Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
Li  | |
|---|---|
| USE | lithium |
| Li-6 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Li-6 | |
| BT | metals |
| .alkali metals | |
| ..lithium | |
| ...Li-6 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Li-7 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Li-7 | |
| BT | metals |
| .alkali metals | |
| ..lithium | |
| ...Li-7 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Liaodong Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Liaoning China | |
| ....Liaodong Peninsula | |
| UF | Liaotung Peninsula |
| RT | Bohai Bay |
| SN | S Liaoning, NE China. Extends into Bohai Bay. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Liaohe Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Liaohe Basin | |
| SN | NE China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Liaoning China | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Liaoning China | |
| NT | Anshan China |
| Haicheng China | |
| Liaodong Peninsula | |
| RT | Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone |
| Anshan Group | |
| Bohai Bay | |
| Haicheng earthquake 1975 | |
| SN | Province in NE China. |
| Liaotung Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| USE | Liaodong Peninsula |
| Liard River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Liard River | |
| RT | British Columbia |
| Yukon Territory | |
| Northwest Territories | |
| SN | After 1993, use Liard River British Columbia for the town in N British Columbia. Indexed with British Columbia and/or territories as applicable. |
| Lias | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lower Jurassic |
| Liassic | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lower Jurassic |
| Liberia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .West Africa | |
| ..Liberia | |
| NT | Bong Range |
| Liberian Shield | |
| RT | Saint John River |
| Nimba Mountains | |
| Liberian Shield | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .West Africa | |
| ..Liberia | |
| ...Liberian Shield | |
| SN | Inland plateau. |
| Liberty County Florida | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Liberty County Florida | |
| SN | Bounded by Ochlockonee River and Apalachicola River in NW Florida. |
| Liberty County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Liberty County Georgia | |
| SN | SE Georgia. |
| Liberty County Montana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Montana | |
| ..Liberty County Montana | |
| SN | E Montana. |
| Liberty County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Liberty County Texas | |
| SN | E Texas. |
| Libia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Libya |
| libraries | |
|---|---|
| RT | bibliography |
| catalogs | |
| collections | |
| education | |
| geology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Libyan Desert | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Libyan Desert | |
| RT | Egypt |
| impact features | |
| Bahariya Oasis | |
| Sudan | |
| Libya | |
| Western Desert | |
| SN | Desert area of the E Sahara, W of the Nile. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| licensing | |
|---|---|
| RT | economic geology |
| geologists | |
| geology | |
| mining geology | |
| practice | |
| registration | |
| resources | |
| SN | Process of granting permission or authorization for some purpose. Indexed with practice and geologists as applicable. |
| lichenometry | |
|---|---|
| RT | geochronology |
| lichens | |
| relative age | |
| lichens | |
|---|---|
| RT | algae |
| cyanobacteria | |
| fungi | |
| lichenometry | |
| Plantae | |
| thallophytes | |
| Lichida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Trilobitomorpha | |
| ...Trilobita | |
| ....Lichida | |
| Licking County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Licking County Ohio | |
| lida |
|---|
| lidar methods | |
|---|---|
| BT | radar methods |
| .lidar methods | |
| BT | laser methods |
| .lidar methods | |
| UF | laser radar methods |
| optical radar methods | |
| RT | remote sensing |
| electromagnetic methods | |
| geophysical profiles | |
| SN | LIght Detection And Ranging. Remote sensing system which uses laser light pulses, which can be operated in a profiling or scanning mode. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Liechtenstein | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Liechtenstein | |
| RT | Rhine River |
| Rhine Basin | |
| SN | Independent principality between NE Switzerland and W Austria. |
| Liege Belgium | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Belgium | |
| ...Liege Belgium | |
| NT | Stavelot Belgium |
| Vesdre Valley | |
| RT | Hohe Venn |
| Liege earthquake 1983 | |
| Limburg Belgium | |
| SN | Province and city in E Belgium. |
| Liege earthquake 1983 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .Liege earthquake 1983 | |
| RT | Belgium |
