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NT2
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abiotic environment processes
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NT3
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atmospheric processes
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NT4
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acid deposition
NT4
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advection
NT4
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atmosphere deterioration
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▼
NT5
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air acidification
NT5
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atmospheric corrosion
NT5
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ozone layer depletion
NT5
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stratospheric ozone depletion
NT4
↓
atmospheric circulation
►
▼
NT5
↓
general circulation
NT4
↓
atmospheric condensation
NT4
↓
atmospheric depression
NT4
↓
atmospheric fallout
NT4
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atmospheric inversion
NT4
↓
atmospheric turbulence
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▼
NT5
↓
eddy mixing
NT4
↓
atmospheric washout
NT4
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clouds
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▼
NT5
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cumulonimbus
NT5
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gas cloud
NT4
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convection
NT4
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cyclogenesis
NT4
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dry deposition
NT4
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low pressure area
NT4
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low pressure system
NT4
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meteorological phenomenon
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▼
NT5
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air movement
NT5
↓
anticyclone
NT5
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atmospheric precipitation
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NT5
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black frost
NT5
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blizzard
NT5
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blow
NT5
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cyclone
►
NT5
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fog
►
NT5
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freeze
NT5
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frost
►
NT5
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haze
NT5
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hurricane
NT5
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hydrometeors
NT5
↓
lightning
►
NT5
↓
mist
►
NT5
↓
precipitation enhancement
NT5
↓
storm
►
NT5
↓
tornado
NT5
↓
typhoon
NT5
↓
waterspout
NT5
↓
whirlwind
NT5
↓
wind
►
NT4
↓
pressure variation
NT4
↓
weather depression
NT4
↓
wet deposition
NT3
↓
climate feedback
NT3
↓
climatic processes
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▼
NT4
↓
climate modification
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▼
NT5
↓
climate alteration
NT5
↓
climate change
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NT4
↓
climatic cycles
►
▼
NT5
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Arctic oscillation
NT5
↓
deglaciation
NT5
