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How does Earth science relate to physics?

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In a word - geophysics. The physics of the Earth, its systems and processes. Physics is the one tool we have for probing the Earth's interior that lets us look deeper than the holes we make. read more

Earth scientists regularly use physics in their studies, for example to construct a view of the crust from seismic waves, to calculate slope stability, to estimate the cooling rates of magma, and so on. Earth scientists (or physicists for that matter) who specialize in the use of physics to study the Earth are know as geophycisists. read more

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