Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
Ne  | |
|---|---|
| USE | neon |
| Ne-20 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Ne-20 | |
| BT | noble gases |
| .neon | |
| ..Ne-20 | |
| RT | Ne-22/Ne-20 |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ne-20/Ne-22 | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ne-22/Ne-20 |
| Ne-21 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Ne-21 | |
| BT | noble gases |
| .neon | |
| ..Ne-21 | |
| RT | Ne-22/Ne-21 |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ne-21/Ne-22 | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ne-22/Ne-21 |
| Ne-22 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Ne-22 | |
| BT | noble gases |
| .neon | |
| ..Ne-22 | |
| RT | Ne-22/Ne-20 |
| Ne-22/Ne-21 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ne-22/ |
|---|
| Ne-22/Ne-20 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Ne-22/Ne-20 | |
| BT | noble gases |
| .neon | |
| ..Ne-22/Ne-20 | |
| UF | Ne-20/Ne-22 |
| RT | isotope ratios |
| Ne-20 | |
| Ne-22 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ne-22/Ne-21 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .stable isotopes | |
| ..Ne-22/Ne-21 | |
| BT | noble gases |
| .neon | |
| ..Ne-22/Ne-21 | |
| UF | Ne-21/Ne-22 |
| RT | isotope ratios |
| Ne-21 | |
| Ne-22 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Neanderthal | |
|---|---|
| USE | Homo sapiens neanderthalensis |
| Neanderthal man | |
|---|---|
| USE | Homo sapiens neanderthalensis |
| Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Program | |
|---|---|
| USE | NEAR Program |
| Near East | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cyprus |
| Egypt | |
| Greece | |
| Iraq | |
| Jordan | |
| Kuwait | |
| Libya | |
| Oman | |
| Qatar | |
| Sudan | |
| Syria | |
| Turkey | |
| United Arab Emirates | |
| Yemen | |
| SN | An indefinite and unofficial term including the countries of the Middle East plus Libya, Sudan, and occasionally Greece. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| NEAR Program | |
|---|---|
| UF | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Program |
| RT | asteroids |
| Eros Asteroid | |
| SN | First mission of NASA's Discovery Program scheduled to orbit 433 Eros Asteroid in 1999. |
| near-field | |
|---|---|
| UF | near-field environment |
| nearfield processes | |
| RT | seismology |
| pollution | |
| ground water | |
| waste disposal | |
| seismic methods | |
| seepage | |
| near-field spectra | |
| underground installations | |
| landfills | |
| far-field | |
| underground disposal | |
| underground storage | |
| SN | Includes use in relation to radioactive waste and waste disposal and seismology. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| near-field environment | |
|---|---|
| USE | near-field |
| near-field spectra | |
|---|---|
| RT | attenuation |
| far-field | |
| geophysical methods | |
| near-field | |
| seismic methods | |
| seismology | |
| spectral analysis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| near-infrared spectra | |
|---|---|
| BT | spectra |
| .near-infrared spectra | |
| RT | spectroscopy |
| chemical analysis | |
| remote sensing | |
| infrared spectra | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search near-infrared and spectra. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| nearfield processes | |
|---|---|
| USE | near-field |
| nearshore | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use nearshore environment or (as of 1981) nearshore sedimentation. |
| nearshore environment | |
|---|---|
| RT | coastal environment |
| depositional environment | |
| lacustrine environment | |
| littoral erosion | |
| marine environment | |
| nearshore sedimentation | |
| sedimentation | |
| terrestrial environment | |
| tidal currents | |
| SN | Before 1978, search nearshore. |
| nearshore sedimentation | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentation |
| .nearshore sedimentation | |
| RT | nearshore environment |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Nebraskan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Quarternary | |
| ....Pleistocene | |
| .....Lower Pleistocene | |
| ......Nebraskan | |
| SN | Pertaining to first glacial stage of Pleistocene Epoch in North America. |
| Nebrodi Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Sicily Italy | |
| ....Nebrodi Mountains | |
| UF | Monti Caronie |
| SN | N Sicily. |
| nebula, solar | |
|---|---|
| USE | solar nebula |
| Neckar River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Baden-Wurttemberg Germany | |
| ....Neckar River | |
| SN | Rises in the Black Forest and flows N past Heidelberg into the Rhine River. Also search Neckar. |
| necks, volcanic | |
|---|---|
| USE | volcanic necks |
