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Bilingual glossary of geology


Big Bang (Theory)  Big Bang (théorie du)
A generally accepted scientific explanation for the origin of the universe. According to the Big Bang Theory, all the matter and energy of the universe was released from the enormous cosmic explosion of an inconceivably dense point, about 13.7 billion years ago.

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  Earth's formation and structure

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