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El Niño
►
NT5
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glaciation
►
NT5
↓
La Niña
NT5
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North Atlantic oscillation
NT4
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tropicalisation
NT4
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weather modification
NT3
↓
design storm
NT3
↓
fallout
►
▼
NT4
↓
acid fallout
NT4
↓
chemical fallout
NT4
↓
radioactive fallout
NT3
↓
glaze
NT3
↓
hydrogeologic processes
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▼
NT4
↓
aquifer recovery
NT4
↓
boil
NT4
↓
deep percolation
NT4
↓
groundwater drawdown
NT4
↓
groundwater natural recharge
NT4
↓
groundwater recharge
NT4
↓
river-groundwater exchange
NT4
↓
subsoil drainage
NT4
↓
water recovery
NT3
↓
marine evasion
NT3
↓
marine regression
NT3
↓
natural regulation
NT3
↓
overturn
NT3
↓
rainout
NT3
↓
resource exhaustion
NT3
↓
saline deposition
NT3
↓
terrestrial evasion
NT3
↓
water depletion
NT3
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[geolithological processes]
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▼
NT4
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accretion
NT4
↓
anatexis
NT4
↓
argillization
NT4
↓
backthrusting
NT4
↓
bauxitization
NT4
↓
calcification
NT4
↓
calcitization
NT4
↓
carbonatization
NT4
↓
cementation
NT4
↓
channel scour
NT4
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coalification
NT4
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coastal change
NT4
↓
collapse
►
▼
NT5
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land collapse
NT4
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cratering
NT4
↓
crustal shortening
NT4
↓
crustal thinning
NT4
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cryonival processes
NT4
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cryoturbation
NT4
↓
crystal fractionation
NT4
↓
deformation
NT4
↓
deposition
NT4
↓
desiccation
NT4
↓
diagenesis
NT4
↓
diapirism
NT4
↓
dolomitization
NT4
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downwarping
NT4
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effusion
NT4
↓
emergence
NT4
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emplacement
NT4
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eruption
►
▼
NT5
↓
volcanic eruption
►
NT4
↓
eruption phase
►
▼
NT5
↓
degassing phase
NT4
↓
eruptive cycle
NT4
↓
fluvial fill
NT4
↓
foreshock
NT4
↓
fossilization
NT4
↓
fractional crystallization
NT4
↓
fracturing
NT4
↓
frost action
NT4
↓
geological process
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▼
NT5
↓
continental drift
NT5
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isostatic land movements
NT5
↓
land sinking
NT5
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plate movement
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NT5
↓
seismic activity
►
NT5
↓
subduction
NT5
↓
submergence
NT5
↓
tremor
NT5
↓
uplift
NT4
↓
geomorfologic evolution
NT4
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geomorphic process
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▼
NT5
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accumulation
NT5
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aggradation
NT5
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avalanche
NT5
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avulsion
NT5
↓
entrainment
NT5
↓
erosion
►
NT5
↓
ground movement
►
NT5
↓
karstification
NT5
↓
lahar
►
NT5
↓
natural accretion
NT5
↓
nuees ardente
NT5
↓
planation
NT5
↓
weathering
►
NT4