| Neda Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Upper Ordovician | |
| .....Neda Formation | |
| RT | Iowa |
| Wisconsin | |
| SN | SE Wisconsin and NE Iowa. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Needle Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Needle Mountains | |
| RT | La Plata County Colorado |
| San Juan County Colorado | |
| SN | San Juan and La Plata counties, SW Colorado. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Needles California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..San Bernardino County California | |
| ...Needles California | |
| SN | Town on the Colorado River in SE California. |
| Neftechala Azerbaijan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Azerbaijan | |
| ..Neftechala Azerbaijan | |
| SN | Town in SE Azerbaijan. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Neftyanyye Kamni | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Azerbaijan | |
| ..Neftyanyye Kamni | |
| RT | petroleum |
| Caspian Sea | |
| SN | Oil well in Caspian Sea off Apsheron Peninsula. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Negaunee Iron Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Negaunee Iron Formation | |
| RT | Michigan |
| SN | Upper Peninsula, N Michigan. In Menominee Group. |
| Negev | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Middle East | |
| ..Israel | |
| ...Negev | |
| UF | Negev Desert |
| RT | Beer Sheva Israel |
| Makhtesh Ramon | |
| Timna | |
| SN | Desert region in S Israel. |
| Negev Desert | |
|---|---|
| USE | Negev |
| negotiations | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| international cooperation | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Negro River | |
|---|---|
| USE | Rio Negro |
| Nei Monggol China | |
|---|---|
| USE | Inner Mongolia China |
| Nei Mongol China | |
|---|---|
| USE | Inner Mongolia China |
| neighborite | |
|---|---|
| BT | halides |
| .fluorides | |
| ..neighborite | |
| Neill Island | |
|---|---|
| RT | Andaman Islands |
| SN | Small island E of South Andaman Island in the Andaman Islands in E Bay of Bengal. Also search Neill AND appropriate area term. Indexed with Andaman Islands as applicable. |
| Neiveli India | |
|---|---|
| USE | Neyveli India |
| Nellore India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Andhra Pradesh India | |
| ....Nellore India | |
| SN | City in SE Andhra Pradesh, central India. |
| Nellore mica belt | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Andhra Pradesh India | |
| ....Nellore mica belt | |
| SN | In Nellore area, central India. |
| Nelson County Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Nelson County Kentucky | |
| SN | Central Kentucky. |
| Nelson County North Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Dakota | |
| ..Nelson County North Dakota | |
| SN | E central North Dakota. |
| Nelson County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Nelson County Virginia | |
| SN | Central Virginia. |
| Nelson Ne |
|---|
| Nelson New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Nelson New Zealand | |
| NT | Inangahua New Zealand |
| RT | South Island |
| SN | Provincial district in NW South Island. Also index South Island. |
| Nelson River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Manitoba | |
| ...Nelson River | |
| SN | Flows NE out of N Lake Winnipeg into Hudson Bay at Fort Nelson. |
| Nelson River basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Manitoba | |
| ...Nelson River basin | |
| SN | N central Manitoba. |
| Nemaha County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Nemaha County Kansas | |
| SN | NE Kansas. |
| Nemaha County Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nebraska | |
| ..Nemaha County Nebraska | |
| SN | SE Nebraska. |
| Nemaha Ridge | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nemaha Ridge | |
| RT | Oklahoma |
| Nebraska | |
| Kansas | |
| SN | Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Neman River basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Neman River basin | |
| UF | Memel River basin |
| Niemen River basin | |
| Nyeman River basin | |
| RT | Lithuania |
| Belarus | |
| SN | Also search Neman AND appropriate area term. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Nematoida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Vermes | |
| ..Nematoida | |
| Nematomorpha | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Vermes | |
| ..Nematomorpha | |
| Nemerta | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Vermes | |
| ..Nemerta | |
| Nemuro Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | kkaido |
| .Nemuro Peninsula | |
| SN | in Nemuro sub-prefecture, E Hokkaido. Also search Nemuro. |
| nenadkevichite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .niobates | |
