Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
In  | |
|---|---|
| USE | indium |
| in situ | |
|---|---|
| UF | in-situ |
| RT | retorting |
| SN | Applicable to many fields, especially rocks, soils, or fossils when in the situation in which they were originally formed or deposited. |
| in-situ | |
|---|---|
| USE | in situ |
| Inadunata | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Echinodermata | |
| ..Crinozoa | |
| ...Crinoidea | |
| ....Inadunata | |
| NT | Delocrinus |
| SN | Subclass. |
| Inangahua New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Nelson New Zealand | |
| ...Inangahua New Zealand | |
| RT | South Island |
| SN | Village in NW South Island. Also index South Island. |
| Inari Finland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Finland | |
| ....Lapland Finland | |
| .....Inari Finland | |
| UF | Enari Finland |
| SN | Town on Lake Inari in N Finland. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Inarticulata | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Brachiopoda | |
| ..Inarticulata | |
| NT | Lingula |
| RT | Articulata |
| inaut Belgium | |
|---|---|
| NT | Tournai Belgium |
| incarbonization | |
|---|---|
| USE | coalification |
| Inceptisols | |
|---|---|
| BT | soils |
| .Inceptisols | |
| NT | Andepts |
| RT | soil group |
| incertae sedis | |
|---|---|
| USE | miscellanea |
| incineration | |
|---|---|
| RT | ash |
| ash content | |
| environmental geology | |
| pyrolysis | |
| remediation | |
| waste disposal | |
| waste management | |
| SN | Also index kind of waste discussed if applicable. See waste disposal. |
| inclination, magnetic | |
|---|---|
| USE | magnetic inclination |
| inclined folds | |
|---|---|
| BT | folds |
| .inclined folds | |
| RT | orientation |
| SN | Before 1978, also search folds AND inclined. |
| inclined seismic interface | |
|---|---|
| RT | curved seismic interface |
| discontinuities | |
| seismology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| inclinometers | |
|---|---|
| RT | instruments |
| magnetic inclination | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| inclusions | |
|---|---|
| NT | calcium-aluminum inclusions |
| fluid inclusions | |
| mineral inclusions | |
| xenoliths | |
| RT | assimilation |
| country rocks | |
| crystal growth | |
| crystal structure | |
| geochemistry | |
| geologic barometry | |
| geologic thermometry | |
| host rocks | |
| igneous rocks | |
| isotopes | |
| lava | |
| magmas | |
| mineral deposits, genesis | |
| minerals | |
| P-T conditions | |
| P-T-t paths | |
| petrology | |
| phase equilibria | |
| rocks | |
| s | |
| SN | Used for studies on enclosures or enclaves in rocks or minerals. For liquid or gaseous inclusions contained within crystals, use fluid inclusions. Before 1993, also search enclaves. Also index specific type of inclusion if applicable [e.g. mineral inclusi |
| incoalation | |
|---|---|
| USE | coalification |
| incompetent materials | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1995, use competent materials with rheology or ductility or ductile deformation or deformation or structural analysis or tectonics as applicable. |
| incompressibility modulus | |
|---|---|
| USE | bulk modulus |
| Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology network | |
|---|---|
| USE | IRIS network |
| increment | |
|---|---|
| USE | recharge |
| incrustations | |
|---|---|
| USE | encrustations |
| Indarch Meteorite | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .stony meteorites | |
| ..chondrites | |
| ...enstatite chondrites | |
| ....Indarch Meteorite | |
| RT | Azerbaijan |
| SN | Impact at Shusta, Elisavetpol, Azerbaijan, Transcaucasia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Indefatigable Island | |
|---|---|
| USE | Chaves Island |
| Independence County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Independence County Arkansas | |
| NT | Batesville Arkansas |
| SN | NE central Arkansas. |
| Independence Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nevada | |
| ..Elko County Nevada | |
| ...Independence Mountains | |
| SN | NE Nevada. Indexed with county or region as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| INDEPTH | |
|---|---|
| UF | INternational DEep Profiling of Tibet and the Himalaya |
| RT | China |
| Himalayas | |
| Xizang China | |
| programs | |
| geotraverses | |
| Lhasa Block | |
| SN | Acronym. Project of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in collaboration with German, U.S., and Canadian associates which involved common-depth reflection profiling and wide-angle reflection data collection in S Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in 1992. More stu |
| index beds | |
|---|---|
| USE | key beds |
| index fauna | |
|---|---|
| USE | index fossils |
| index flora | |
|---|---|
| USE | index fossils |
| index fossils | |
|---|---|
| UF | guide fossils |
| index fauna | |
| index flora | |
| RT | microfossils |
| paleontology | |
| fossils | |
| stratigraphy | |
| biostratigraphy | |
| assemblages | |
| first occurrence | |
| index maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .index maps | |
| RT | site location maps |
| index of refraction | |
|---|---|
| USE | refractive index |
| Indian Ocean | |
|---|---|
| NT | Agulhas Bank |
| Andaman Sea | |
| Arabian Sea | |
| Argo abyssal plain | |
| Atlantis II fracture zone | |
| Bay of Bengal | |
| Bengal Fan | |
| Carlsberg Ridge | |
| Cuvier abyssal plain | |
| East Indian Ocean | |
| Exmouth Plateau | |
| Gascoyne abyssal plain | |
| Great Australian Bight | |
| Java Trench | |
| Madagascar Basin | |
| Mascarene Basin | |
| Mid-Indian Ridge | |
| Mozambique Channel | |
| Naturaliste Plateau | |
| Ninetyeast Ridge | |
| Owen fracture zone | |
| Perth abyssal plain | |
| Red Sea | |
| Rodriguez triple junction | |
| Somali Basin | |
| Southwest Indian Ridge | |
| Timor Sea | |
| West Indian Ocean | |
| Wharton Basin | |