| Liege Belgium | |
| SN | Epicenter in Liege, E Belgium. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| lifax County Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| NT | Halifax Nova Scotia |
| life | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid index term through 1977 used in combination with origin. |
| life assemblage | |
|---|---|
| USE | biocenoses |
| life o |
|---|
| life origin | |
|---|---|
| RT | biologic evolution |
| creationism | |
| Darwinism | |
| DNA | |
| exobiology | |
| extraterrestrial geology | |
| molecular biology | |
| paleontology | |
| RNA | |
| ligands | |
|---|---|
| RT | bonding |
| chelation | |
| complexing | |
| inorganic materials | |
| ions | |
| metals | |
| organic compounds | |
| organo-metallics | |
| SN | In a chelate or coordination compound, the molecule, ion or group bound to the central atom. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| light microscopy | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, see optical spectra, optical spectroscopy or microscope methods. |
| light minerals | |
|---|---|
| RT | calcite |
| dolomite | |
| heavy minerals | |
| minerals | |
| muscovite | |
| opaque minerals | |
| quartz | |
| light nonaqueous phase liquids | |
|---|---|
| BT | nonaqueous phase liquids |
| .light nonaqueous phase liquids | |
| UF | LNAPLs |
| RT | pollutants |
| multiphase flow | |
| liquid phase | |
| density | |
| dense nonaqueous phase liquids | |
| oil spills | |
| leaking underground storage tanks | |
| gasoline | |
| petroleum products | |
| SN | Before 1998, also search LNAPL. |
| lightning | |
|---|---|
| RT | fireballs |
| fulgurite | |
| meteorology | |
| lightweight aggregate | |
|---|---|
| USE | aggregate |
| lignin | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .lignin | |
| RT | seeds |
| cellulose | |
| wood | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| lignite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .coal | |
| ..lignite | |
| RT | organic compounds |
| Adamow Mine | |
| anthracite | |
| peat | |
| Belchatow Mine | |
| huminite | |
| humodetrinite | |
| SN | See list C for use as a commodity term. |
| Liguria Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Liguria Italy | |
| NT | Genoa Italy |
| Ligurian Alps | |
| Ligurian Apennines | |
| Savona Italy | |
| SN | Autonomous region in NW Italy. |
| Ligurian Alps | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Alps | |
| ..Western Alps | |
| ...Ligurian Alps | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Liguria Italy | |
| ....Ligurian Alps | |
| RT | Maritime Alps |
| Voltri Group | |
| SN | E extension of Maritime Alps along coast of Ligurian Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ligurian Apennines | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Liguria Italy | |
| ....Ligurian Apennines | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Apennines | |
| ....Ligurian Apennines | |
| NT | Monte Antola |
| SN | Extend from near Savona SE to just N of La Spezia along coast of Ligurian Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ligurian Sea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mediterranean Sea |
| .West Mediterranean | |
| ..Ligurian Sea | |
| SN | Enclosed by Italian autonomous regions of Liguria and Tuscany on the N and E, and by Corsica on the S. |
| Likhvin Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| USE | Chekalin Russian Federation |
| likian | |
|---|---|
| NT | Neohelikian |
| Liliidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Angiospermae | |
| ...Monocotyledoneae | |
| ....Liliidae | |
| Lille France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Nord France | |
| ....Lille France | |
| SN | City near Belgian frontier in N France. |
| lillianite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfosalts |
| .sulfobismuthites | |
| ..lillianite | |
| Lilydale Limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Lilydale Limestone | |
| RT | Australia |
| Victoria Australia | |
| SN | Upper Yarra District in S central Victoria. |
| Lima Peru | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Peru | |
| ..Lima Peru | |
| NT | Casapalca Peru |
| Santa Eulalia Peru | |
| RT | Pucara Group |
| SN | Department and city in W Peru. |
| Limagne | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Limagne | |
| RT | Allier France |
| Puy-de-Dome France | |
| SN | Fertile lowland in central France. Indexed with departments as applicable. |
| Limbourg | |
|---|---|
| SN | See Limburg for the region, Limburg Belgium, or Limburg Netherlands. |
| Limburg | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Limburg | |
| RT | Limburg Belgium |
| Limburg Netherlands | |
| Roermond earthquake 1992 | |
| SN | As of 1993, use only for the region in W Europe which includes the town and province in Belgium and province in SE Netherlands. Also search Limbourg. Indexed with countries and provinces as applicable. |
