How to Use geology in a Sentence

geology

noun
Definition of geologynext
  • The underlying geology imparts a signature on the overlying soils and then the plants that grow on those soils.
    — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The county is perched upon karst geology, which consists of porous, cracked rock through which water easily travels.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The driver provides history and geology of the area while the horses sometimes barely squeeze between the narrow sandstone gorge walls.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
  • Carolla does not care about the truths of history or geology; her ideas of how the world and time and people come together are set in her mind like Roman concrete.
    — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • So far, the startup is sticking to drill sites with relatively good geology for geothermal heat — as in, the American West.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
  • The guides will tell you all about the geology, history, and ecology of the park.
    — Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • The places that are sinking most rapidly in the U.S., such as New Orleans, share that geology.
    — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Like the geology of my new home, I was formed in a space where differences converged.
    — David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • The full impact of life on geology, however, can be easy to miss.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • Bristling with cutter teeth, the head can cut through a variety of geology.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 July 2022
  • Kenneth Chang has been at The Times since 2000, writing about physics, geology, chemistry, and the planets.
    — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • Researchers are eager to learn more about the history of the solar system from the Moon’s geology.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Jack Szostak is trying to understand how life could have emerged from non-life, from chemistry and physics and geology.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • And geology has had a hand in its recent slip-sliding dangers too.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • One reason fossils are so prevalent on the island is due to its unique geology.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2023
  • This compelling signet ring is a tribute to the designer’s homeland of Chile, the verdant landscapes and geology of the Andes.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The rover has been collecting data about Mars's geology and past climate for two years.
    — Zoe Wells, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • God’s wrath when the Northeast has weather and geology, yet what, Marge, just weather elsewhere?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
  • Its mission was to study the geology and environment of Mars.
    — The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Each tasting was a lesson in geology and the subtle differences in flavor stemming from aspect to the sun and blue slate or red slate.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The mission plans to do this by flying past Europa nearly 50 times to study the moon’s icy shell, its surface’s geology and its subsurface ocean.
    — Ali M. Bramson, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Even before setting her feet down in geology, Gardner in the middle of radical change in the sciences.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At each of its 10 stops, Lucy will map the asteroid’s size, color and surface geology; assess its mass and density; and check for any rings.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Read on for Santos’s primer on kitchen geology, plus his expert tips on selecting the right surface.
    — Sam Cochran, Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Her interest in soil was piqued by her degree in geology.
    — Mary Berube, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2022
  • John Shelton, 25, was a Brigham Young geology student fluent in Spanish from a two-year church mission.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The Apollo astronauts explored the area’s lava landscape and learned the basics of volcanic geology in preparation for trips to the moon.
    — Lisa Davis, USA TODAY, 26 June 2022
  • Afterward, the Trailside Discovery Camp group sampled the water quality in the lake and hiked to the beach to learn about local geology.
    — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2022
  • Croatia and its neighbors sit on top of a patch of unusual geology where the vast heat at the center of the world has an especially easy time coming close to the surface.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Every find is plotted, from a shard of pottery to a cannon; currents are modeled, and seabed geology is assessed.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022

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