| Wombat Plateau | |
| RT | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| Antarctic Ocean | |
| Bass Strait | |
| Broken Ridge | |
| Browse Basin | |
| DSDP Site 211 | |
| DSDP Site 213 | |
| DSDP Site 215 | |
| DSDP Site 237 | |
| DSDP Site 238 | |
| DSDP Site 241 | |
| DSDP Site 246 | |
| DSDP Site 247 | |
| DSDP Site 248 | |
| DSDP Site 249 | |
| DSDP Site 250 | |
| DSDP Site 252 | |
| SN | Many islands were considered narrower terms of Indian Ocean before 1985. See Indian Ocean Islands. Also see Antarctic Ocean for S portion. |
| Indian Ocean Islands | |
|---|---|
| NT | Amsterdam Island |
| Comoro Islands | |
| Crozet Islands | |
| Kerguelen Islands | |
| Madagascar | |
| Maldive Islands | |
| Marion Island | |
| Mascarene Islands | |
| Mauritius | |
| Prince Edward Island Group | |
| Seychelles | |
| RT | Andaman Islands |
| Bengal Islands | |
| Christmas Island | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Laccadive Islands | |
| Saint Paul Island | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Zanzibar | |
| SN | Before 1985, islands in this region not listed as narrower terms may have been indexed with Indian Ocean. This term is used for islands and island groups which could not easily be assigned to adjacent land areas. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Indian Ocean Ridge | |
|---|---|
| USE | Mid-Indian Ridge |
| Indian Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| NT | Afghanistan |
| Bangladesh | |
| Bengal | |
| Bhutan | |
| Godavari River | |
| India | |
| Indian Shield | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Kohistan | |
| Kosi Basin | |
| Nepal | |
| Pakistan | |
| Potwar Plateau | |
| RT | Indo-Australian Plate |
| Brahmaputra River | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Main Boundary Fault | |
| Main Central Thrust | |
| Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Indian Plate | |
|---|---|
| RT | Bangladesh |
| India | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| Pakistan | |
| plate tectonics | |
| plates | |
| Xizang China | |
| SN | Redefined. Used for both the ancient plate pre-dating modern Indo-Australian Plate and for the modern tectonic plate extending from the Himalayas to the Tonga Trench in the Pacific Ocean which includes Australia. For specific regions, search in combinatio |
| Indian reservations | |
|---|---|
| RT | conservation |
| human activity | |
| land use | |
| legislation | |
| Navajo Indian Reservation | |
| policy | |
| San Carlos Indian Reservation | |
| United States | |
| Yakima Indian Reservation | |
| SN | Indexed with specific reservations and states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Indian Ridge | |
|---|---|
| USE | Mid-Indian Ridge |
| Indian River | |
|---|---|
| RT | British Columbia |
| Delaware | |
| Florida | |
| Ontario | |
| Yukon Territory | |
| SN | In many locations. Search in combination with appropriate state or province. Indexed with states and/or provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Indian River County Florida | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Indian River County Florida | |
| Indian Shield | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..Indian Shield | |
| UF | Peninsular Shield |
| RT | India |
| Deccan Plateau | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| SN | Plateau region in S and central India plus Sri Lanka. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Indian-Antarctic Ridge | |
|---|---|
| USE | Southeast Indian Ridge |
| Indiana County Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Pennsylvania | |
| ..Indiana County Pennsylvania | |
| RT | Conemaugh River |
| SN | W central Pennsylvania. |
| indic |
|---|
| indicators | |
|---|---|
| RT | color alteration index |
| depth indicators | |
| diagenesis | |
| encrustations | |
| geochemical indicators | |
| gossan | |
| hydrocarbon indicators | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| paleoecology | |
| plate tectonics | |
| Indigirka River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Yakutia Russian Federation | |
| ...Indigirka River | |
| SN | NE Yakutia. Flows into East Siberian Sea. Before 1978, also search Indigirka. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| indium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .indium | |
| UF | In |
| Indo-Antarctic Ridge | |
|---|---|
| USE | Southeast Indian Ridge |
| Indo-Australian Plate | |
|---|---|
| RT | Australia |
| Australian Plate | |
| Australian-Antarctic discordance | |
| Bangladesh | |
| Himalayas | |
| India | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Indian Peninsula | |
| New Guinea | |
| New Zealand | |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| Pakistan | |
| plate tectonics | |
| plates | |
| Xizang China | |
| SN | Considered by some to be split in modern times. Also search Indian Plate and Australian Plate. Indexed with geographic area and/or age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Indo-China (French) | |
|---|---|
| USE | Indochina |
| Indo-Sinian Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| USE | Indosinian Orogeny |
| Indochina | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Indochina | |
| UF | Farther India |
| French Indochina | |
| Indo-China (French) | |
| RT | Malaysia |
| Thailand | |
| Vietnam | |
| Cambodia | |
| Burma | |
| Cathaysia | |
| Indosinian Orogeny | |
| Laos | |
| Malay Peninsula | |
| West Malaysia | |
| SN | The SE peninsula of Asia including the Malay Peninsula. (French Indochina consisted of current Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam). Before 1960, French Indochina and Indo-China (French) were also used. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| indochinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | tektites |
| .indochinite | |
| Indonesia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Indonesia | |
| NT | Bali |