| ..nenadkevichite | |
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..sorosilicates | |
| ...nenadkevichite | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Nenets Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Arkhangelsk Russian Federation | |
| ...Nenets Russian Federation | |
| NT | Bolshezemelskaya Tundra |
| Kanin Peninsula | |
| Vaygach Island | |
| RT | Pechora River |
| Timan-Pechora region | |
| SN | National okrug of NE Arkhangelsk Oblast in N European Russian Federation. Before 1993, Nenets Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Nenjiang Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Nenjiang Formation | |
| RT | China |
| Songliao Basin | |
| SN | In Songliao Basin of NE China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Neoarchean | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Archean | |
| ...Neoarchean | |
| Neocomian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Lower Cretaceous | |
| .....Neocomian | |
| RT | Berriasian |
| Valanginian | |
| Hauterivian | |
| SN | Europe. |
| neodymium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .rare earths | |
| ..neodymium | |
| NT | Nd-144/Nd-143 |
| Sm-147/Nd-144 | |
| UF | Nd |
| RT | isotopes |
| Nd/Nd | |
| Sm/Nd | |
| Neogastropoda | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Gastropoda | |
| ...Neogastropoda | |
| Neogene | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Tertiary | |
| ....Neogene | |
| NT | Pliocene |
| Miocene | |
| Aguacate Group | |
| Browns Park Formation | |
| Capistrano Formation | |
| Cohansey Formation | |
| Cuddalore Series | |
| Deschutes Formation | |
| Etchegoin Formation | |
| Hazeva Formation | |
| Hemphillian | |
| Ogallala Formation | |
| Pinecrest Beds | |
| Purisima Formation | |
| Ridge Route Formation | |
| Salt Lake Formation | |
| Sisquoc Formation | |
| Tamiami Formation | |
| upper Neogene | |
| UF | Tertiary |
| RT | upper Tertiary |
| Peace River Formation | |
| Matuyama Chron | |
| SN | An interval of geologic time incorporating the Miocene and Pliocene of the Tertiary period; the upper Tertiary. |
| Neoglacial | |
|---|---|
| BT | locene |
| .Neoglacial | |
| UF | Little Ice Age |
| RT | Bull Lake Glaciation |
| Maunder minimum | |
| SN | A brief episode of glacial advance during the Holocene. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Neogloboquadrina pachyderma | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Rotaliina | |
| ....Globigerinacea | |
| .....Neogloboquadrina pachyderma | |
| RT | microfossils |
| Globorotalia pachyderma | |
| SN | Species. Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Neognathodus | |
|---|---|
| BT | microfossils |
| .Conodonta | |
| ..Neognathodus | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Neogondolella | |
|---|---|
| BT | microfossils |
| .Conodonta | |
| ..Neogondolella | |
| Neohelikian | |
|---|---|
| BT | likian |
| .Neohelikian | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Neolithic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Quarternary | |
| ....Holocene | |
| .....Neolithic | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Stone Age | |
| ....Neolithic | |
| RT | archaeology |
| SN | Archaeological classification. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| neon | |
|---|---|
| BT | noble gases |
| .neon | |
| NT | Ne-20 |
| Ne-21 | |
| Ne-22 | |
| Ne-22/Ne-20 | |
| Ne-22/Ne-21 | |
| UF | Ne |
| RT | isotopes |
| particle-induced X-ray emission | |
| Neoproterozoic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Neoproterozoic | |
| NT | Tonian |
| Cryogenian | |
| Ediacarian | |
| Blackstone Series | |
| Brioverian | |
| Burra Group | |
| Hadrynian | |
| Horsethief Creek Group | |
| Infracambrian | |
| Jotnian | |
| Lynchburg Formation | |
| McCoy Creek Group | |
| Moinian | |
| Riphean | |
| Rodinia | |
| Torridonian | |
| Vendian | |
| Walden Creek Group | |
| Wilpena Group | |
| UF | upper Proterozoic |
| RT | Adelaidean |
| Yudomian | |
| Boston Bay Group | |
| Cambridge Argillite | |
| Roxbury Conglomerate | |
| Hoosac Formation | |
| Damara Orogeny | |
| Ocoee Supergroup | |
| Pinnacle Formation | |
| Underhill Formation | |
| Sauk Sequence | |
| Robertson Bay Group | |
| Ross Orogeny | |
| SN | Era. Ages range from 1000 Ma to base of Cambrian; this term was ratified by IUGS in 1990. Used here synonymously with upper Proterozoic which ranges from 900 Ma to base of Cambrian. |
| Neoptera | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Mandibulata | |
| ...Insecta | |
| ....Pterygota | |
| .....Neoptera | |
| NT | Endopterygota |
| Exopterygota | |
| Orthopteroida | |
| SN | Infraclass. |
| Neornithes | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Aves | |
