Deep-earth structural processes that build, raise and reshape the crust from below: plate tectonics, orogeny, volcanism and isostasy. Belongs here: a process driven by the movement or melting of the crust and mantle. Does not belong here: an erosional or depositional process that shapes the surface those structural forces raised, held under Geomorphology.
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This branch of science deals with the complex physical, chemical, and biological constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres: the biosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere (or lithosphere).
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