↓
glacial extent
NT4
↓
glacial rebound
NT4
↓
graded bedding
NT4
↓
ground motion
NT4
↓
halmyrolysis
NT4
↓
hybridization
NT4
↓
hydrothermal alteration
NT4
↓
ingression
NT4
↓
isostasy
NT4
↓
isostatic compensation
NT4
↓
isostatic rebound
NT4
↓
kaolinization
NT4
↓
karst phenomena
NT4
↓
land freezing
NT4
↓
landform evolution
NT4
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lava emission
NT4
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lava flow
NT4
↓
lava stream
NT4
↓
magmatic evolution
NT4
↓
marine transgression
NT4
↓
mass wasting
NT4
↓
metallogeny
NT4
↓
metamorphism
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▼
NT5
↓
burial metamorphism
NT5
↓
contact metamorphism
NT5
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dynamic metamorphism
NT5
↓
high-grade metamorphism
NT5
↓
high-pressure metamorphism
NT5
↓
hydrotermal metamorphism
NT5
↓
impact metamorphism
NT5
↓
low-grade metamorphism
NT5
↓
prograde metamorphism
NT5
↓
retrograde metamorphism
NT5
↓
thermal metamorphism
NT4
↓
metasomatism
NT4
↓
mineral deposits genesis
NT4
↓
minerogenesis
NT4
↓
mylonitization
NT4
↓
ocean closure
NT4
↓
ocean opening
NT4
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outwash
NT4
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paroxysm
NT4
↓
pedogenesis
NT4
↓
petrogenesis
NT4
↓
phosphatization
NT4
↓
phreatic explosion
NT4
↓
phreatomagmatism
NT4
↓
piping
NT4
↓
podzolization
NT4
↓
progradation
NT4
↓
pyroclastic flow
NT4
↓
reactivation
NT4
↓
relief rejuvenation
NT4
↓
rising (geological)
NT4
↓
salinization
►
▼
NT5
↓
soil salinization
NT5
↓
water salinization
NT4
↓
sea-floor spreading
NT4
↓
sediment grading
NT4
↓
sediment mobilisation
NT4
↓
sediment supply
NT4
↓
sediment transport
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▼
NT5
↓
dissolved substance transport
NT5
↓
glacial transport
NT5
↓
ice rafting
NT5
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marine transport
NT5
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saltation
NT5
↓
wind transport
NT4
↓
sedimentation process
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▼
NT5
↓
abyssal sedimentation
NT5
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biochemical sedimentation
NT5
↓
bioclastic sedimentation
NT5
↓
chemical sedimentation
NT5
↓
continental sedimentation
NT5
↓
deep-sea sedimentation
NT5
↓
detrital sedimentation
NT5
↓
eolian sedimentation
NT5
↓
fluvial sedimentation
►
NT5
↓
freshwater sedimentation
NT5
↓
glacial sedimentation
NT5
↓
glaciofluvial sedimentation
NT5
↓
glaciomarine sedimentation
NT5
↓
hemipelagic sedimentation
NT5
↓
intertidal sedimentation
NT5
↓
lacustrine sedimentation
NT5
↓
lagoonal sedimentation
NT5
↓
marine sedimentation
NT5
↓
marsh sedimentation
NT5
↓
nearshore sedimentation
NT5
↓
pelagic sedimentation
NT5
↓
recent sedimentation
NT5
↓
reef sedimentation
NT5
↓
terrestrial sedimentation
NT4
↓
seismic reflection
NT4
↓
seismic refraction
NT4
↓
shear
NT4
↓
shrinkage
NT4
↓
soil process
►
▼
NT5
↓
lateritisation
NT5
↓
soil compaction
NT5
↓
soil deformation
NT5
↓
soil formation
NT5
↓
soil leaching
NT5
↓
soil settling
NT4
↓
soil-structure interaction
NT4
↓
sorting (sediments)
NT4
↓
structural evolution
NT4
↓
subsidence
NT4
↓
swelling
NT4
↓
tectogenesis
NT4
↓
tectonic compression
NT4
↓
tectonic phase
NT4
↓
tectonic process
►
▼
NT5
↓
block fault
NT5
↓
compression tectonic
NT5
↓
extension tectonic
NT5
↓
fold tectonic
NT5
↓
orogenesis
NT5
↓
polyphase tectonic
NT5
↓
rifting
NT5
↓
salt tectonic
NT5
↓
transpression tectonic
NT4
↓
thermal alteration
NT4
↓
thermal effect
NT4
↓
