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Epidote

A common secondary constituent of igneous rock, a silicate of aluminum, calcium, and iron

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Epicenter

A point on the Earth’s surface reflecting the centre of an earthquake as measured by seismic activity

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Eon

The largest division of geological time, counting as two or more eras,  and considered to cover a span involving a hundred million to a billion years or more

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Eolian

A deposit of minerals influenced by the wind

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Eocene epoch

The Eocene epoch was a period in time, thought to be 58-37 million years ago, when mammals first emerged

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Estuary

Where the lowest point of a river meets a larger, tidal body of water