Glossary - S

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Last Revised May 05, 2005

salinization

saltation

saltation - wind

salt marsh

sand sea (see Erg Desert)

saturated adiabatic rate

saturation

saturation vapor pressure

savanna biome

scale (map)

scattering (light)

sea-floor spreading

sediment

sedimentary rock

seismic waves

seismograph

sensible heat

sheet flow

sheet erosion

shield volcano

sial

sima

sinkholes

slipface

small circle

soil

soil creep

soil fertility

soil horizon

soil order

soil water 

solifluction

soil moisture (see soil water)

soil moisture storage

soil texture triangle

soil water (moisture) budget

solar constant

solstice

solum

solution

spatial analysis

specific heat

specific humidity

spheroidal weathering

spodosol

stable air

stability

staircase lakes

steady-state equilibrium

steam fog

stomata

storm surge

stratified drift

stratigraphy

stratocumulus

stratosphere

stratus

strike-slip fault

subduction

sublimation

sub-polar low pressure cell

subsolar point

subsurface diagnostic horizon

sulfur dioxide

summer solstice

sun angle

surface creep (see creep)

surplus water

suspended load

syncline

system