| Limburg Belgium | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Belgium | |
| ...Limburg Belgium | |
| RT | Liege Belgium |
| Limburg | |
| Limburg Netherlands | |
| SN | Name of province in E Belgium. As of 1993, use Limbourg Belgium for town in Liege Belgium. |
| Limburg Netherlands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Netherlands | |
| ...Limburg Netherlands | |
| NT | Maastricht Netherlands |
| RT | Limburg Belgium |
| Limburg | |
| Roermond earthquake 1992 | |
| SN | Province in SE Netherlands. |
| limburgite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..ultramafics | |
| ...limburgite | |
| lime | |
|---|---|
| RT | calcium carbonate |
| limestone deposits | |
| SN | Used as a commodity term. |
| Lime Creek Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Upper Devonian | |
| .....Lime Creek Formation | |
| RT | Iowa |
| SN | Includes Juniper Hill, Cerro Gordo, and Owen members. Central N Iowa. |
| Limerick Ireland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Ireland | |
| ...Limerick Ireland | |
| SN | County in W central Ireland. |
| limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .carbonate rocks | |
| ..limestone | |
| NT | algal limestone |
| biocalcarenite | |
| biomicrite | |
| biosparite | |
| calcarenite | |
| calcilutite | |
| coquina | |
| dolomitic limestone | |
| micrite | |
| microcrystalline limestone | |
| oolitic limestone | |
| RT | tripoli |
| calcite | |
| algal mounds | |
| allochems | |
| oolite | |
| calcium carbonate | |
| limestone deposits | |
| chalk | |
| travertine | |
| dolomitization | |
| carbonate sediments | |
| jasperoid | |
| metalimestone | |
| oolitic texture | |
| ophicalcite | |
| pisolites | |
| SN | As of 1981, use limestone deposits for limestone as a commodity. |
| Limestone Alps | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Alps | |
| ..Limestone Alps | |
| NT | Northern Limestone Alps |
| RT | Switzerland |
| Italy | |
| France | |
| Croatia | |
| Austria | |
| Germany | |
| SN | May occur in various locations. Search in combination with country of interest. As of 1995, instead use Northern Limestone Alps for the northerly branch of Eastern Alps which occurs chiefly in Austria and S Bavaria. Use Dolomites for that range in N Italy |
| Limestone County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Limestone County Alabama | |
| SN | N Alabama. |
| Limestone County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Limestone County Texas | |
| SN | E central Texas. |
| limestone deposits | |
|---|---|
| RT | building stone |
| cement materials | |
| chalk deposits | |
| construction materials | |
| crushed stone | |
| dimension stone | |
| dolostone deposits | |
| lime | |
| limestone | |
| marble deposits | |
| ornamental materials | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| limit, elastic | |
|---|---|
| USE | elastic limit |
| limits, Atterberg | |
|---|---|
| USE | Atterberg limits |
| Limnocardium | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Bivalvia | |
| ...Limnocardium | |
| SN | Genus. |
| limnology | |
|---|---|
| RT | geomorphology |
| glacial lakes | |
| hydrology | |
| lacustrine features | |
| lakes | |
| paleolimnology | |
| ponds | |
| seiches | |
| Limon earthquake 1991 | |
|---|---|
| USE | Costa Rica earthquake 1991 |
| limonite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .limonite | |
| RT | iron ores |
| iron oxides | |
| ocher | |
| iron minerals | |
| hydrogoethite | |
| SN | Before 1981, included use as a commodity term under iron. As of 1981, may be used as a commodity term. |
| Limousin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Limousin | |
| SN | Historical region in S central France. |
| Limpopo Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Limpopo Basin | |
| UF | Crocodile River basin |
| RT | South Africa |
| Transvaal region | |
| Botswana | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Northern Province South Africa | |
| Mozambique | |
| SN | River basin. Also search Limpopo. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Limpopo Belt | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Limpopo Belt | |
| RT | Precambrian |
| Kaapvaal Craton | |
| Limpopo Orogeny | |
| South Africa | |
| Botswana | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Mozambique | |
| SN | Orogenic belt at the N margin of the Kaapvaal Craton in S Africa. Consists of Precambrian metamorphic rocks (the Messina Formation in South Africa). Also search Limpopo. Indexed with countries as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Limpopo Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| RT | Archean |
| Botswana | |
| Limpopo Belt | |
| Mozambique | |
| orogeny | |
| South Africa | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| SN | Archean. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Limski Channel | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Croatia | |