thermokarst
NT4
↓
transpression
NT4
↓
transtension
NT4
↓
twinning
NT4
↓
volcanism
NT4
↓
water recession
NT4
↓
wind action
NT3
↓
[processes of the hydrosphere]
►
▼
NT4
↓
backwater
NT4
↓
base flow
NT4
↓
bottom current
NT4
↓
capillarity
NT4
↓
capillary rise
NT4
↓
capillary suction
NT4
↓
cryosphere processes
►
▼
NT5
↓
glacier flood
NT5
↓
ice drift
NT5
↓
ice movement
NT5
↓
ice stream
NT5
↓
snow-melt
NT5
↓
thaw
NT4
↓
eddy flow
NT4
↓
flood
►
▼
NT5
↓
annual flood
NT5
↓
exceptional flood
NT5
↓
flash flood
NT5
↓
hundred-year flood
NT5
↓
snowmelt flood
NT5
↓
torrential flood
NT4
↓
flood propagation
NT4
↓
flood wave
►
▼
NT5
↓
abrupt wave
NT5
↓
dam-break flood wave
NT4
↓
flooding
NT4
↓
flow
►
▼
NT5
↓
channel flow
NT5
↓
closed pipe flow
NT5
↓
controlled flow
NT5
↓
critical flow
NT5
↓
groundwater flow
NT5
↓
hydrologic flow
NT5
↓
interflow
NT5
↓
natural flow
NT5
↓
open channel flow
NT5
↓
plane flow
NT5
↓
regulated flow
NT5
↓
return flow
NT5
↓
streamflow
NT5
↓
subcritical flow
NT5
↓
underflow
NT5
↓
water flow
NT4
↓
freshet
NT4
↓
hydrological processes
►
▼
NT5
↓
drainage
NT5
↓
groundwater/river interaction
NT5
↓
infiltration
NT5
↓
intumescence
NT5
↓
percolation
►
NT5
↓
river current
NT5
↓
runoff
►
NT5
↓
water regime
►
NT4
↓
inflow
NT4
↓
inundation
NT4
↓
littoral drift
NT4
↓
non-uniform flow
NT4
↓
oceanographic processes
►
▼
NT5
↓
deep water formation
NT5
↓
ebb
NT5
↓
ebb-tide current
NT5
↓
eustacy
NT5
↓
high water
NT5
↓
low water
NT5
↓
ocean circulation
NT5
↓
sea circulation
NT5
↓
sea current
►
NT5
↓
sea turbulence
NT5
↓
sea wave
►
NT5
↓
seepage
►
NT5
↓
swell
NT5
↓
tide
►
NT4
↓
outflow
NT4
↓
overflow
NT4
↓
overland flow
NT4
↓
phreatic cycle
NT4
↓
river capture
NT4
↓
river dynamics
NT4
↓
sea-level change
►
▼
NT5
↓
eustatic sea-level change
NT5
↓
sea level secular change
NT4
↓
seiche
NT4
↓
sheet flow
NT4
↓
slow filtration
NT4
↓
thermohaline circulation
NT4
↓
upconing
NT4
↓
upwelling
NT4
↓
water cycle
NT4
↓
water infiltration
NT4
↓
wave motion
NT2
↓
bioecological processes
►
▼
NT3
↓
abortion
NT3
↓
absorption (exposure)
►
▼
NT4
↓
radiation absorption
NT3
↓
accumulation in body tissues
NT3
↓
algal blooms
NT3
↓
allogamy
NT3
↓
anoxia
NT3
↓
asphyxia
NT3
↓
auditory fatigue
NT3
↓
bioaccumulation
NT3
↓
bioconcentration
NT3
↓
biological invasion
NT3
↓
biological processes
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NT4
↓
autogamy
NT4
↓
biological activity
NT4
↓
biological clock
NT4
↓
biological cycles
NT4
↓
biological development
NT4
↓
biological reactions
►
▼
NT5
↓
inflammation
NT4
↓
biological reproduction
►
▼
NT5
↓
animal reproduction
►
NT5
↓
asexual reproduction
NT5
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plant reproduction
NT5
↓
sexual reproduction
NT4
↓
birth
NT4
↓
cell division
NT4
↓
death
NT4
↓
embryogenesis
NT4
↓
fertilisation (gametes)
NT4
↓
gametogenesis
NT4
↓
genetic processes
►
▼
NT5
↓
chromosomal aberrations
NT5
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genetic mutation
NT5
↓
genetic variation
NT4
↓
growth
►
▼
NT5
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biological growth
NT5
↓
fouling growth
NT4
↓
mutation
NT4
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physiological process
►
▼
NT5
↓
biorhythms
NT5
↓
heterotrophic respiration
NT5
↓
[physiological processes in animals]
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NT5
↓
[physiological processes in plants]
►
NT4
↓
sensory perception
►
▼
NT5
↓
tactile perception
NT5
↓
visual perception
NT3
↓
biological rhythms
NT3
↓
biotransformation
NT3
↓
bioturbation
NT3
↓
brooding
NT3
↓
camouflage
NT3
↓