| ....Neornithes | |
| NT | Anseriformes |
| Charadriiformes | |
| Galliformes | |
| Odontornithes | |
| Passeriformes | |
| Strigiformes | |
| RT | Archaeornithes |
| SN | Subclass. |
| Neosho County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Neosho County Kansas | |
| Neosho River valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Neosho River valley | |
| RT | Oklahoma |
| Kansas | |
| Grand River | |
| SN | The lower course of the Neosho is called Grand River in Oklahoma. Also search Neosho River. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| neote |
|---|
| neotectonics | |
|---|---|
| BT | tectonics |
| .neotectonics | |
| UF | active tectonics |
| RT | seismology |
| faults | |
| geomorphology | |
| geodesy | |
| folds | |
| fractures | |
| crust | |
| isostasy | |
| foliation | |
| sea-level changes | |
| raised beaches | |
| exhumation | |
| epeirogeny | |
| cover tectonics | |
| crustal thickening | |
| reactivation | |
| geomorphologic effects | |
| isostatic rebound | |
| horizontal movements | |
| subsidenc | |
| SN | Used for the study of post-Miocene structures and structural history of the Earth's crust. |
| Neotoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Rodentia | |
| .......Myomorpha | |
| ........Cricetidae | |
| .........Neotoma | |
| RT | middens |
| packrat middens | |
| SN | Genus. Packrats. |
| neotypes | |
|---|---|
| RT | fossils |
| type specimens | |
| Nepal | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..Nepal | |
| NT | Kali Gandaki Valley |
| RT | Himalayas |
| Lesser Himalayas | |
| Kosi Basin | |
| Kumaun Himalayas | |
| Main Boundary Fault | |
| Main Central Thrust | |
| Siwalik Range | |
| Mount Everest | |
| nepheline | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .framework silicates | |
| ..nepheline group | |
| ...nepheline | |
| nepheline basalt | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..basalts | |
| ...alkali basalts | |
| ....nepheline basalt | |
| RT | ankaratrite |
| olivine nephelinite | |
| nepheline group | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .framework silicates | |
| ..nepheline group | |
| NT | kaliophilite |
| kalsilite | |
| nepheline | |
| petalite | |
| RT | felsic composition |
| feldspathoid rocks | |
| nepheline syenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..syenites | |
| ...nepheline syenite | |
| RT | foyaite |
| kakortokite | |
| lujavrite | |
| nephelinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..gabbros | |
| ...alkali gabbros | |
| ....nephelinite | |
| RT | alkali basalts |
| ocean-island basalts | |
| ultramafics | |
| olivine nephelinite | |
| nepheloid layer | |
|---|---|
| UF | layer, nepheloid |
| nepheloid zone | |
| RT | continental rise |
| sea water | |
| SN | Also search nepheloid. |
| nepheloid zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | nepheloid layer |
| nephrite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .chain silicates | |
| ..amphibole group | |
| ...clinoamphibole | |
| ....nephrite | |
| RT | jade |
| greenstone | |
| Nephrolepidina | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Rotaliina | |
| ....Orbitoidacea | |
| .....Nephrolepidina | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| nepouite | |
|---|---|
| USE | garnierite |
| Neptune | |
|---|---|
| RT | Nereid Satellite |
| outer planets | |
| planetology | |
| planets | |
| satellites | |
| solar system | |
| Triton Satellite | |
| Voyager 2 | |
| Voyager Program | |
| neptunite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .chain silicates | |
| ..neptunite | |
| neptunium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..neptunium | |
| UF | Np |
| Nerbuda Valley | |
|---|---|
| USE | Narmada Valley |
| Nerbudda River | |
|---|---|
| USE | Narmada River |
| Nereid Satellite | |
|---|---|
| RT | Neptune |
| satellites | |
| Triton Satellite | |
| Voyager Program | |
| SN | One of satellites of Neptune. Before 1989, also search Nereid AND Neptune. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Nereites | |
|---|---|
| BT | ichnofossils |
| .Nereites | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Neretva Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Neretva Valley | |
| RT | Croatia |
| Yugoslavia | |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
| SN | River valley mainly in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. Indexed with countries and/or regions as applicable. |
| neritic environment | |
|---|---|
| USE | subtidal environment |
| nervous system | |
|---|---|
| RT | anatomy |
| morphology | |
| Vertebrata | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Neshoba County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Neshoba County Mississippi | |