| ...Limski Channel | |
| RT | Istria |
| SN | On Istria Peninsula SW of Rijeka. |
| Lincoln County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Lincoln County Arkansas | |
| SN | SE Arkansas. |
| Lincoln County Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Lincoln County Colorado | |
| SN | E central Colorado. |
| Lincoln County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Lincoln County Georgia | |
| SN | NE Georgia. |
| Lincoln County Idaho | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Idaho | |
| ..Lincoln County Idaho | |
| SN | S Idaho. |
| Lincoln County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Lincoln County Kansas | |
| SN | Central Kansas. |
| Lincoln County Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Lincoln County Kentucky | |
| SN | Central Kentucky. |
| Lincoln County Maine | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Maine | |
| ..Lincoln County Maine | |
| SN | S Maine. |
| Lincoln County Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Minnesota | |
| ..Lincoln County Minnesota | |
| SN | SW Minnesota. |
| Lincoln County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Lincoln County Mississippi | |
| SN | SW Mississippi. |
| Lincoln County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Lincoln County Missouri | |
| SN | E Missouri. |
| Lincoln County Montana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Montana | |
| ..Lincoln County Montana | |
| RT | Purcell Mountains |
| SN | Extreme NW Montana. |
| Lincoln County Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nebraska | |
| ..Lincoln County Nebraska | |
| SN | SW central Nebraska. |
| Lincoln County Nevada | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nevada | |
| ..Lincoln County Nevada | |
| RT | Egan Range |
| SN | SE Nevada. |
| Lincoln County New Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Lincoln County New Mexico | |
| RT | Orogrande Basin |
| Sierra Blanca | |
| SN | S central New Mexico. |
| Lincoln County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Lincoln County North Carolina | |
| SN | W central North Carolina. |
| Lincoln County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Lincoln County Oklahoma | |
| SN | Central Oklahoma. |
| Lincoln County Oregon | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Lincoln County Oregon | |
| NT | Newport Oregon |
| Yaquina Bay | |
| SN | W Oregon. |
| Lincoln County South Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Dakota | |
| ..Lincoln County South Dakota | |
| SN | SE South Dakota. |
| Lincoln County Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee | |
| ..Lincoln County Tennessee | |
| SN | S Tennessee. |
| Lincoln County Washington | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Lincoln County Washington | |
| NT | Odessa Washington |
| SN | E Washington. |
| Lincoln County West Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .West Virginia | |
| ..Lincoln County West Virginia | |
| SN | W West Virginia. |
| Lincoln County Wisconsin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wisconsin | |
| ..Lincoln County Wisconsin | |
| SN | N central Wisconsin. |
| Lincoln County Wyoming | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wyoming | |
| ..Lincoln County Wyoming | |
| RT | Moxa Arch |
| SN | W Wyoming. |
| Lincoln Creek Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Tertiary | |
| ....Lincoln Creek Formation | |
| RT | Eocene |
| Oligocene | |
| Miocene | |
| Washington | |
| SN | Vaguely defined. SW Washington. Also search Lincoln Formation and Washington. |
| Lincoln Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Lincoln Parish Louisiana | |
| SN | N Louisiana. |
| Lincolnshire England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Lincolnshire England | |
| RT | Gibraltar Point |
| Humberside England | |
| SN | County on the North Sea in E England. In 1974, Humberside County was formed from part. |
| Lincolnshire Limestone | |
|---|---|
| RT | England |
| Jurassic | |
| Ordovician | |
| Tennessee | |
| Virginia | |
| SN | Ordovician formation in SW Virginia and NW Tennessee, and a Jurassic formation in England. Also search Lincolnshire Formation for the one in the United States; also search Lincolnshire Limestone Formation for the one in England. Indexed with ages as appli |
| Lindlar Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | |
| ....Lindlar Germany | |
| SN | Village in North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany. |
| line defects | |
|---|---|
| USE | crystal dislocations |
| Line Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Oceania |
| .Polynesia | |
| ..Line Islands | |
| NT | Fanning Island |
| RT | East Pacific Ocean Islands |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| Christmas Island | |
