GEOCHEMISTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does geochemistry mean? 

• GEOCHEMISTRY (noun)
  The noun GEOCHEMISTRY has 1 sense:

1. the chemistry of the earth's crust

  Familiarity information: GEOCHEMISTRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEOCHEMISTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chemistry of the earth's crust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("geochemistry" is a kind of...):

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

 Context examples 

While the finding does not guarantee that this sodium chloride is derived from the subsurface ocean (this could, in fact, simply be evidence of different types of materials stratified in the moon's icy shell), the study's authors propose that it warrants a reevaluation of the geochemistry of Europa.

(Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa, NASA)