English > geological process: 1 sense > noun 1, process| Meaning | (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified. |
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| Synonym | geologic process |
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| Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
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| Narrower | alluvion | gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment |
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| desertification | The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert |
| diastrophism | The process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust |
| erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) |
| fold, folding | A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock |
| glaciation | The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice |
| intrusion | The forcing of molten rock / rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock / rock formation |
| metamorphism | change in the structure of rock / rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances |
| orogeny | The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust) |
| stratification | forming or depositing in layers |
| subduction | A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
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| Spanish | proceso geológico |
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| Catalan | procés geològic |
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