| Kiribati | |
| DSDP Site 314 | |
| DSDP Site 315 | |
| DSDP Site 316 | |
| SN | Group S of Hawaiian Islands, N and S of Equator. Some belong to U.S., some to Kiribati. |
| line of strike | |
|---|---|
| USE | strike |
| lineaments | |
|---|---|
| UF | tectonic lines |
| RT | tectonics |
| faults | |
| remote sensing | |
| lineation | |
| fault zones | |
| linear distortion | |
|---|---|
| RT | distortion |
| elastic waves | |
| seismology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| linear materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| materials | |
| stiffness | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| linear orientation | |
|---|---|
| RT | orientation |
| SN | Before 1978, search linear. |
| linear programming | |
|---|---|
| RT | computer programs |
| data processing | |
| mathematical models | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| lineation | |
|---|---|
| UF | lineations |
| RT | igneous rocks |
| metamorphic rocks | |
| metamorphism | |
| deformation | |
| folds | |
| fractures | |
| intrusions | |
| cleavage | |
| foliation | |
| bedding | |
| boudinage | |
| slickensides | |
| orientation | |
| elongate minerals | |
| fabric | |
| preferred orientation | |
| lineaments | |
| flow lines | |
| slickenlines | |
| mullions | |
| parting lineation | |
| SN | Small-scale linear features. For large-scale features, see lineaments. |
| lineations | |
|---|---|
| USE | lineation |
| liners | |
|---|---|
| USE | disposal barriers |
| lines, flow | |
|---|---|
| USE | flow lines |
| Lingula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Brachiopoda | |
| ..Inarticulata | |
| ...Lingula | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Linn County Iowa | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Iowa | |
| ..Linn County Iowa | |
| SN | E Iowa. |
| Linn County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Linn County Kansas | |
| SN | E Kansas. |
| Linn County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Linn County Missouri | |
| SN | N central Missouri. |
| Linn County Oregon | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Linn County Oregon | |
| RT | Mount Jefferson |
| SN | W Oregon. |
| linnaeite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .linnaeite | |
| UF | cobalt pyrites |
| linneite | |
| RT | carrollite |
| polydymite | |
| siegenite | |
| linneite | |
|---|---|
| USE | linnaeite |
| Linz Austria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Austria | |
| ...Upper Austria | |
| ....Linz Austria | |
| SN | City in NW Upper Austria. |
| liolitidae | |
|---|---|
| NT | Heliolites |
| Lipari Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Sicily Italy | |
| ....Lipari Islands | |
| .....Lipari Island | |
| Lipari Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Sicily Italy | |
| ....Lipari Islands | |
| NT | Lipari Island |
| Stromboli | |
| Vulcano | |
| UF | Aeolian Islands |
| SN | Group of small volcanic islands in SE Tyrrhenian Sea off N coast of Sicily. Also search Lipari. |
| liparite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..rhyolites | |
| ...liparite | |
| liparite porphyry | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..rhyolites | |
| ...liparite porphyry | |
| RT | porphyry |
| lipids | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .organic acids | |
| ..fatty acids | |
| ...lipids | |
| Lippe Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | |
| ....Lippe Valley | |
| SN | Valley of Lippe River, which flows into the Rhine River at Wesel, W Germany. Also search Lippe. |
| Lipscomb County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Lipscomb County Texas | |
| liptinite | |
|---|---|
| USE | exinite |
| liquefaction | |
|---|---|
| RT | coseismic processes |
| geologic hazards | |
| geomorphology | |
| liquefaction potential | |
| mass movements | |
| sediments | |
| slope stability | |
| slumping | |
| soil mechanics | |
| SN | Not to be used under phase equilibria. |
| liquefaction potential | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| geologic hazards | |
| liquefaction | |
| slope stability | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| liquid | |
|---|---|
| USE | liquid phase |
| liquid chromatography | |
|---|---|
| RT | chromatography |
| ion chromatography | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| liquid inclusions | |
|---|---|
| USE | fluid inclusions |
| liquid phase | |
|---|---|
| UF | liquid |
| RT | Henry's law |
| boiling | |
| gaseous phase | |
| dense nonaqueous phase liquids | |
| fluid phase | |
| nonaqueous phase liquids | |
| light nonaqueous phase liquids | |
| solid phase | |
| melts | |
| silicate melts | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search liquid. |
| liquid scintillation methods | |
|---|---|
| UF | scintillation methods, liquid |
| RT | mass spectroscopy |