| Bangka | |
| Billiton | |
| Celebes | |
| Irian Jaya Indonesia | |
| Java | |
| Kalimantan Indonesia | |
| Krakatoa | |
| Moluccas | |
| Pantar | |
| Sumatra | |
| Sunda Arc | |
| Sunda Strait | |
| UF | Dutch East Indies |
| Netherland India | |
| RT | Great Sumatran Fault |
| Arafura Sea | |
| ASEAN | |
| West Pacific Ocean Islands | |
| Malay Archipelago | |
| Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| Indonesian Seas | |
| Timor | |
| Borneo | |
| Flores Sea earthquake 1996 | |
| Kabuh Formation | |
| Kalibeng Formation | |
| Pucangan Formation | |
| SN | Before 1960, Dutch East Indies was used. Before 1945, Netherland India was used. |
| Indonesian Seas | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .West Pacific | |
| ..Indonesian Seas | |
| NT | Banda Sea |
| Celebes Sea | |
| Java Sea | |
| RT | Indonesia |
| Banda Arc | |
| Flores Sea earthquake 1996 | |
| SN | Includes small seas of the Pacific Ocean within Indonesia. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Indosinian Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Indosinian Orogeny | |
| UF | Indo-Sinian Orogeny |
| RT | Triassic |
| Lower Jurassic | |
| orogeny | |
| tectonics | |
| China | |
| Indochina | |
| SN | Triassic and Lower Jurassic. China, E and central Xizang and Indochina. Before 1993, also search Indosinian; Indosinian Movement. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Indre France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Indre France | |
| RT | Touraine |
| SN | Department in W central France. |
| Indre-et-Loire France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Indre-et-Loire France | |
| NT | Tours France |
| RT | Touraine |
| SN | Department in N central France. |
| induced | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used in subfile G. See induced earthquakes; induced magnetization; induced polarization; induction. |
| induced earthquakes | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .induced earthquakes | |
| RT | seismology |
| engineering geology | |
| earthquake prediction | |
| Parkfield earthquakes | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| induced magnetization | |
|---|---|
| BT | magnetization |
| .induced magnetization | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| induced polarization | |
|---|---|
| RT | coupling |
| dipole-dipole methods | |
| electrical field | |
| electrical methods | |
| geophysical methods | |
| geophysical surveys | |
| polarization | |
| well-logging | |
| SN | Indexed with applicable methods. For surveys, also index geophysical surveys. |
| induction | |
|---|---|
| RT | electromagnetic methods |
| geophysical methods | |
| magnetic field | |
| paleomagnetism | |
| well-logging | |
| SN | Used for geophysical properties. |
| inductively coupled plasma | |
|---|---|
| USE | inductively coupled plasma methods |
| inductively coupled plasma methods | |
|---|---|
| BT | spectroscopy |
| .inductively coupled plasma methods | |
| UF | inductively coupled plasma |
| inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy | |
| RT | emission spectroscopy |
| mass spectroscopy | |
| chemical analysis | |
| coupling | |
| plasma emission spectroscopy | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy | |
|---|---|
| USE | inductively coupled plasma methods |
| Indunian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Triassic | |
| ....Lower Triassic | |
| .....Indunian | |
| Indus Fan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indian Ocean |
| .Arabian Sea | |
| ..Indus Fan | |
| RT | DSDP Site 222 |
| Leg 117 | |
| ODP Site 720 | |
| SN | Deep-sea fan. E Arabian Sea. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Indus River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indus River | |
| RT | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Pakistan | |
| Xizang China | |
| SN | Rises in SW Tibet and flows into Arabian Sea. Indexed with Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, and Xinjiang China as applicable. |
| Indus suture zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone |
| Indus-Tsangpo suture zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone |
| Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone | |
| UF | Indus suture zone |
| Indus-Tsangpo suture zone | |
| Yarlung Zangbo suture zone | |
| RT | Indian Peninsula |
| Kohistan | |
| India | |
| China | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Pakistan | |
| Xizang China | |
| Qinghai-Xizang Plateau | |
| Ladakh | |
| SN | Extends from Kohistan through Ladakh and Xizang. Indus Zone, Indus suture zone, Indus-Tsangpo suture zone have been used for sections primarily outside Xizang, and Yarlung Zangbo suture zone for sections in Xizang. Indexed with countries and regions as ap |
| industrial ash |
|---|
| industrial materials | |
|---|---|
| USE | industrial minerals |
| industrial minerals | |
|---|---|
| UF | industrial materials |
| RT | abrasives |
| carborundum | |
| corundum deposits | |
| garnet deposits | |
| absorbent materials | |
| minerals | |
| carbonado | |
| refractory materials | |
| industrial minerals maps | |
| graphite deposits | |
| nonmetal deposits | |
| zeolite deposits | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| industrial minerals maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .industrial minerals maps | |
| RT | industrial minerals |
| economic geology maps | |
| SN | Before 1982, also search industrial minerals AND maps. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| industrial patents | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| industry | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| industrial waste | |
|---|---|
| UF | waste, industrial |
| RT | pollution |
| environmental geology | |
| waste disposal | |
| chemical waste | |
| radioactive waste | |
| waste disposal sites | |
| liquid waste | |
| solid waste | |
| waste water | |
