geophysics

/jee-oh-fiz-iks/US // ˌdʒi oʊˈfɪz ɪks //UK // (ˌdʒiːəʊˈfɪzɪks) //

地球物理学,地球物理,物探

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.

Wegener, who died in 1930, was an astronomer-turned-meteorologist who dabbled in paleontology and geophysics.
By 1969, Science News quoted experts declaring that it was time for “plate tectonics to be accepted as a basic theoretical model in geophysics.”
It’s scientifically useful to have a word to describe the cosmic bodies where interesting geophysics, including the conditions that enable life, occur, he says.
In other words, I did the geology and petroleum engineering, and he did pure geophysics.