| chemical analysis | |
| radioactivity | |
| radioactivity methods | |
| scintillations | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Lisbon Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....middle Eocene | |
| ......Lisbon Formation | |
| RT | Mississippi |
| Alabama | |
| Georgia | |
| Claiborne Group | |
| SN | In Claiborne Group. Georgia, Mississippi and SW Alabama. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Lisbon Portugal | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Portugal | |
| ....Lisbon Portugal | |
| SN | Capital and port city, Lisboa district, SW coast of Portugal. Before 1993, also search Lisboa AND Portugal. Before 1998, this may have been used for other parts of Lisboa District. Indexed with Lisboa Portugal. |
| Lisburne Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Lisburne Group | |
| RT | Carboniferous |
| Permian | |
| Alaska | |
| Kayak Shale | |
| Kanayut Conglomerate | |
| Wahoo Limestone | |
| SN | Mississippian to Permian. Includes Wachsmuth Limestone, Alapah Limestone, Kayak Shale, Kanayut Conglomerate. N Alaska. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
| Lissamphibia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Amphibia | |
| ....Lissamphibia | |
| NT | Anura |
| Caudata | |
| SN | Subclass. |
| list, faunal | |
|---|---|
| USE | faunal list |
| listric faults | |
|---|---|
| BT | faults |
| .listric faults | |
| RT | accommodation zones |
| hinge faults | |
| normal faults | |
| slumping | |
| growth faults | |
| half grabens | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| listvenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .sheet silicates | |
| ..mica group | |
| ...listvenite | |
| listwanite | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphic rocks |
| .schists | |
| ..listwanite | |
| SN | Compositional term. |
| Litchfield County Connecticut | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Connecticut | |
| ..Litchfield County Connecticut | |
| NT | Woodbury Connecticut |
| SN | NW Connecticut. |
| litharenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .clastic rocks | |
| ..arenite | |
| ...litharenite | |
| RT | sandstone |
| terrigenous materials | |
| graywacke | |
| subgraywacke | |
| SN | Also search lithic arenite. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| lithification | |
|---|---|
| RT | cementation |
| coal | |
| compaction | |
| compression | |
| consolidation | |
| crystallization | |
| diagenesis | |
| recrystallization | |
| sedimentation | |
| sediments | |
| lithiophilite | |
|---|---|
| BT | phosphates |
| .lithiophilite | |
| lithiophorite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .lithiophorite | |
| lithium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .alkali metals | |
| ..lithium | |
| NT | Li-6 |
| Li-7 | |
| UF | Li |
| RT | amblygonite |
| lithium ores | |
| SN | Chemical element. Use lithium ores for lithium as a commodity. |
| lithium ores | |
|---|---|
| BT | metal ores |
| .lithium ores | |
| RT | lithium |
| spodumene | |
| petalite | |
| lithofacies | |
|---|---|
| RT | facies |
| hardground | |
| ichnofabric | |
| lithosomes | |
| reefs | |
| sedimentary rocks | |
| sediments | |
| seismic stratigraphy | |
| stratigraphic wedges | |
| Waulsortian facies | |
| lithofacies maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .lithofacies maps | |
| RT | lithologic maps |
| SN | Before 1978, search maps AND lithofacies. Added to Thesaurus in 1996. |
| lithogeochemical methods | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See geochemical methods, geochemical surveys, or lithogeochemistry. |
| lithogeochemistry | |
|---|---|
| BT | geochemistry |
| .lithogeochemistry | |
| RT | chemical analysis |
| igneous rocks | |
| composition | |
| metamorphic rocks | |
| metasomatism | |
| metamorphism | |
| geochemical anomalies | |
| iron-rich composition | |
| geologic thermometry | |
| fluid inclusions | |
| migration of elements | |
| geologic barometry | |
| devitrification | |
| geochemical logging | |
| fugacity | |
| SN | before 1993, also search geochemistry and rock type. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| lithologic controls | |
|---|---|
| RT | controls |
| mineral deposits, genesis | |
| stratigraphic controls | |
| SN | Before 1978, search lithologic and controls. |
| lithologic maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .lithologic maps | |
| RT | lithofacies maps |
| SN | Before 1978, search maps AND lithologic. |
| lithologic traps | |
|---|---|
| USE | stratigraphic traps |
| lithology | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See petrology. |
| lithophile elements | |
|---|---|
| UF | oxyphile elements |
| RT | aluminum |
| chalcophile elements | |
| boron | |
| chemical elements | |
| calcium | |
| cerium | |
| lanthanum | |
| selenium | |
| siderophile elements | |
