Weathering is usually confined to the top few meters of geologic material, because physical, chemical, and biological stresses generally decrease with depth.

The nature of any stream bed is always a function of the flow dynamics and the local geologic materials, influenced by that flow.

However, more recent work has been done on semiconductors, ceramic and geologic materials, and organic biomaterials.

The chief limitation of magnetometer survey is that subtle features of interest may be obscured by highly magnetic geologic or modern materials.

The color patterns on geologic maps show the distribution of various geologic materials at the surface of the Earth.

(2) Water stored underground in rock crevices and in the pores of geologic materials that make up the Earth's crust.

Soil develops in residual parent material is that which forms in consolidated geologic material.

The glaciers expanding southward scraped the landscape, picking up geologic material and leveling the terrain.

Biogeophysics - study of how plants, microbial activity and other organisms alter geologic materials and affect geophysical signatures.

Clay is one of the oldest building materials on Earth, among other ancient, naturally-occurring geologic materials such as stone and organic materials like wood.