| PCBs | |
| SN | Indexed with specific type. |
| industrialized countries | |
|---|---|
| RT | communist countries |
| developing countries | |
| economics | |
| international cooperation | |
| policy | |
| Western World | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| industry | |
|---|---|
| RT | annual report |
| chemical industry | |
| companies | |
| economic geology | |
| engineering geology | |
| environmental geology | |
| industrial patents | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| INEEL | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Idaho | |
| ..INEEL | |
| UF | Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory |
| Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) | |
| RT | government agencies |
| Bingham County Idaho | |
| Butte County Idaho | |
| nuclear facilities | |
| Clark County Idaho | |
| Jefferson County Idaho | |
| SN | SE central Idaho including parts of Butte, Bingham, Jefferson, and Clark counties. Also search its former name, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Indexed with U. S. counties as applicable. |
| inert gases | |
|---|---|
| USE | noble gases |
| inertial seismographs | |
|---|---|
| BT | seismographs |
| .inertial seismographs | |
| UF | inertial seismometers |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| inertial seismometers | |
|---|---|
| USE | inertial seismographs |
| inertinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | macerals |
| .inertinite | |
| NT | fusinite |
| micrinite | |
| sclerotinite | |
| semifusinite | |
| infiltration | |
|---|---|
| RT | DRAINMOD |
| Green-Ampt model | |
| ground water | |
| hydrology | |
| imbibition | |
| infiltrometers | |
| percolation | |
| recharge | |
| Richards equation | |
| soils | |
| unsaturated zone | |
| water regimes | |
| waterlogging | |
| infiltration galleries | |
|---|---|
| RT | ground water |
| underground channels | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| infiltrometers | |
|---|---|
| RT | hydrogeology |
| hydrology | |
| infiltration | |
| instruments | |
| leaching | |
| lysimeters | |
| seepage | |
| surface water | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| infinite models | |
|---|---|
| RT | mathematical models |
| models | |
| semi-infinite models | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| influence | |
|---|---|
| RT | effects |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| information management | |
|---|---|
| NT | data management |
| RT | computer networks |
| data bases | |
| data processing | |
| digital data | |
| expert systems | |
| geographic information systems | |
| information systems | |
| Internet | |
| spatial data | |
| systems analysis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Infracambrian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Neoproterozoic | |
| ....Infracambrian | |
| RT | Eocambrian |
| Ediacaran | |
| Vendian | |
| infrared | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, see infrared methods for geophysical methods or see infrared spectra, or infrared spectroscopy as applicable. |
| infrared exploration | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid index term after 1971. Used in subfiles G and N. Now use infrared methods. |
| infrared methods | |
|---|---|
| BT | geophysical methods |
| .infrared methods | |
| NT | AVHRR |
| AVIRIS | |
| RT | chemical analysis |
| backscattering | |
| geophysical surveys | |
| remote sensing | |
| thermal emission | |
| ERS-1 | |
| infrared spectroscopy | |
| Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner | |
| SN | For surveys, search with geophysical surveys and an area. For surveys, also index geophysical surveys and the area. |
| infrared spectra | |
|---|---|
| BT | spectra |
| .infrared spectra | |
| NT | FTIR spectra |
| UF | IR spectra |
| RT | spectroscopy |
| chemical analysis | |
| dosimetry | |
| vibrational spectra | |
| infrared spectroscopy | |
| near-infrared spectra | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search infrared. |
| infrared spectroscopy | |
|---|---|
| BT | spectroscopy |
| .infrared spectroscopy | |
| NT | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| RT | chemical analysis |
| analysis | |
| infrared methods | |
| infrared spectra | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search spectroscopy AND infrared. |
| Ingaladhal | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ingaldhal |
| Ingaldhal | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Karnataka India | |
| ....Chitradurga India | |
| .....Ingaldhal | |
| UF | Ingaladhal |
| SN | Ore bearing region in Chitradurga District in central Karnataka. |
| Ingham County Michigan | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Michigan | |
| ..Michigan Lower Peninsula | |
| ...Ingham County Michigan | |
| RT | Lansing Michigan |
| SN | S central Michigan. |
| Ingleborough | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Yorkshire England | |
| ......North Yorkshire England | |
| .......Ingleborough | |
| SN | Mountain in W North Yorkshire in N England. |
| Ingleton England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Ingleton England | |
| RT | Durham England |
| North Yorkshire England | |
| SN | Towns in North Yorkshire and Durham in N England. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Inglewood California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Los Angeles County California | |
| ...Inglewood California | |
| SN | City in S California. |
| Inglewood Fault | |
|---|---|
| USE | Newport-Inglewood Fault |
| Ingul River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Ukraine | |
| ..Ingul River | |
| SN | S Ukraine. Also search Ingul. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ingulets River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Ukraine | |
| ..Ingulets River | |
| RT | Krivoy Rog Basin |
