Earth science
type: Concept
narrower: geophysics

geophysics
type: Concept
definition: The application of principles of physics to the study of the Earth. Within earth science, geophysics involves studies of the Earth’s gravity, magnetism (geomagnetism), behaviour with respect to elastic waves (seismology), heat flow and radioactivity to investigate the structure, physical and environmental condition and geological evolution of the Earth. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; geophysics]
narrower: volcanology
narrower: seismology
narrower: plate tectonics
narrower: marine geophysics
broader: physics
broader: Earth science

volcanology
type: Concept
broader: geophysics

seismology
type: Concept
broader: geophysics

plate tectonics
type: Concept
broader: geophysics

marine geophysics
type: Concept
broader: geophysics

physics
type: Concept
narrower: geophysics

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: geophysics