| manganese | |
| uranium | |
| potassium | |
| rubidium | |
| sodium | |
| SN | Chemical elements which tend to concentrate in silicate phases of meteorites. Also, an element possessing greater free energy of oxidation per gram of oxygen than iron. Before 1978, also search lithophile. |
| Lithophyllum | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Rhodophyta | |
| ...Corallinaceae | |
| ....Lithophyllum | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Lithoprobe | |
|---|---|
| RT | geophysical methods |
| geophysical surveys | |
| geotraverses | |
| lithosphere | |
| reflection methods | |
| seismic methods | |
| seismic profiles | |
| SN | Program for seismic reflection profiling of the lithosphere. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| lithosiderite | |
|---|---|
| USE | stony irons |
| Lithosols | |
|---|---|
| BT | soils |
| .Lithosols | |
| lithosomes | |
|---|---|
| RT | facies |
| lithofacies | |
| sedimentary rocks | |
| sediments | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| lithostatic pressure | |
|---|---|
| UF | geostatic pressure |
| ground pressure | |
| overburden pressure | |
| rock pressure | |
| RT | rock mechanics |
| soil mechanics | |
| pressure | |
| overpressure | |
| SN | Vertical pressure at a point in the Earth's crust, equal to the pressure caused by the weight of a column of the overlying rock or soil. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Lithothamnion | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lithothamnium |
| Lithothamnium | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Rhodophyta | |
| ...Corallinaceae | |
| ....Lithothamnium | |
| UF | Lithothamnion |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Genus. Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| lithotypes | |
|---|---|
| NT | clarain |
| durain | |
| fusain | |
| vitrain | |
| RT | bituminous coal |
| coal | |
| humic coal | |
| macerals | |
| sapropelite | |
| SN | Visible bands in humic coals. Lithotypes for bituminous coal are vitrain, clarain, durain, and fusain; beds or bands of cannel and boghead coals (sapropelite) are sometimes included. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Lithuania | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Baltic region | |
| ..Lithuania | |
| NT | Sventoji River |
| Vilna Lithuania | |
| RT | Baltic Glaciation |
| Baltica | |
| Neman River basin | |
| Russian Plain | |
| Courland Spit | |
| SN | Former Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. |
| Litopterna | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Litopterna | |
| RT | Ungulata |
| SN | Order. |
| Litorina Sea | |
|---|---|
| BT | wer Holocene |
| .Litorina Sea | |
| RT | Finland |
| Sweden | |
| Baltic Glaciation | |
| Baltic region | |
| Norway | |
| SN | Lower Holocene. Stage of Baltic Glaciation. Baltic region. Indexed with countries as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Little Bahama Bank | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .North Atlantic | |
| ..Little Bahama Bank | |
| RT | Bahamas |
| Great Bahama Bank | |
| Leg 101 | |
| Northwest Providence Channel | |
| ODP Site 628 | |
| ODP Site 629 | |
| ODP Site 630 | |
| SN | Shoal in N Bahamas, between Grand Bahama and Great Abaco islands. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Little Belt Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .U. S. Rocky Mountains | |
| ..Little Belt Mountains | |
| BT | United States |
| .Montana | |
| ..Little Belt Mountains | |
| RT | Cascade County Montana |
| Judith Basin County Montana | |
| SN | Range of the Rocky Mountains in central Montana. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Little Falls Formation | |
|---|---|
| RT | Minnesota |
| New York | |
| Paleoproterozoic | |
| Potsdam Sandstone | |
| Upper Cambrian | |
| SN | Represents an offshore, more carbonate phase of Potsdam Sandstone, Galway Formation, and perhaps even part of Hoyt Limestone in the Upper Cambrian of E central and E New York. Also used for a Paleoproterozic formation in Minnesota. Indexed with age as app |
| Little Ice Age | |
|---|---|
| USE | Neoglacial |
| Little Khingan Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Xiao Hinggan Ling |
| Little Maria Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Riverside County California | |
| ...Little Maria Mountains | |
| RT | Big Maria Mountains |
| SN | SE California. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Little Missouri River basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Little Missouri River basin | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| Montana | |
| North Dakota | |
| South Dakota | |
| SN | Also search Little Missouri River. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Little River County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Little River County Arkansas | |
