Talk:Solid earth

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Hmm... A stub based on google search results resulting in two book titles from the NRC and NAS from the 90s and 60s. The current stub is more what it isn't than what it is. Perhaps should just be redirected to geology. Vsmith (talk) 15:07, 24 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Geology doesn't cover the subsurface; would have to redirect to geophysics instead -- but then, geophysics covers more than the solid earth. More correctly, though, geosphere should be split and merged here. This phrase is widely used though, see Special:WhatLinksHere/Solid Earth . Fgnievinski (talk) 20:34, 26 September 2014 (UTC)


 * "Geology doesn't cover the subsurface" ... really? I'd rather disagree. The article states: the planet's solid surface and its interior. That sounds like the domain of geology to me along with geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, mineralogy, ..., paleontoloy (fossils are rather solid). Not much in geology is not dealing with the solid parts of the earth. Geology and geophysics also deal with non-solid parts of earth such as magma, lava and volcanic gases, the core, mud flows, ... I also note that virtually all of those articles linking here ... you added those links in the past few days. Vsmith (talk) 23:26, 26 September 2014 (UTC)