cetacean stranding
NT3
↓
coral bleaching
NT3
↓
defoliation
NT3
↓
desertification
NT3
↓
differentiation
NT3
↓
dyspnoea
NT3
↓
ecological processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
cyclic process
►
▼
NT5
↓
biogeochemical cycles
►
NT5
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ecocycle
NT5
↓
life cycle
NT5
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natural forest growth cycle
NT5
↓
nutrient cycle
NT4
↓
ecological adaptation
►
▼
NT5
↓
acclimatization
NT4
↓
energy flow
NT4
↓
natural regeneration
NT4
↓
population dynamics
►
▼
NT5
↓
population fluctuation
NT4
↓
succession (ecology)
NT3
↓
ecosystem processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
colonisation
NT4
↓
ecosystem degradation
NT4
↓
eutrophication
NT4
↓
habitat destruction
NT4
↓
interactions between organisms
►
▼
NT5
↓
biological competition
►
NT5
↓
predation
NT5
↓
symbiosis
NT3
↓
egg laying
NT3
↓
environmental processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
environmental change
NT4
↓
environmental degradation
►
▼
NT5
↓
forest deterioration
NT5
↓
landscape destruction
NT5
↓
landscape deterioration
NT5
↓
soil acidification
NT5
↓
soil degradation
NT5
↓
water acidification
NT3
↓
estrus
NT3
↓
evapotranspiration
NT3
↓
evolution
►
▼
NT4
↓
coevolution
NT3
↓
extinction
►
▼
NT4
↓
extinction of animal species
NT4
↓
extinction of plant species
NT4
↓
extirpation
NT4
↓
mass extinction
NT3
↓
feeding
►
▼
NT4
↓
animal feeding
NT3
↓
food chain
►
▼
NT4
↓
marine food chain
NT3
↓
gestation
NT3
↓
hearing (sense)
NT3
↓
hearing disturbance
NT3
↓
hibernation
NT3
↓
hybridisation
NT3
↓
hypothermia
NT3
↓
infestation
►
▼
NT4
↓
pest infestation
NT3
↓
irritation
NT3
↓
life
NT3
↓
matter flow
NT3
↓
metabolic alteration
NT3
↓
metamorphosis
NT3
↓
microbial action
NT3
↓
mimicry
NT3
↓
moult
NT3
↓
natural attenuation
NT3
↓
natural dynamics
NT3
↓
natural processes
NT3
↓
natural selection
NT3
↓
nausea
NT3
↓
nervous shock
NT3
↓
noise disturbance
NT3
↓
nursing
►
▼
NT4
↓
breast-feeding
NT3
↓
nutrition
NT3
↓
odour nuisance
NT3
↓
oneirism
NT3
↓
ontogenesis
NT3
↓
orientation
NT3
↓
parasitation
NT3
↓
parturition
NT3
↓
physiological fatigue
NT3
↓
physiological stress
►
▼
NT4
↓
post traumatic stress disorder
NT3
↓
poisoning
►
▼
NT4
↓
pesticide poisoning
NT3
↓
pollination
NT3
↓
pollutant accumulation
NT3
↓
predator chain
NT3
↓
pregnancy
NT3
↓
protective colouring
NT3
↓
psychological stress
►
▼
NT4
↓
post traumatic stress
NT3
↓
reproduction
NT3
↓
running wild
NT3
↓
sensorial adaptation
NT3
↓
sick building syndrome
NT3
↓
smell (sense)
NT3
↓
soil-plant relationship
NT3
↓
specialisation (biological)
NT3
↓
speciation
NT3
↓
species impoverishment
NT3
↓
sporogenesis
NT3
↓
taste
NT3
↓
teratogenesis
NT3
↓
tinnitus
NT3
↓
transpiration
NT3
↓
traumatic shock
NT3
↓
traumatic stress
NT3
↓
vegetation dynamics
NT3
↓
water self-purification
NT3
↓
weaning
NT3
↓
weather sensitivity
NT3
↓
whistling in the ears
NT3
↓
zoonosis
►
▼
NT4
↓
bilharzia
NT4
↓
Chagas' disease
NT4
↓
cholera
NT4
↓
colibacillosis
NT4
↓
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
NT4
↓
Dengue fever
NT4
↓
giardiasis
NT4
↓
hydatidosis
NT4
↓
legionellosis
NT4
↓
leptospirosis
NT4
↓
malaria
NT4
↓
onchocerciasis
NT4
↓
plague
NT4
↓
rabies
NT4
↓
salmonellosis
NT4
↓
schistosomiasis
NT4
↓
toxoplasmosis
NT4
↓
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
NT4
↓
typhus
NT3
↓
[ethological processes]
►
▼
NT4
↓
behaviour
►
▼
NT5
↓
animal behaviour
►
NT4
↓
behavioural processes
NT3
↓
[pathological processes]
►
▼
NT4
↓
carcinogenesis
NT4
↓
claustrophobia
NT4
↓
crush syndrome
