This group covers earth sciences not elsewhere classified.
This group has one field:

049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:
a) Mesospheric, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics is included in Group 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences.
b) Solid state chemistry and the chemical aspects of crystallography and are included in Group 0302 Inorganic Chemistry.
c) Environmental and atmospheric chemistry are included in Group 0399 Other Chemical Sciences.
d) Environmental sciences, including environmental monitoring, soil science and carbon sequestration science are included in Division 05 Environmental Sciences.
e) Marine ecology and palaeontology associated with palaeoecological studies is included in Group 0602 Ecology.
f) Agricultural applications of hydrology are included in Group 0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences.
g) Water reticulation for household and non-agricultural industry use is included in Groups 0904 Chemical Engineering and 0905 Civil Engineering.
h) Environmental engineering is included in Group 0907 Environmental Engineering.
i) Materials engineering is included in Group 0912 Materials Engineering.
j) Mining, mineral processing and metallurgy are included in Group 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy.
k) Social aspects of geography are included in Group 1604 Human Geography.
l) History and philosophy of science is included in Group 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields.