USGS CMG InfoBank: Geology School Keywords -- C

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C: C horizon C-14 age calcareous nannofossil calcic plagioclase calcite calcium calcium carbonate calcium silicate caldera California Cambria Cambrian Cambridge University camel camel-grab camera Canada Canadian Shield Candlestick Park canyon Cape Mendocino carbon carbon cycle carbon dioxide carbon monoxide carbon-14 carbon-14 dating carbonate carbonic acid cartography Cascade Range cast Cathleen Aviles Cathy Busby-Spera cattle cave cave exploration cave feature cave formation cave mineral cave use CDP cell cell biology cement cementation Cenozoic Cenozoic Era Central Province centrifugal force chalk channel Charles Darwin Charles Richter chart chemical bond chemical composition chemical decomposition chemical precipitation chemical reaction chemical sedimentary rock chemical sedimentation chemical weathering chemistry chert Chester C. Langway Jr. chief scientist Chile China Chinese chlorine chronology Churchill Hudsonian Province Cima Dome cinder cinder cone Cinder Cones circular orbit cirque civilization clastic sediment clastic sedimentary rock clay claystone cleavage Cleopatra's Needle cliff climate climate change climatologist clone closed aquifer cloud CMP coal coarse grained sediment coarsening upward sequence coast Coast Highway coastal basin coastal bluff coastal desert coastal development coastal environment coastal plain coastline cobalt cobble cold coastal current cold marine current collision Colombia color Colorado Plateau Colorado River Columbia Plateau columnar basalt comet commerce Common Depth Point Common Mid-Point compaction compass composite volcano composition compression compressional stress compressional wave computer computer tape concrete condensation conductivity conservation conservation tillage construction contact contact metamorphism continent continental crust continental drift continental glacier continental margin continental rise continental shelf continental slope continuity convection convection Beginner convective cell conventional multichannel conventional single channel convergent plate convergent plate boundary convergent plate margin cooling copper coral coral atoll coral reef core core sample correlation country course covalent bond coverage crab crater craton credits creep creep meter crest crew crop crop rotation cross section cross-bedding cross-cutting relationship crust crustal deformation crustal dynamics crustal formation crystal Crystal Cove crystal growth Crystal Spring Formation crystal structure crystalline crystallization current current meter cut bank cut stone cyanobacteria cyclone cypress

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