Coimbra, Portugal

Geology

Geologia

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Geology at University of Coimbra

Language: Portuguese Studies in Portuguese
University website: www.uc.pt
Type: PhD/Doctoral programme
Academic degree: Doutor
Duration: 180 ECTS

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Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Geology can also refer to the study of the solid features of any terrestrial planet or natural satellite, (such as Mars or the Moon).
Geology
All geologic history is full of the beginning and the ends of species–of their first and last days; but it exhibits no genealogies of development.
Hugh Miller in:The testimony of the rocks , Gould and Lincoln, 1865, p. 220.
Geology
Earth records its own history.
Andrew Herbert Knoll. Gaidos E, Knoll AH. Frontiers of Astrobiology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2012. Our evolving planet: From dark ages to evolutionary renaissance. pp. 132–153.
Geology
Geology is as intimately related to almost all the physical sciences, as is history to the moral.
William Humble in: “Dictionary of geology and mineralogy: comprising such terms in botany”, p. 104.
Under the auspices of an EU-funded project, researchers are working on ways to dispose of nuclear waste underground and seal it off with specialised plugs. If the project succeeds, the first permanent geological repositories could be operating in Europe by 2025.
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