Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to the dynamics of the earth, or the forces manifested in the formation and subsequent history of the earth.
  • Specifically, of the solid earth as distinguished from the ocean and atmosphere.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to geodynamics

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Examples

  • The Eolian Islands have an important value for their geodynamic, volcanic and archaeological natural and ethno-anthropological features.

    Aeolian Islands, Italy 2008

  • This volcanic arc results from a geodynamic process.

    Aeolian Islands, Italy 2008

  • The CVNP area is important from the geomorphological perspective, because in its limits rare geomorfological units are preserved, and the study of the origin and evolution of these features is useful to the understanding of the geodynamic regional processes.

    Cerrado Protected Areas, Brazil 2008

  • These satellites were designed to be orbiting “test particles”, to enable geodynamic measurements of the Earth.

    Dragging on daniel 2007

  • Instead the earth should be viewed as an active geophysical and geodynamic physical object, not a slowly cooling, near dead object.

    Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit 2006

  • That question has been a long-standing mystery for scientists, but two new studies are shining some light on the geodynamic processes that have shaped the core of our planet over the millennia, researchers report in the April 16 issue of Science.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • The researchers 'solution to this longstanding geodynamic problem provides a new basis for understanding the past and present geology and geophysics of the region.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The researchers 'solution to this longstanding geodynamic problem provides a new basis for understanding the past and present geology and geophysics of the region.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • That question has been a long-standing mystery for scientists, but two new studies are shining some light on the geodynamic processes that have shaped the core of our planet over the millennia, researchers report in the April 16 issue of Science.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

  • Geologically and tectonically, however, the rifting mechanism and geodynamic evolution of the Tertiary Basin remain uncertain.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

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