| Little Skull Mountain earthquake 1992 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .Little Skull Mountain earthquake 1992 | |
| RT | Nevada |
| Yucca Mountain | |
| Landers earthquake 1992 | |
| SN | Epicenter is 22 miles from Yucca Mountain, SW Nevada. |
| Little Walachia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Oltenia |
| Littleton Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Lower Devonian | |
| .....Littleton Formation | |
| RT | Vermont |
| Massachusetts | |
| New Hampshire | |
| SN | Includes Gove Member, Hubbard Hill Member, May Pond Member, Dakin Hill Member, Pittsfield Member, Jenness Pond Member, Durgin Brook Member. Central and S New Hampshire, N central Massachusetts, and SE Vermont. |
| littoral | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. As of 1981, use intertidal environment. |
| littoral cells | |
|---|---|
| RT | coastal environment |
| geomorphology | |
| lacustrine environment | |
| longshore currents | |
| sediment transport | |
| sedimentation | |
| shorelines | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| littoral drift | |
|---|---|
| UF | longshore drift |
| shore drift | |
| RT | sediments |
| longshore currents | |
| progradation | |
| littoral environment | |
|---|---|
| USE | intertidal environment |
| littoral erosion | |
|---|---|
| BT | erosion |
| .littoral erosion | |
| UF | beach erosion |
| RT | geomorphology |
| marine environment | |
| barrier islands | |
| shorelines | |
| beaches | |
| bars | |
| capes | |
| beach profiles | |
| marine terraces | |
| coastal environment | |
| benches | |
| wave-cut platforms | |
| ocean waves | |
| intertidal environment | |
| spits | |
| nearshore environment | |
| tides | |
| SN | Before 1982, also search erosion AND (beaches OR beach). Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| Lituolacea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Textulariina | |
| ....Lituolacea | |
| NT | Ammobaculites |
| Ataxophragmiidae | |
| Lituolidae | |
| Orbitolinidae | |
| Trochammina | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Lituolidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Textulariina | |
| ....Lituolacea | |
| .....Lituolidae | |
| BT | microfossils |
| .Lituolidae | |
| NT | Haplophragmoides |
| SN | Family. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Live Oak County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Live Oak County Texas | |
| SN | S Texas. |
| Livermore California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Alameda County California | |
| ...Livermore California | |
| RT | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| SN | E of San Francisco Bay, Northern California. |
| Liverpool Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Liverpool Bay | |
| RT | Lancashire England |
| SN | Inlet of Irish Sea off Liverpool. Also search Liverpool. |
| living fossils | |
|---|---|
| RT | fossils |
| living taxa | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| living materials | |
|---|---|
| USE | living taxa |
| living taxa | |
|---|---|
| UF | culture, living |
| extant taxa | |
| living materials | |
| taxa, living | |
| RT | ecology |
| fossils | |
| biota | |
| thermophilic taxa | |
| faunal studies | |
| floral studies | |
| living fossils | |
| SN | Used when organisms are studied while they are still living. |
| Livingston County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Livingston County Illinois | |
| SN | E central Illinois. |
| Livingston County Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Livingston County Kentucky | |
| SN | SW Kentucky. |
| Livingston County Michigan | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Michigan | |
| ..Michigan Lower Peninsula | |
| ...Livingston County Michigan | |
| SN | SE Michigan. |
| Livingston County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Livingston County Missouri | |
| SN | N central Missouri. |
| Livingston County New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..Livingston County New York | |
| NT | Springwater New York |
| RT | Genesee River |
| SN | W central New York. |
| Livingston Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .South Shetland Islands | |
| ..Livingston Island | |
| RT | False Bay |
| SN | One of South Shetland Islands in British Antarctic Territory off the Antarctic Peninsula. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Livingston Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Livingston Parish Louisiana | |
| SN | SE Louisiana. |
| Livorno Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Tuscany Italy | |
| ....Livorno Italy | |
| UF | Leghorn Italy |
| SN | Province in NW Tuscany. Also a city on the Ligurian Sea now known as Leghorn. |
| lixiviation | |
|---|---|
| USE | leaching |
| lizardite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .sheet silicates | |
| ..serpentine group | |
| ...lizardite | |