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an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" a particular spatial arrangement the fabrication of something in a particular shape constitution: the act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" geological formation: (geology) the geological features of the earth natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
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In geology and related fields, a stratum (plural: strata) is a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguishes it from contiguous layers. Each layer is generally one of a number of parallel layers that lie one upon another, laid down by natural forces. They may extend over hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the Earth's surface. ...
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An offensive or defensive arrangement of players, aligned in a specific way.
Ãâó: www.geocities.com/jleahy142002/glossary.htm
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A geological formation is a body of earth material with distinctive and characteristic properties and a degree of homogeneity in its physical properties. A formation may be a made of rock or of unconsolidated material such as sand, gravel and clay and can be mapped on the earth's surface or traced in the subsurface.
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A broadly used term applied to calcite growths in caves. Synonymous with speleothem.
Ãâó: www.nps.gov/cave/glossary.htm
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