NT4
↓
decompression sickness
NT4
↓
disease
►
▼
NT5
↓
airborne diseases
NT5
↓
allergenic diseases
►
NT5
↓
animal diseases
►
NT5
↓
asbestosis
NT5
↓
botulism
NT5
↓
cancer
►
NT5
↓
cardiovascular diseases
►
NT5
↓
communicable disease
NT5
↓
endemic disease
NT5
↓
enteric disease
NT5
↓
environmental disease
NT5
↓
exotic animal disease
NT5
↓
human disease
►
NT5
↓
immunological disease
►
NT5
↓
incurable illness
NT5
↓
infectious disease
►
NT5
↓
intoxication
►
NT5
↓
nervous system diseases
►
NT5
↓
notifiable disease
NT5
↓
parathyphus B
NT5
↓
plant disease
►
NT5
↓
respiratory disease
►
NT5
↓
saturnism
NT5
↓
silicosis
NT5
↓
skin diseases
►
NT5
↓
tumour
►
NT5
↓
vector of human diseases
NT5
↓
vector-borne diseases
NT5
↓
waterborne diseases
NT4
↓
epidemic
NT4
↓
frostbite
NT4
↓
intestinal infection
NT4
↓
necrosis
NT4
↓
pandemics
NT4
↓
psychosomatic illness
NT4
↓
radiation sickness
NT4
↓
toxic shock syndrome
NT4
↓
urinary tract infection
NT2
↓
cognitive processes
►
▼
NT3
↓
abstraction
NT3
↓
attention
NT3
↓
cognitive development
NT3
↓
conceptual representation
NT3
↓
immagination
NT3
↓
intuition
NT3
↓
knowledge
NT3
↓
language
NT3
↓
learning
NT3
↓
learning through experience
NT3
↓
observer-observed relationship
NT3
↓
personality development
NT3
↓
socialization
NT3
↓
space perception
NT2
↓
environmental deterioration
►
▼
NT3
↓
black tide
NT3
↓
degradation of natural resources
NT3
↓
forest cover destruction
NT3
↓
freshwater degradation
NT3
↓
urban stress
NT2
↓
extraterrestrial processes
►
▼
NT3
↓
magnetic storm
NT3
↓
solar activity
NT3
↓
solar cycle
NT3
↓
solar radiation
NT3
↓
solar wind
NT2
↓
industrial processes
►
▼
NT3
↓
coal cycle
NT3
↓
energy process
NT3
↓
material life cycle
NT3
↓
nuclear fuel cycle
NT3
↓
product life cycle
NT3
↓
treatment process
NT2
↓
planetary processes
►
▼
NT3
↓
daily variation
NT3
↓
diurnal variation
NT3
↓
Earth-Sun relationship
NT3
↓
global warming
NT3
↓
greenhouse warming
NT3
↓
magnetic reversal
NT3
↓
polar wandering
►
▼
NT4
↓
apparent polar wandering
NT3
↓
precession of the equinoxes
NT3
↓
rotation
►
▼
NT4
↓
Earth rotation
NT3
↓
seasonal change
NT3
↓
seasonal variation
NT2
↓
process
NT2
↓
relationships
►
▼
NT3
↓
air-water interactions
NT3
↓
cause-effect relation
NT3
↓
dose-effect relationship
NT3
↓
dose-response relationship
NT3
↓
health-environment relationship
NT3
↓
rainfall-flow relationship
NT3
↓
structure-activity relationship
NT2
↓
[physical and chemical processes]
►
▼
NT3
↓
acidification
NT3
↓
adsorption
►
▼
NT4
↓
chemisorption
NT3
↓
aerobic processes
NT3
↓
alkaline fermentations
NT3
↓
alkalinisation
NT3
↓
ammonification
NT3
↓
anaerobic process
NT3
↓
background radiation
NT3
↓
behaviour of substances
NT3
↓
biochemical processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
biodegradation
NT4
↓
fermentation
NT4
↓
metabolism
►
▼
NT5
↓
anabolism
NT5
↓
biosynthesis
►
NT5
↓
catabolism
NT4
↓
nitrogen fixation
NT3
↓
biological nitrogen fixation
NT3
↓
boiling
NT3
↓
capillary pressure
NT3
↓
cellular breathing
NT3
↓
chain reaction
NT3
↓
chemical degradation
NT3
↓
chemical processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
chemical fractionation
NT4
↓
chemical reactions
►
▼
NT5
↓
hydration
NT5
↓
hydrogenation
NT5
↓
polymerisation
NT5
↓
[chemical reactions: general and inorganic chemistry]
►
NT5
↓
[chemical reactions: organic chemistry]
►
NT4
↓
dilution
NT4
↓
dissociation
NT4
↓
migration of element
NT3
↓
chemiluminescence
NT3
↓
demagnetization
NT3
↓
demethylation process
NT3
↓
denitrification
NT3
↓
density current
NT3
↓
dialysis
NT3
↓
diffraction
NT3
↓
diffusion