| SN | S Ukraine. Also search Ingulets. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ingur (River) | |
|---|---|
| USE | Inguri River |
| Inguri River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Georgian Republic | |
| ..Inguri River | |
| UF | Ingur (River) |
| SN | Flows into Black Sea. Also search Ingur or Inguri. |
| inhomogeneity | |
|---|---|
| USE | heterogeneity |
| initial neodymium | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1998, not a valid term for GeoRef. For absolute age dating use Nd/Nd or Sm/Nd as applicable. Otherwise, use specific isotope ratio such as Nd-144/Nd-143 and event or process of interest such as magma contamination or mixing as applicable. |
| injection | |
|---|---|
| RT | artificial recharge |
| engineering geology | |
| environmental geology | |
| fluid injection | |
| gas injection | |
| mercury injection | |
| reinjection wells | |
| slug tests | |
| waste disposal | |
| injection wells | |
|---|---|
| USE | fluid injection |
| Inland Sea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Japan | |
| ...Inland Sea | |
| UF | Seto Inland Sea |
| Seto Sea | |
| Seto-chi-umi | |
| Seto-Naikai | |
| Setouchi | |
| RT | Honshu |
| Kyushu | |
| Shikoku | |
| Osaka Bay | |
| SN | Extends E-W with W Honshu on the N, Shikoku on the S, and Kyushu on the W. Connected with Pacific Ocean by 4 channels. |
| inland seas | |
|---|---|
| USE | epicontinental seas |
| inlets | |
|---|---|
| BT | shore features |
| .inlets | |
| RT | geomorphology |
| fluvial features | |
| shorelines | |
| bays | |
| embayments | |
| coastal environment | |
| lacustrine features | |
| tidal inlets | |
| inliers | |
|---|---|
| RT | erosion features |
| geomorphology | |
| landforms | |
| outliers | |
| stratigraphy | |
| structural geology | |
| tectonics | |
| windows | |
| Inn Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Inn Valley | |
| RT | Bavaria Germany |
| Tyrol Austria | |
| Baumkirchen | |
| Graubunden Switzerland | |
| SN | River valley. |
| innelite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..sorosilicates | |
| ...innelite | |
| inner core | |
|---|---|
| BT | core |
| .inner core | |
| RT | outer core |
| Inner Hebrides | |
|---|---|
| BT | brides |
| .Inner Hebrides | |
| NT | Islay |
| Isle of Skye | |
| Mull Island | |
| Raasay | |
| Rhum | |
| RT | Highland region Scotland |
| Strathclyde region Scotland | |
| Outer Hebrides | |
| SN | Islands immediately off W coast of Scotland. Separated from Outer Hebrides by the Straits of The Minch, the Little Minch, and the Sea of Hebrides. |
| Inner Mongolia China | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Inner Mongolia China | |
| NT | Bayan Obo China |
| UF | Nei Monggol China |
| Nei Mongol China | |
| RT | Amur Basin |
| Amur River | |
| Gobi Desert | |
| Da Hinggan Ling | |
| Ordos Basin | |
| Kerulen River | |
| SN | Autonomous region N China. |
| inner shelf | |
|---|---|
| BT | continental shelf |
| .inner shelf | |
| RT | outer shelf |
| inner slope | |
|---|---|
| BT | continental slope |
| .inner slope | |
| RT | outer slope |
| shelf-slope break | |
| Inner Slovakian Carpathians | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Slovakia | |
| ...Slovakian Carpathians | |
| ....Inner Slovakian Carpathians | |
| SN | Central Slovakia. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| inner transition elements | |
|---|---|
| USE | rare earths |
| Innisfree Meteorite | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .stony meteorites | |
| ..chondrites | |
| ...LL chondrites | |
| ....Innisfree Meteorite | |
| RT | Alberta |
| Canada | |
| SN | Impact at Innisfree, E central Alberta, Canada. Before 1985, also search Innisfree AND meteorites. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Innsbruck Austria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Austria | |
| ...Tyrol Austria | |
| ....Innsbruck Austria | |
| SN | City in central Tyrol, W Austria. |
| Inocerami | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Bivalvia | |
| ...Pteriina | |
| ....Inocerami | |
| NT | Inoceramidae |
| SN | Includes the family Inoceramidae. |
| Inoceramidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Bivalvia | |
| ...Pteriina | |
| ....Inocerami | |
| .....Inoceramidae | |
| NT | Inoceramus |
| SN | Family. |
| Inoceramus | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Bivalvia | |
| ...Pteriina | |
| ....Inocerami | |
| .....Inoceramidae | |
| ......Inoceramus | |
| SN | Genus. |
| inorganic | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use inorganic materials. |
| inorganic acids | |
|---|---|
| NT | hydrochloric acid |
| hydrofluoric acid | |
| nitric acid | |
| sulfuric acid | |
| RT | acids |
| organic acids | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| inorganic materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | ligands |
| materials | |
| organic compounds | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search inorganic AND materials. |
| inosilicates | |
|---|---|
| USE | chain silicates |
| Inowroclaw Poland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Bydgoszcz Poland | |
| ....Inowroclaw Poland | |
| SN | City in N central Poland. |
| INQUA | |
|---|---|
| UF | International Association for Quaternary Research |
| RT | associations |
| SN | Acronym. |
| Insecta | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Mandibulata | |
| ...Insecta | |
| NT | Entotropha |
| Pterygota | |
| RT | flight |
| wings | |
| eggs | |
| SN | Class. |
| insecticides | |
|---|---|
| BT | pesticides |
| .insecticides | |
| RT | environmental geology |
| agrochemicals | |
| waste disposal | |
| aldicarb | |
| pollutants | |
| chloroform | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Insectivora | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Insectivora | |
| NT | Dermoptera |
| Macroscelida | |
| Proteutheria | |
| Soricidae | |
| SN | Order. |
| inselbergs | |
|---|---|
| BT | erosion features |