| nesquehonite | |
|---|---|
| BT | carbonates |
| .nesquehonite | |
| Ness County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Ness County Kansas | |
| SN | W central Kansas. |
| Ness Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Jurassic | |
| ....Middle Jurassic | |
| .....Bajocian | |
| ......Ness Formation | |
| RT | Brent Group |
| North Sea | |
| SN | In Brent Group. Restricted, not used for the Ness Anorthosite in Scotland. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| nests | |
|---|---|
| UF | dinosaur nests |
| RT | paleontology |
| morphology | |
| Amphibia | |
| Aves | |
| eggs | |
| mounds | |
| termite mounds | |
| dinosaurs | |
| Netherland India | |
|---|---|
| USE | Indonesia |
| Netherlands Antilles | |
|---|---|
| BT | Caribbean region |
| .West Indies | |
| ..Antilles | |
| ...Lesser Antilles | |
| ....Netherlands Antilles | |
| NT | Bonaire |
| Curacao | |
| UF | Dutch West Indies |
| RT | Rincon Formation |
| Leeward Islands | |
| SN | Formerly known as Curacao territory. Islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela, plus the Dutch section of Saint Martin at N end of Leeward Islands. In 1986, Aruba was separated from the group. |
| Netherlands Guiana | |
|---|---|
| USE | Surinam |
| Netherlands New Guinea | |
|---|---|
| USE | Irian Jaya Indonesia |
| network deposits | |
|---|---|
| USE | stockwork deposits |
| networks | |
|---|---|
| RT | arrays |
| computer networks | |
| geodetic networks | |
| monitoring | |
| neural networks | |
| portable arrays | |
| seismic networks | |
| trees | |
| SN | As of 1993, see computer networks, geodetic networks, and seismic networks if applicable. Before 1993, also search arrays. |
| Neubrandenburg Bezirk | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. District in NE East Germany. See Germany. |
| Neuburg an der Donau Germany | |
|---|---|
| USE | Neuburg Germany |
| Neuburg Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Bavaria Germany | |
| ....Neuburg Germany | |
| UF | Neuburg an der Donau Germany |
| SN | City in W central Bavaria. |
| Neuchatel Switzerland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Switzerland | |
| ...Neuchatel Switzerland | |
| RT | Jura Mountains |
| SN | Canton in W Switzerland. Also a city on Lake Neuchatel. |
| Neuquen Argentina | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Argentina | |
| ..Neuquen Argentina | |
| UF | Neuquen Province |
| RT | Neuquen Basin |
| SN | Province in W central Argentina. |
| Neuquen Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Argentina | |
| ..Neuquen Basin | |
| RT | Vaca Muerta Formation |
| Neuquen Argentina | |
| Rio Negro Argentina | |
| SN | River basin in W central Argentina. Indexed with provinces as applicable. |
| Neuquen Province | |
|---|---|
| USE | Neuquen Argentina |
| neural networks | |
|---|---|
| RT | artificial intelligence |
| computer networks | |
| computer programs | |
| data processing | |
| genetic algorithms | |
| networks | |
| parallel processing | |
| pattern recognition | |
| SN | Also index artificial intelligence; index data processing and computer programs if applicable. |
| Neuroptera | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Mandibulata | |
| ...Insecta | |
| ....Pterygota | |
| .....Neoptera | |
| ......Endopterygota | |
| .......Neuroptera | |
| NT | Raphidiodea |
| UF | Neuropteroida |
| SN | Order. |
| Neuropteris | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Pteridospermae | |
| ....Neuropteris | |
| RT | Pteridophyta |
| Neuropteroida | |
|---|---|
| USE | Neuroptera |
| Neuse River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Neuse River | |
| RT | Craven County North Carolina |
| SN | Rises in the Piedmont and flows SE into Pamlico Sound, E central North Carolina. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Neusiedler Lake | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lake Neusiedler |
| Neusiedlersee | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lake Neusiedler |
| neutral stress | |
|---|---|
| USE | pore pressure |
| neutron | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through mid-1978 used as a modifier for activation analysis. Use neutron activation analysis. |
| neutron activation analysis | |
|---|---|
| RT | activation analysis |
| analysis | |
| chemical analysis | |
| neutron activation analysis data | |
| neutron probe | |
| quantitative analysis | |
| spectroscopy | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search activation analysis AND neutron. |
| neutron activation analysis data | |
|---|---|
| RT | data |
| neutron activation analysis | |
| SN | Use for data. Use neutron activation analysis for methodology. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| neutron diffraction analysis | |