►
▼
NT4
↓
capillary diffusion
NT4
↓
molecular diffusion
NT3
↓
dilation
NT3
↓
dispersion
►
▼
NT4
↓
energy dispersal
NT4
↓
light dispersion
NT3
↓
distribution
NT3
↓
electricity
►
▼
NT4
↓
static electricity
NT3
↓
electrolysis
NT3
↓
emulsification
NT3
↓
energy dissipation
NT3
↓
evaporation of water
NT3
↓
exsolution
NT3
↓
extraction process
NT3
↓
fatigue
NT3
↓
filtration
NT3
↓
fluorination
NT3
↓
flux
►
▼
NT4
↓
carbon flux
NT3
↓
heat transmission
NT3
↓
hysteresis
►
▼
NT4
↓
magnetic hysteresis
NT3
↓
imbibition
NT3
↓
induced polarization
NT3
↓
inversion
NT3
↓
iodisation
NT3
↓
ionic interchange
NT3
↓
ionisation
NT3
↓
laser ray
NT3
↓
leaching
NT3
↓
light
NT3
↓
lixiviation
NT3
↓
magnetism
►
▼
NT4
↓
archaeomagnetism
NT4
↓
geomagnetism
NT4
↓
paleomagnetism
NT3
↓
magnetization
►
▼
NT4
↓
direct magnetization
NT4
↓
induced magnetization
NT4
↓
inverse magnetization
NT4
↓
primary magnetization
NT4
↓
remanent magnetization
NT4
↓
secondary magnetization
NT3
↓
mechanical vibration
NT3
↓
membrane filtration
NT3
↓
methylation process
NT3
↓
microwaves
NT3
↓
mineralization
NT3
↓
nitrate formation
NT3
↓
nitrification
NT3
↓
nitrogen removal
NT3
↓
noise absorption
NT3
↓
noise propagation
NT3
↓
nuclear radiation
NT3
↓
oxygen transfer
NT3
↓
oxygenation
NT3
↓
ozonation
NT3
↓
pervaporation
NT3
↓
phase transition
NT3
↓
photochemical processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
photochemical reaction
NT3
↓
photodegradation
NT3
↓
photolysis
NT3
↓
physical process
►
▼
NT4
↓
acoustical emission
NT4
↓
amplitude distortion
NT4
↓
attenuation
NT4
↓
changes of physical state
►
▼
NT5
↓
condensation (process)
NT5
↓
evaporation
NT5
↓
fusion
NT5
↓
liquefaction
NT5
↓
melting
NT5
↓
solidification
NT5
↓
sublimation
NT5
↓
white frost formation
NT4
↓
chemical bond
►
▼
NT5
↓
hydrogen bond
NT4
↓
convection currents
NT4
↓
electrical current
NT4
↓
induction
NT4
↓
linear distortion
NT4
↓
non-linear distortion
NT4
↓
nuclear reaction
►
▼
NT5
↓
nuclear fission
NT5
↓
nuclear fusion
NT4
↓
phase distortion
NT4
↓
radiation
►
▼
NT5
↓
alpha radiation
NT5
↓
atmospheric radiation
NT5
↓
beta radiation
NT5
↓
cosmic radiation
NT5
↓
electromagnetic radiation
NT5
↓
gamma radiation
NT5
↓
infrared radiation
NT5
↓
Röntgen radiation
NT5
↓
thermal radiation
NT5
↓
ultraviolet radiation
NT5
↓
visible radiation
NT5
↓
X radiation
NT5
↓
X rays
NT5
↓
[radiation by properties and effects]
►
NT4
↓
refraction
NT4
↓
scattering
NT4
↓
seismic diffraction
NT4
↓
signal distortion
NT4
↓
sound
►
▼
NT5
↓
high-pitched sound
NT5
↓
infrasound
NT5
↓
mid-frequency sound
NT5
↓
ultrasound
NT4
↓
wave
►
▼
NT5
↓
acoustic wave
NT5
↓
blast wave
NT5
↓
elastic wave
NT5
↓
electromagnetic wave
NT5
↓
long-period wave
NT5
↓
plane wave
NT5
↓
seismic wave
►
NT5
↓
shock wave
NT5
↓
short-period wave
NT5
↓
sound wave
NT5
↓
tidal wave
NT5
↓
translatory wave
NT4
↓
wave absorption
NT4
↓
wave amplification
NT4
↓
wave dispersion
NT4
↓
[mechanical processes]
►
▼
NT5
↓
compression
NT5
↓
[fluidodynamic processes]
►
NT4
↓
[thermal processes]
►
▼
NT5
↓
heat transfer
NT5
↓
thermal emission
NT5
↓
thermal expansion
NT5
↓
warming
NT3
↓
physicochemical process
►
▼
NT4
↓
absorption (process)
►
▼
NT5
↓
absorption of greenhouse gases
NT4
↓
catalysis
NT4
↓
coagulation
NT4
↓
combustion
►
▼
NT5
↓
biomass burning
NT5
↓
fuel combustion
NT5
↓
spontaneous ignition
NT4
↓
corrosion
NT4
↓
crystallisation
NT4
↓
degradation
NT4
↓
desorption
NT4
↓
elutriation
NT4
↓
endothermic reaction
NT4
↓
exothermic reaction
NT4
↓
flocculation
NT4
↓
ion exchange
NT4
↓
osmosis
NT3
↓
power-heat relation
NT3
↓
pressure
►
▼