| .inselbergs | |
| RT | geomorphology |
| insolation | |
|---|---|
| RT | mechanical weathering |
| Milankovitch theory | |
| weathering | |
| insoluble residues | |
|---|---|
| UF | residues, insoluble |
| RT | sedimentary rocks |
| siliceous composition | |
| solubility | |
| SN | Sometimes abbreviated as IR. |
| instabilities, plasma | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used as plasma instabilities with magnetosphere. |
| installations, marine | |
|---|---|
| USE | marine installations |
| installations, submarine | |
|---|---|
| USE | submarine installations |
| installations, underground | |
|---|---|
| USE | underground installations |
| institutions | |
|---|---|
| RT | academic institutions |
| associations | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| instruments | |
|---|---|
| RT | accelerator mass spectroscopy |
| accelerometers | |
| air guns | |
| anvil cells | |
| AVHRR | |
| AVIRIS | |
| borehole televiewers | |
| calibration | |
| design | |
| dilatometers | |
| dosimetry | |
| extensometers | |
| flowmeters | |
| Formation MicroScanner | |
| Fraunhofer line discriminators | |
| geophones | |
| GLORIA | |
| gravimeters | |
| hydro | |
| SN | Before 1971, also search apparatus. |
| insular shelf | |
|---|---|
| UF | island shelf |
| RT | ocean floors |
| continental shelf | |
| islands | |
| shelf environment | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| insulation materials | |
|---|---|
| BT | construction materials |
| .insulation materials | |
| RT | materials |
| glass materials | |
| asbestos deposits | |
| clays | |
| mica deposits | |
| SN | May be used as a commodity term. See List C. |
| Int |
|---|
| intensities | |
|---|---|
| USE | intensity |
| intensity | |
|---|---|
| UF | intensities |
| RT | particles |
| cosmic rays | |
| interplanetary space | |
| seismic intensity | |
| solar cycles | |
| magnetic intensity | |
| magnitude | |
| SN | General term as of 1981. For intensity of earthquakes, use seismic intensity. |
| interactions, boundary | |
|---|---|
| USE | boundary interactions |
| interactive analysis | |
|---|---|
| USE | interactive techniques |
| interactive methods | |
|---|---|
| USE | interactive techniques |
| interactive techniques | |
|---|---|
| UF | interactive analysis |
| interactive methods | |
| RT | data processing |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| interface, air-sea | |
|---|---|
| USE | air-sea interface |
| interface, oil-gas | |
|---|---|
| USE | oil-gas interface |
| interface, oil-water | |
|---|---|
| USE | oil-water interface |
| interface, sediment-water | |
|---|---|
| USE | sediment-water interface |
| interfaces | |
|---|---|
| RT | air-sea interface |
| air-water interface | |
| gas-water interface | |
| mineral-water interface | |
| oil-gas interface | |
| oil-water interface | |
| sediment-water interface | |
| soil-structure interface | |
| surfactants | |
| water-rock interaction | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| interfacial tension | |
|---|---|
| USE | surface tension |
| interference patterns | |
|---|---|
| RT | folds |
| foliation | |
| patterns | |
| petrofabrics | |
| structural analysis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| interferometry | |
|---|---|
| RT | very long baseline interferometry |
| SN | General term appropriate for many topics. |
| interglacial | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, see interglacial environment or specific interglacial stage. |
| interglacial environment | |
|---|---|
| RT | depositional environment |
| glacial environment | |
| glacial geology | |
| interstadial environment | |
| late-glacial environment | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| sedimentation | |
| SN | Before 1978, search interglacial. |
| intergrowths | |
|---|---|
| RT | crystal growth |
| crystallization | |
| crystallography | |
| crystals | |
| interior | |
|---|---|
| RT | core |
| dynamos | |
| Earth | |
| geodynamics | |
| lunar interior | |
| magma oceans | |
| Moon | |
| planetary interiors | |
| seismology | |
| subsidence | |
| SN | As of 1981, restricted to the Earth. |
| interlaboratory comparison | |
|---|---|
| RT | chemical analysis |
| materials | |
| minerals | |
| petrology | |
| quality control | |
| soil mechanics | |
| spectroscopy | |
| standard materials | |
| standard rocks | |
| standardization | |
| thermal analysis | |
| SN | Used for comparison of standard materials between laboratories. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Interlake Forma |
|---|
| Interlake Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Silurian | |
| ....Lower Silurian | |
| .....Llandoverian | |
| ......Interlake Formation | |
| RT | Saskatchewan |
| Montana | |
| North Dakota | |
| Manitoba | |
| SN | Located in the Williston Basin. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| interlayering | |
|---|---|
| USE | mineral interlayer |
| intermediate earthquake | |
|---|---|
| USE | intermediate-focus earthquakes |
| intermediate-focus earthquakes | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .intermediate-focus earthquakes | |
| UF | intermediate earthquake |
| RT | focus |
| shallow-focus earthquakes | |
| deep-focus earthquakes | |
| SN | Before 1978, search intermediate-focus. |
| intermittent springs | |
|---|---|
| BT | springs |
| .intermittent springs | |
| RT | ground water |
| hydrology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| intermontane basins | |
|---|---|
| BT | basins |
| .intermontane basins | |
| Intermontane Belt | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Intermontane Belt | |
| RT | Alberta |
| Washington | |
| Alaska | |
| British Columbia | |
| Yukon Territory | |
| SN | One of several tectonic belts between the Coast Ranges and Rocky Mountains, NW North America. Also search Intermontain Belt. Indexed with Washington and/or Canadian provinces or territories as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| internal constitution | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used in subfile G. See interior; planetary interiors. |
