Siltation is the pollution of water by fine particulate terrestrial clastic material, with a particle size dominated by silt or clay.
Andesite, named for the Andes Mountains, is a mix of quartz and basalt, the most common terrestrial material that erupts from the depths through volcanism.
Since its discovery, there have been many searches in terrestrial materials for natural sources of technetium.
There are two profound differences in the chemistry of lunar regolith and soil from terrestrial materials.
In 2004, he announced a plutonium-xenon technique for dating terrestrial materials.
It utilizes terrestrial biogenic materials in coastal sediments such as mollusc shells analyzing the C isotope.
A key feature of extraterrestrial materials, in comparison to naturally occurring terrestrial materials, is therefore Ni/Fe ratios above several percent.
The given ranges should be applicable to any normal terrestrial material.
Water reflects light very differently from typical terrestrial materials.
It's a rather old cave where erosion caused by the years is evident, hence the debris is very abundant and they are large blocks of terrestrial material.