NT4
↓
barometric pressure
NT3
↓
propagation process
NT3
↓
putrefaction
NT3
↓
radioactivity
►
▼
NT4
↓
artificial radioactivity
NT4
↓
background radioactivity
NT4
↓
natural radioactivity
NT3
↓
reflection
NT3
↓
resonance
NT3
↓
resorption
NT3
↓
rusting
NT3
↓
sedimentation
NT3
↓
sequestration
►
▼
NT4
↓
carbon sequestration
NT4
↓
on-farm forestry sequestration
NT3
↓
sorption
NT3
↓
sound absorption
NT3
↓
sound propagation
NT3
↓
sound reflection
NT3
↓
sound reproduction
NT3
↓
sound transmission
NT3
↓
strain
NT3
↓
thermolysis
NT3
↓
transport (physics)
NT3
↓
ultraviolet ray
NT3
↓
vibration
NT3
↓
vortex
NT3
↓
wave propagation
NT2
↓
[processes of complex systems]
►
▼
NT3
↓
anthropause
NT3
↓
autopoiesis
NT3
↓
chaotic motion
NT3
↓
chaotic phenomena
NT3
↓
homeostasis
NT3
↓
self-organization
NT2
↓
[processes related to materials and products]
►
▼
NT3
↓
building weathering
NT3
↓
material fatigue
NT2
↓
[processes related to pollution and pollutants]
►
▼
NT3
↓
behaviour of pesticides
NT3
↓
effluent diffusion
NT3
↓
flow of pollutants
NT3
↓
growth of GHG emissions
NT3
↓
interaction of pesticides
NT3
↓
metabolism of pesticides
NT3
↓
pesticide pathway
NT3
↓
photochemical ozone formation
NT3
↓
pollutant absorption
NT3
↓
pollutant behaviour
►
▼
NT4
↓
ozone behaviour
NT3
↓
pollutant degradation
NT3
↓
pollutant deposition
NT3
↓
pollutant diffusion
NT3
↓
pollutant dispersion
►
▼
NT4
↓
waste gas dispersion
NT3
↓
pollutant distribution
NT3
↓
pollutant evolution
NT3
↓
pollutant formation
NT3
↓
pollutant migration
NT3
↓
pollutant mobilisation
NT3
↓
pollutant pathway
NT3
↓
pollution transfer
NT3
↓
re-emission
NT2
↓
[social, cultural and policy processes]
►
▼
NT3
↓
anthropisation
NT3
↓
cultural processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
automation
NT4
↓
cultural development
NT4
↓
innovation
NT4
↓
modernisation
NT4
↓
technological process
►
▼
NT5
↓
technological development
NT3
↓
environmental development
NT3
↓
globalisation
NT3
↓
industrialisation
NT3
↓
policy processes
►
▼
NT4
↓
agricultural development
NT4
↓
compatible development
NT4
↓
decision making process
►
▼
NT5
↓
sequential decision making
NT4
↓
ecodevelopment
NT4
↓
economic cycle
NT4
↓
economic development
NT4
↓
economic growth
►
▼
NT5
↓
pro-poor growth
NT4
↓
industrial development
NT4
↓
integrated development
NT4
↓
land development
NT4
↓
local development
NT4
↓
planned urban development
NT4
↓
price fluctuation
NT4
↓
sustained economic growth
NT3
↓
social process
►
▼
NT4
↓
demographic development
NT4
↓
demographic evolution
NT4
↓
demographic growth
NT4
↓
demographic processes
►
▼
NT5
↓
demographic trend
NT5
↓
human migration
►
NT5
↓
population growth
NT4
↓
depopulation
►
▼
NT5
↓
rural depopulation
NT4
↓
emancipation
NT4
↓
environmental perception
NT4
↓
group dynamics
NT4
↓
historical evolution
NT4
↓
internal migration
NT4
↓
man-nature interaction
NT4
↓
man-nature relationship
NT4
↓
population migration
NT4
↓
population movement
NT4
↓
population shift
NT4
↓
population trend
NT4
↓
race relations
NT4
↓
risk perception
NT4
↓
rural migration
NT4
↓
social change
►
▼
NT5
↓
behavioural changes
NT4
↓
social development
NT4
↓
social differentiation
NT4
↓
trend of opinion
NT4
↓
urban development
NT4
↓
urban growth
NT4
↓
urbanisation
NT3
↓
sustainable consumption
NT3
↓
sustainable development
►
▼
NT4
↓
environmentally sustainable development
NT3
↓
technological innovation
NT3
↓
urban sprawl
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Date of creation
07-Mar-2013
Accepted term
07-Mar-2013
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