| internal waves | |
|---|---|
| RT | ocean waves |
| waves | |
| International Association for Quaternary Research | |
|---|---|
| USE | INQUA |
| International Decade of Ocean Exploration | |
|---|---|
| RT | oceanography |
| research vessels | |
| INternational DEep Profiling of Tibet and the Himalaya | |
|---|---|
| USE | INDEPTH |
| International Geological Congress | |
|---|---|
| UF | IGC |
| RT | associations |
| International Geological Correlation Programme | |
|---|---|
| USE | IGCP |
| International Geosphere-Biosphere Program | |
|---|---|
| USE | IGBP |
| International Lithosphere Program | |
|---|---|
| UF | ILP (International Lithosphere Program) |
| RT | international cooperation |
| research | |
| programs | |
| IUGS | |
| SN | Of the IUGS and International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Acronym is ILP. |
| International Monetary Fund | |
|---|---|
| RT | associations |
| economics | |
| international cooperation | |
| United Nations | |
| World Bank | |
| SN | Sometimes abbreviated as IMF. Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| International Phase of Ocean Drilling | |
|---|---|
| USE | IPOD |
| International Union of Geological Sciences | |
|---|---|
| USE | IUGS |
| Internet | |
|---|---|
| BT | computer networks |
| .Internet | |
| RT | education |
| data processing | |
| information systems | |
| data retrieval | |
| information management | |
| data handling | |
| digital data | |
| World Wide Web | |
| spatial data | |
| interpla |
|---|
| interplanetary comparison | |
|---|---|
| RT | extraterrestrial geology |
| natural analogs | |
| planetology | |
| planets | |
| terrestrial comparison | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| interplanetary dust | |
|---|---|
| RT | cosmic dust |
| dust | |
| interplanetary space | |
| meteorites | |
| particles | |
| interplanetary space | |
|---|---|
| UF | outer space |
| space | |
| RT | planetology |
| particles | |
| albedo | |
| cosmic rays | |
| extraterrestrial geology | |
| asteroids | |
| cosmic dust | |
| meteoroids | |
| solar system | |
| shock waves | |
| meteors | |
| comae | |
| comets | |
| solar wind | |
| interplanetary dust | |
| electromagnetic radiation | |
| intensity | |
| solar cycles | |
| Halley's Comet | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. |
| interpolation | |
|---|---|
| RT | functions |
| geostatistics | |
| interpretation | |
| kriging | |
| mathematical geology | |
| splines | |
| statistical analysis | |
| interpretation | |
|---|---|
| RT | concepts |
| extrapolation | |
| interpolation | |
| SN | Appropriate to a large number of general topics. |
| interstadial environment | |
|---|---|
| RT | depositional environment |
| glacial environment | |
| glacial geology | |
| glaciation | |
| interglacial environment | |
| late-glacial environment | |
| periglacial environment | |
| sedimentation | |
| SN | Before 1978, search interglacial. |
| interstellar dust | |
|---|---|
| USE | cosmic dust |
| interstitial water | |
|---|---|
| USE | pore water |
| intertidal environment | |
|---|---|
| BT | coastal environment |
| .intertidal environment | |
| UF | littoral environment |
| RT | sedimentation |
| ecology | |
| depositional environment | |
| marine environment | |
| shorelines | |
| capes | |
| littoral erosion | |
| foredunes | |
| wave-cut platforms | |
| tidal flats | |
| intertidal sedimentation | |
| SN | As of 1981, used for littoral environment. Before 1981, also search tidal environment. Before 1978, search intertidal; littoral. |
| intertidal sedimentation | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentation |
| .intertidal sedimentation | |
| RT | intertidal environment |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Intertrappean Beds | |
|---|---|
| UF | Deccan Intertrappean |
| Deccan Intertrappean Beds | |
| Deccan Intertrappean Series | |
| RT | Upper Cretaceous |
| Paleocene | |
| lower Eocene | |
| India | |
| Deccan Traps | |
| SN | Upper Cretaceous to lower Eocene. Sedimentary deposits of fossiliferous cherts, freshwater limestone or bole intercalated between the flows of Deccan Trap Basalt. Also search Intertrappean. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
| intraclastic texture | |
|---|---|
| USE | intraclasts |
| intraclasts | |
|---|---|
| UF | intraclastic texture |
| RT | allochems |
| textures | |
| carbonate rocks | |
| intracontinental belts | |
|---|---|
| RT | orogenic belts |
| orogeny | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| intracratonic basins | |
|---|---|
| BT | basins |
| .intracratonic basins | |
| RT | tectonics |
| cratons | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| intrafolial folds | |
|---|---|
| BT | folds |
| .intrafolial folds | |
| SN | Before 1978, search folds AND intrafolial. |
| intraformational structures | |
|---|---|
| RT | sedimentary structures |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| intramagmatic deposits | |
|---|---|
| RT | magmatism |
| mineral deposits, genesis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| intraplate | |
|---|---|
| USE | intraplate processes |
| intraplate processes | |
|---|---|
| UF | intraplate |
| RT | volcanism |
| tectonics | |
| earthquakes | |
| plate tectonics | |
| volcanoes | |
| swells | |
| seismicity | |
| mantle plumes | |
| SN | Before 1993, also search midplate or mid-plate or intraplate tectonics if applicable. May be searched in combination with earthquakes, seismicity, volcanism, tectonics, etc. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| intraplate tectonics | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See intraplate processes. |
| Intrazonal soils | |
|---|---|
| BT | soils |
| .Intrazonal soils | |