|---|---|
| RT | analysis |
| crystallography | |
| diffraction | |
| diffractograms | |
| electron diffraction analysis | |
| neutron diffraction data | |
| neutron probe | |
| X-ray diffraction analysis | |
| neutron diffraction analysis data | |
|---|---|
| USE | neutron diffraction data |
| neutron diffraction data | |
|---|---|
| UF | neutron diffraction analysis data |
| RT | data |
| neutron diffraction analysis | |
| SN | Used only for data. For methodology, use neutron diffraction analysis. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| neutron logging | |
|---|---|
| USE | neutron methods |
| neutron methods | |
|---|---|
| UF | neutron logging |
| RT | well-logging |
| geophysical methods | |
| radioactivity | |
| methods | |
| radioactivity methods | |
| neutron-gamma methods | |
| neutron-neutron methods | |
| SN | Indexed with well-logging and radioactivity if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| neutron probe | |
|---|---|
| UF | neutron spectroscopy |
| probe, neutron | |
| RT | spectroscopy |
| chemical analysis | |
| analysis | |
| neutron activation analysis | |
| neutron probe data | |
| neutron diffraction analysis | |
| electron probe | |
| ion probe | |
| SN | Used for methodology. For data, use neutron probe data. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| neutron probe data | |
|---|---|
| RT | data |
| neutron probe | |
| spectroscopy | |
| SN | Used for data. For methodology, use neutron probe. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| neutron spectroscopy | |
|---|---|
| USE | neutron probe |
| neutron-gamma methods | |
|---|---|
| BT | geophysical methods |
| .neutron-gamma methods | |
| RT | well-logging |
| gamma rays | |
| radioactivity | |
| gamma-gamma methods | |
| gamma-ray methods | |
| neutron methods | |
| neutron-neutron methods | |
| SN | For surveys, search with geophysical surveys and an area. For surveys, also index geophysical surveys and the area. Index well-logging if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1984. |
| neutron-neutron methods | |
|---|---|
| BT | geophysical methods |
| .neutron-neutron methods | |
| RT | well-logging |
| radioactivity | |
| neutron-gamma methods | |
| neutron methods | |
| SN | For surveys, search with geophysical surveys and an area. For surveys, also index geophysical surveys and the area. Index well-logging if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1984. |
| neutrons | |
|---|---|
| RT | electrons |
| particles | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| Nevada County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Nevada County Arkansas | |
| SN | SW Arkansas. |
| Nevada County California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Nevada County California | |
| SN | E California. |
| Nevada Test Site | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nevada | |
| ..Nevada Test Site | |
| RT | Yucca Mountain |
| nuclear facilities | |
| Rainier Mesa | |
| Yucca Flat | |
| SN | NW of Las Vegas in S Nevada. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Nevadan Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Nevadan Orogeny | |
| RT | Jurassic |
| Lower Cretaceous | |
| United States | |
| orogeny | |
| tectonics | |
| Sierra Nevada | |
| Coast Ranges | |
| SN | Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous. Before 1985, also search orogeny AND Nevadan. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Nevado del Ruiz | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Colombia | |
| ..Nevado del Ruiz | |
| RT | volcanoes |
| SN | Volcano. Tolima Department, W central Colombia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Nevado-Filabride Complex | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Andalusia Spain | |
| .....Nevado-Filabride Complex | |
| RT | Almeria Spain |
| Betic Cordillera | |
| Sierra de los Filabres | |
| SN | Betic Cordillera, SE Spain. Indexed with age as applicable. |
| New Albany Shale | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Upper Devonian | |
| .....New Albany Shale | |
| RT | Kentucky |
| Indiana | |
| SN | Includes Devonian Blocher and Blackiston formations, and Mississippian Sanderson, Underwood, and Henryville formations. Indiana and N central Kentucky. |
| New Austrian Tunnelling Method | |
|---|---|
| RT | excavations |
| methods | |
| mining | |
| tunnels | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| New Britain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Papua New Guinea | |
| ..New Britain | |
| NT | Talasea Papua New Guinea |
| UF | New Britain Island |
| RT | Bismarck Archipelago |
| Rabaul Caldera | |
| SN | Largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago NE of New Guinea. |
