geochemistry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

geochemistry
    n 1: the chemistry of the earth's crust

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

geochemistry \ge`o*chem"is*try\
   (j[=e]`[-o]*k[e^]m"[i^]s*tr[y^]), n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the
   earth + chemistry.]
   The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or
   possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. --
   {Ge`o*chem"ic*al}, a. -- {Ge`o*chem"ist}, n.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]