Solid earth

'''Solid earth''' refers to "the earth beneath our feet" or ''terra firma'', the planet's solid surface and its interior.<ref name=NRCpanel>{{cite book|last1=National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Solid Earth Problems|title=Solid-earth Geophysics: Survey and Outlook|date=1964|publisher=National Academies}}</ref>{{rp|v}}<ref name=NRCsociety>{{cite book|last1=Council|first1=National Research|title=Solid-earth sciences and society|date=1993|publisher=National Academy Press|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=9780309047395|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/solidearthscienc0000nati}}</ref>{{rp|1}} It excludes the Earth's fluid envelopes, the atmosphere and hydrosphere (but includes the ocean basin), as well as the biosphere and interactions with the Sun.

'''Solid-earth science''' refers to the corresponding methods of study, a subset of Earth sciences, predominantly geophysics and geology, excluding aeronomy, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, hydrology, and ecology.

== See also == * {{anl|Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos|''Ad cœlum''}} * {{anl|Crust (geology)}} ** {{anl|Earth's crust}} * {{anl|Geosphere}} * {{anl|Journal of Geophysical Research|''Journal of Geophysical Research'' - section B (Solid Earth)}} * {{anl|Land}} * {{anl|Landform}} * {{anl|Landscape}} * {{anl|Lithosphere}} * {{anl|Pedosphere}} * {{anl|Solid Earth (journal)|''Solid Earth'' (journal)}} * {{anl|Structure of the Earth}} * {{anl|Terrain}}

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== Further reading == *{{cite book|last1=Fowler|first1=C.M.R.|author-link=Mary Fowler (geologist)|title=The solid earth : an introduction to global geophysics|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=9780521893077|edition=2nd}}

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