| RT | soil group |
| Bog soils | |
| Hydromorphic soils | |
| Brown forest soils | |
| Meadow soils | |
| Planosols | |
| Solonchak soils | |
| Solonetz soils | |
| intrusion (ground water) | |
|---|---|
| USE | salt-water intrusion |
| intrusions | |
|---|---|
| NT | batholiths |
| diatremes | |
| dikes | |
| laccoliths | |
| layered intrusions | |
| lopoliths | |
| pipes | |
| plugs | |
| plutons | |
| ring complexes | |
| sills | |
| stocks | |
| UF | invasion (intrusion) |
| irruption (intrusion) | |
| RT | igneous rocks |
| magmas | |
| assimilation | |
| magma contamination | |
| domes | |
| country rocks | |
| emplacement | |
| hybridization | |
| aureoles | |
| contact metamorphism | |
| foliation | |
| heat flow | |
| lineation | |
| hypabyssal rocks | |
| crystallization | |
| magmatic differentiation | |
| diapirism | |
| dike swarms | |
| magma chambers | |
| SN | Used for the igneous rocks mass formed by emplacement of magma in pre-existing rock. It is also used for the process of emplacement. |
| intrusive | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. Included use in subfiles E and N. After 1977, intrusive was used in conjuction with igneous rocks. Now use igneous rocks, intrusions, hypabyssal rocks and/or plutonic rocks as applicable. |
| intrusive mountain | |
|---|---|
| USE | batholiths |
| intrusive rocks | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1989, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Before 1978, the term intrusive was used in conjuction with igneous rocks. Now use igneous rocks, intrusions, hypabyssal rocks and/or plutonic rocks as applicable. |
| intrusives | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Before 1971, included use in subfiles E, G, N, T and B. Now use igneous rocks and/or intrusions as applicable. |
| Inuvik Northwest Territories | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Mackenzie District Northwest Territories | |
| ...Inuvik Northwest Territories | |
| SN | Village in NW Mackenzie District, W Northwest Territories. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| invasion (intrusion) | |
|---|---|
| USE | intrusions |
| inventory | |
|---|---|
| RT | catalogs |
| coal | |
| energy sources | |
| evaluation | |
| geothermal energy | |
| mineral inventory | |
| peat | |
| petroleum | |
| reserves | |
| resources | |
| water resources | |
| SN | Use mineral inventory for mineral collecting. For museum collections, use collections. General term. This term may be used for energy resources. Also see evaluation. Resources, and reserves are also used for economic analyses. Also see geophysical surveys |
| Inverness County Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Inverness County Nova Scotia | |
| Inverness Scotland | |
|---|---|
| BT | ghland region Scotland |
| .Inverness-shire Scotland | |
| ..Inverness Scotland | |
| SN | City in Inverness-shire, Highland region, N Scotland. |
| Inverness-shire Scotland | |
|---|---|
| BT | ghland region Scotland |
| .Inverness-shire Scotland | |
| NT | Inverness Scotland |
| Isle of Skye | |
| Raasay | |
| Rhum | |
| UF | Invernessshire Scotland |
| SN | Former county in NW Scotland. |
| Invernessshire Scotland | |
|---|---|
| USE | Inverness-shire Scotland |
| inverse magnetization | |
|---|---|
| BT | magnetization |
| .inverse magnetization | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| inversion (seismology) | |
|---|---|
| USE | inverse problem |
| inversion tectonics | |
|---|---|
| BT | tectonics |
| .inversion tectonics | |
| RT | basin inversion |
| relief inversion | |
| reverse faults | |
| SN | Also search basin inversion if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| inversion, basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | basin inversion |
| Invertebrata | |
|---|---|
| NT | Archaeocyatha |
| Arthropoda | |
| Brachiopoda | |
| Bryozoa | |
| Coelenterata | |
| Echinodermata | |
| Mollusca | |
| Porifera | |
| Protista | |
| Vermes | |
| RT | affinities |
| Camaroidea | |
| Cephalodiscida | |
| chitin | |
| Dendroidea | |
| Didymograptina | |
| Didymograptus | |
| Diplograptina | |
| Enteropneusta | |
| eukaryotes | |
| exoskeletons | |
| Glossograptina | |
| Graptolithina | |
| Graptoloidea | |
| ichnofossils | |
| Isograptus | |
| Metazoa | |
| Monograptina | |
| Monograptus | |
| Monograptus uniformi | |
| SN | Term is to be used only when more specific terms do not apply or are too numerous to be recorded. |
| Invertebrate Paleontology (category) | |
|---|---|
| SN | Invertebrate paleontology, GeoRef category code 10, is one of thirty categories used to classify documents in GeoRef. Each reference in GeoRef is assigned one or more categories. Categories can be used, in addition to Terms, to refine searches (See List A |
| investment | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| investment legislation | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| investment legislation | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| investment | |
| legislation | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Inyan Kara Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Lower Cretaceous | |
| .....Inyan Kara Group | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| North Dakota | |
| South Dakota | |
| Fall River Formation | |
| Lakota Formation | |
| SN | NE Wyoming, North Dakota and W South Dakota. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Inyo Domes | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Mono County California | |
| ...Inyo Domes | |
| RT | Long Valley Caldera |
| Owens Valley | |
| Obsidian Dome | |
| SN | In Long Valley Caldera, E California. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Inyo Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Inyo County California | |
| ...Inyo Mountains | |
| UF | White-Inyo Mountains |
| White-Inyo Range | |
| RT | White Mountains |
| SN | Range in E California. |