Look up: geosphere

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   geosphere
   The solid mass (lithosphere) of the Earth as distinct from the atmosphere and hydrosphere or all three of these layers combined.
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   Geosphere
   The term Geosphere is often used to refer to the densest parts of Earth, which consist mostly of rock and regolith. . The term originally applies to the four nested geospheres identified since Meteorology (Aristotle) with the states of terrestrial matter: solid (earth), liquid (water), gas (air), and plasma (fire). The nested geospheres then include the asthenosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and the ionosphere or plasmasphere. The...
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   geosphere
   (from the article `biosphere`) ...carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, molecular nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and water vapour. It was a hostile and barren planet. This strictly ...
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   geosphere
   geosphere 1. The physical earth; a term for the solid mass (lithosphere) of the planet, or for the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere as a whole. 2. The solid matter of the earth, as distinct from the seas, plants, animals, and surrounding atmosphere. 3. The soils, sediments, and rock layers of the earth's crust, both continental and beneath the ocea...
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   Geosphere
   The soils, sediments, and rock layers of the Earth's crust, both continental and beneath the ocean floors.
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   GEOSPHERE
   Considered the solid portions of the earth, including the hydrosphere and the lithosphere, as opposed to the atmosphere, which lies above it. At their conjunction is the biosphere.
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