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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
Pale, sedimentary rock (hydrated calcium sulphate) ground up for use in plasters, cement, and fertilizers.
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PH over 7; emits hydroxyl ions. Also called “basic. ” It neutralizes the acids it combines with chemically.
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Changes to sediment or fossils after burial. Similar to metamorphosis, but with less depth and less heat.
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The watery layer through which light penetrates to nourish photosynthetic marine organisms like plankton.
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The evolution of a new species from a group separated from the original species by a geographic barrier.
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An object cannot be cooled to a temperature of absolute zero by a finite number of steps. How about that.
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A glass-covered frame (often of wood) that houses seedlings and delicate plants. Contrast with Hot Frame.
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Non-explosive flows of thin basalt-forming magma from a volcano. Often associated with shield volcanoes.
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Wedge of ice whose expansions and contractions from melting and freezing open large cracks in the ground.
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A species that works like an indicator plant: its population and health reveal much about its ecosystem.
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