskab – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Geovidenskab" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geowissenschaften" title="Geowissenschaften – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Geowissenschaften" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%A8%DE%89%DE%AA%DE%8E%DE%AC_%DE%87%DE%A8%DE%8D%DE%B0%DE%89%DE%AA" title="ބިމުގެ އިލްމު – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބިމުގެ އިލްމު" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maateadus" title="Maateadus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maateadus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%82" title="Γεωεπιστήμες – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γεωεπιστήμες" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_science" title="Earth science – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Earth science" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencias_de_la_Tierra" title="Ciencias de la Tierra – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ciencias de la Tierra" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terscienco" title="Terscienco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Terscienco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurraren_zientziak" title="Lurraren zientziak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lurraren zientziak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B2%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86" title="علوم زمین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="علوم زمین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciences_de_la_Terre" title="Sciences de la Terre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sciences de la Terre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ierdwittenskip" title="Ierdwittenskip – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Ierdwittenskip" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siencis_de_tiere" title="Siencis de tiere – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Siencis de tiere" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eola%C3%ADocht_an_domhain" title="Eolaíocht an domhain – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Eolaíocht an domhain" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowan-oaylleeaght" title="Dowan-oaylleeaght – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Dowan-oaylleeaght" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencias_da_Terra" title="Ciencias da Terra – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ciencias da Terra" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thi-khi%C3%B9_Kh%C3%B4-ho%CC%8Dk" title="Thi-khiù Khô-ho̍k – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thi-khiù Khô-ho̍k" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EA%B5%AC%EA%B3%BC%ED%95%99" title="지구과학 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="지구과학" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_science" title="Earth science – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Earth science" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Երկրագիտություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Երկրագիտություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80" title="भौमिकी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भौमिकी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoznanosti" title="Geoznanosti – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Geoznanosti" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cienci_di_la_Tero" title="Cienci di la Tero – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Cienci di la Tero" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmu_kebumian" title="Ilmu kebumian – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ilmu kebumian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientias_del_Terra" title="Scientias del Terra – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Scientias del Terra" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar%C3%B0v%C3%ADsindi" title="Jarðvísindi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Jarðvísindi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienze_della_Terra" title="Scienze della Terra – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Scienze della Terra" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%99_%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5" title="מדעי כדור הארץ – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מדעי כדור הארץ" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88lmu_bumi" title="Èlmu bumi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Èlmu bumi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0" title="ಭೂಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭೂಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%AC%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%AA%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="დედამიწის მეცნიერებები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დედამიწის მეცნიერებები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D2%93%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Жер туралы ғылымдар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жер туралы ғылымдар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayansi_za_dunia" title="Sayansi za dunia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Sayansi za dunia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientia_telluris" title="Scientia telluris – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Scientia telluris" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemes_zin%C4%81tne" title="Zemes zinātne – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Zemes zinātne" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geow%C3%ABssenschaften" title="Geowëssenschaften – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Geowëssenschaften" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDem%C4%97s_mokslai" title="Žemės mokslai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Žemės mokslai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerdweitesjappe" title="Aerdweitesjappe – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Aerdweitesjappe" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/tedyske" title="tedyske – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="tedyske" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6ldtudom%C3%A1ny" title="Földtudomány – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Földtudomány" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Науки за Земјата – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Науки за Земјата" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xjenza_tad-Dinja" title="Xjenza tad-Dinja – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Xjenza tad-Dinja" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="დიხაუჩაშ მენცარობეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="დიხაუჩაშ მენცარობეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sains_bumi" title="Sains bumi – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sains bumi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilimu_bumi" title="Ilimu bumi – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Ilimu bumi" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%AA-gi%C3%B9_Ku%C5%8F-h%C5%8Fk" title="Dê-giù Kuŏ-hŏk – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Dê-giù Kuŏ-hŏk" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ci%C3%A9ncia_de_la_Tierra" title="Ciéncia de la Tierra – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Ciéncia de la Tierra" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Дэлхий судлал – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Дэлхий судлал" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1_%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AD%E1%80%95%E1%80%B9%E1%80%95%E1%80%B6" title="ကမ္ဘာမြေ သိပ္ပံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ကမ္ဘာမြေ သိပ္ပံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardwetenschappen" title="Aardwetenschappen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aardwetenschappen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerdwetenschoppen" title="Eerdwetenschoppen – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Eerdwetenschoppen" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9E%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="पृथ्वी विज्ञान – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पृथ्वी विज्ञान" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%83%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6" title="地球科学 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="地球科学" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%8C%D1%86%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Дуьненах лаьцна Ӏилманаш – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Дуьненах лаьцна Ӏилманаш" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geovitenskap" title="Geovitenskap – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Geovitenskap" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geofag" title="Geofag – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Geofag" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teral_sienties" title="Teral sienties – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Teral sienties" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci%C3%A9ncias_de_la_T%C3%A8rra" title="Sciéncias de la Tèrra – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sciéncias de la Tèrra" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8" title="ਧਰਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਧਰਤੀ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%82%8F%E1%80%9F%E1%80%B6%E1%82%8F%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AD%E1%80%95%E1%80%B9%E1%80%95%E1%80%B6" title="ကမ္ဘာႏဟံႏသိပ္ပံ – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ကမ္ဘာႏဟံႏသိပ္ပံ" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%81%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86%DB%90" title="ځمکپوهنې – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ځمکپوهنې" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oert_sayans" title="Oert sayans – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Oert sayans" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eerdwetenschoppen" title="Eerdwetenschoppen – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Eerdwetenschoppen" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauki_o_Ziemi" title="Nauki o Ziemi – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nauki o Ziemi" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoci%C3%AAncia" title="Geociência – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Geociência" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tiin%C8%9Bele_P%C4%83m%C3%A2ntului" title="Științele Pământului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Științele Pământului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienzas_da_la_Terra" title="Scienzas da la Terra – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Scienzas da la Terra" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BE_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Науки о Земле – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Науки о Земле" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80_%D2%AF%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%85%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D" 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The heat comes mostly from <a href="/wiki/Radioactive_decay" title="Radioactive decay">radioactive decay</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Convection" title="Convection">convection</a>, in the Earth's <a href="/wiki/Planetary_core" title="Planetary core">core</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mantle_(geology)" title="Mantle (geology)">mantle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Earth science</b> is an all-embracing term for the <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">sciences</a> related to the planet <a href="/wiki/Earth_(planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth (planet)">Earth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earth science may also be called <b>geoscience</b>. Geoscience is the study of the <a href="/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">architecture</a> of the Earth. </p><p>It is a broader term than <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> because it includes aspects of <a href="/wiki/Planetary_science" title="Planetary science">planetary science</a>, which is part of <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>. The Earth sciences include the study of the <a href="/wiki/Atmosphere" title="Atmosphere">atmosphere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">oceans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biosphere" title="Biosphere">biosphere</a>, as well as the solid earth. 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Due to the folding of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Caledonian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caledonian (not yet started)">Caledonian</a> mountain range, the layers have been inverted, leaving Ordovician granular <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> on top of the later Silurian brownish <a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">mudstone</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The following disciplines are generally recognised as being within the geosciences: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">Geology</a> describes the <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">rocky</a> parts of the Earth's <a href="/wiki/Crust_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crust (geology)">crust</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Lithosphere" title="Lithosphere">lithosphere</a>) and its historic development. 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Geophysicists explore the <a href="/wiki/Planetary_core" title="Planetary core">Earth's core</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_mantle" title="Earth's mantle">mantle</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Plate_tectonics" title="Plate tectonics">tectonic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seismology" title="Seismology">seismic</a> activity of the lithosphere.<sup id="cite_ref-smith_5_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smith_5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soil_science" title="Soil science">Soil science</a> covers the outermost layer of the Earth's crust that is subject to soil formation processes (or pedosphere).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceanography" title="Oceanography">Oceanography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hydrology" title="Hydrology">hydrology</a> (includes <a href="/wiki/Limnology" title="Limnology">limnology</a>) describe the marine and freshwater domains of the <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">watery</a> parts of the Earth (or <a href="/wiki/Hydrosphere" title="Hydrosphere">hydrosphere</a>). Includes <a href="/wiki/Marine_biology" title="Marine biology">Marine biology</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glaciology" title="Glaciology">Glaciology</a> covers the <a href="/wiki/Ice" title="Ice">icy</a> parts of the Earth (or <a href="/wiki/Cryosphere" title="Cryosphere">cryosphere</a>).</li> <li>Atmospheric sciences cover the <a href="/wiki/Gas" title="Gas">gaseous</a> parts of the Earth (or <a href="/wiki/Atmosphere" title="Atmosphere">atmosphere</a>) between the surface and the <a href="/wiki/Exosphere" title="Exosphere">exosphere</a> (about 1000 km). 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A more distant relative of astronomy is <a href="/wiki/Physical_cosmology" title="Physical cosmology">physical cosmology</a>, which aims to study the <a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">Universe</a> as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Closely related to the earth sciences are <a href="/wiki/Physical_geography" title="Physical geography">physical geography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Earth_science_topics">List of Earth science topics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earth_science&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: List of Earth science topics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Encyclopedia of Volcanoes</i>. Academic Press, London, 2000.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200410063158/https://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=earth%20science">"Wordnet Search: Earth science"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=earth%20science">the original</a> on 2020-04-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-10-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wordnet+Search%3A+Earth+science&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwordnet.princeton.edu%2Fperl%2Fwebwn%3Fs%3Dearth%2520science&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEarth+science" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Van Andel, Tjeerd 1994. <i>New views on an old planet: a history of global change</i>. 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Adams, Simon & Lambert, David 2006. <i>Earth Science: an illustrated guide to science</i>. New York NY 10001: Chelsea House. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8160-6164-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8160-6164-5">0-8160-6164-5</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-smith_5-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-smith_5_5-0">5.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-smith_5_5-1">5.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, Gary A. & Pun, Aurora 2006. How does the Earth work?. Pearson Prentice Hall, NJ. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-034129-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-13-034129-0">0-13-034129-0</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=geodesy">Wordnet Search: Geodesy</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link since January 2021">permanent dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/geodesy/welcome.html">NOAA National Ocean Service Education: Geodesy</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071030004610/http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/ped/pedosph.htm">"Elissa Levine, 2001, The Pedosphere As A Hub"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/ped/pedosph.htm">the original</a> on 2007-10-30<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-10-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Elissa+Levine%2C+2001%2C+The+Pedosphere+As+A+Hub&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsoil.gsfc.nasa.gov%2Fped%2Fpedosph.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEarth+science" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180209052922/http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~doetqp-p/courses/env320/lec1/Lec1.html">"Duane Gardiner, Lecture: Why study soils? excerpted from Miller R.W. & D.T. Gardiner, 1998. <i>Soils in our environment</i>, 8th Edition"</a>. 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