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rheology  

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  • The study of deformation and flow in materials, including the behaviour of ice in glaciers, rocks during deformation, convection in the Earth’s mantle and the behaviour of lava flows and debris flows. Geraint Owen Swansea University. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; rheology]

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