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  • adverb In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.

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From geophysical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Oil production peaks when a given petroleum reserve is depleted by half, after which oil is geophysically increasingly difficult to extract, causing production to plateau, and then steadily decline.

    Ex-British Army Chief in Iraq Confirms Peak Oil as Motive for War; Praises Fraudulent Reconstruction Programmes 2008

  • It's a disaster movie that puts Hollywood to shame -- and has the added virtue of being geophysically accurate.

    TELEVISION: PROS VERSUS THE VOLCANO 2007

  • Given the fact that New Orleans is different than -- than any other place, geophysically and geographically, obviously -- could we have another Katrina by way of response?

    CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2007 2007

  • Half the world's oil reserves are, more or less, depleted, which means that it will be technologically, geophysically, increasingly difficult to extract conventional oil.

    UK Govt Sources Confirm War With Iran Is On 2006

  • Whereas the northwestern part of the geophysically surveyed area showed regularly planned, slightly northwest-southeast oriented insulae, the plan of the eastern and southeastern parts of the surveyed slope showed more irregular and less symmetrically planned structures built perpendicular to the slope.

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  • Whereas the northwestern part of the geophysically surveyed area showed regularly planned, slightly northwest-southeast oriented insulae, the plan of the eastern and southeastern parts of the surveyed slope showed more irregular and less symmetrically planned structures, which were built perpendicular to the slope.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Aims for the 2005 Season 2003

  • To study the technology of ironworking, all waste products from the geophysically surveyed grids were morphologically classified by means of visual inspection.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 5 2003

  • To test these geophysically indicated targets, five diamond drill holes totaling 2,603 metres were drilled.

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  • Location: Long Thanh District, Dong Nai | Size: 280 hectares | Status: 2007 1/urban planning: propose new urban developments in geophysically stable and high land.

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  • The field drilled measures approximately 12km by 12km and a total of 25 chip holes have now been completed in this area, all but one of which have been geophysically logged.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

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