| New Britain Island | |
|---|---|
| USE | New Britain |
| New Brunswick earthquake 1982 | |
|---|---|
| USE | Miramichi earthquake 1982 |
| New Ca |
|---|
| New Caledonia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Oceania |
| .Melanesia | |
| ..New Caledonia | |
| NT | Noumea New Caledonia |
| Ouegoa New Caledonia | |
| RT | Pacific Ocean |
| West Pacific Ocean Islands | |
| SN | French overseas territory E of Queensland, Australia. Also its main island. |
| New Caledonia Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .New Caledonia Basin | |
| RT | DSDP Site 206 |
| SN | Between central Lord Howe Rise and Norfolk Island in SW Pacific Ocean. |
| New Castile Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Castile Spain | |
| .....New Castile Spain | |
| UF | Castilla la Nueva |
| RT | Castilla-La Mancha Spain |
| Ciudad Real Spain | |
| Sierra de Guadarrama | |
| Guadalajara Spain | |
| Toledo Spain | |
| Cuenca Spain | |
| Madrid Spain | |
| SN | Region in central Spain. Before 1998, included provinces as narrower terms. |
| New Castle County Delaware | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Delaware | |
| ..New Castle County Delaware | |
| NT | Wilmington Delaware |
| SN | N Delaware. |
| new data | |
|---|---|
| RT | data |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| New Delhi India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Delhi India | |
| ....New Delhi India | |
| SN | Capital city SSW of Delhi in Delhi, N central India. |
| new energy sources | |
|---|---|
| RT | biomass |
| energy | |
| energy sources | |
| heat storage | |
| solar energy | |
| tidal energy | |
| wind energy | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| New England | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New England | |
| RT | Dunnage Zone |
| Lydonia Canyon | |
| Bloody Bluff Fault | |
| Narragansett Basin | |
| SN | Restricted to usage in the United States. As of 1993, term is used only for broad general discussions. |
| New England Batholith | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New England Batholith | |
| RT | Queensland Australia |
| New South Wales Australia | |
| New England Range | |
| SN | Indexed with states as applicable. |
| New England fold belt | |
|---|---|
| USE | New England Orogeny |
| New England Orogen | |
|---|---|
| USE | New England Orogeny |
| New England Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| UF | New England fold belt |
| New England Orogen | |
| RT | Mesozoic |
| Paleozoic | |
| orogeny | |
| Queensland Australia | |
| Australia | |
| New South Wales Australia | |
| New England Range | |
| SN | Devonian to Triassic orogeny affecting New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| New England Plateau | |
|---|---|
| USE | New England Range |
| New England Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New South Wales Australia | |
| ...New England Range | |
| UF | New England Plateau |
| RT | New England Orogeny |
| New England Batholith | |
| SN | NE New South Wales. Part of the Great Dividing Range. Before 1981, also search New England AND Australia. Indexed with mountain ranges as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| New England Seamounts | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .North Atlantic | |
| ..New England Seamounts | |
| RT | Leg 43 |
| DSDP Site 382 | |
| DSDP Site 385 | |
| SN | NW Atlantic. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| new genera | |
|---|---|
| USE | new taxa |
| new genus | |
|---|---|
| USE | new taxa |
| New Guinea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Malay Archipelago |
| .New Guinea | |
| NT | Irian Jaya Indonesia |
| RT | Australasia |
| Australian Plate | |
| Indo-Australian Plate | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Pacific mobile belt | |
| SN | Refers to whole island. Indexed with Irian Jaya Indonesia and/or Papua New Guinea. |
| New Hanover County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..New Hanover County North Carolina | |
| SN | On the Atlantic Ocean in SE North Carolina. |
| New Haven County Connecticut | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Connecticut | |
| ..New Haven County Connecticut | |
| SN | S Connecticut. |
| New Hebrides | |
|---|---|
| USE | Vanuatu |
| New Ireland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Papua New Guinea | |
| ..New Ireland | |
| RT | Bismarck Archipelago |
| SN | Island in the Bismarck Archipelago NNE of New Britain in SW Pacific. |
| New Jersey Highlands | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Jersey | |
| ..New Jersey Highlands | |
| RT | Sussex County New Jersey |
| Hunterdon County New Jersey | |
| Long Valley | |
| Morris County New Jersey | |
| Warren County New Jersey | |
| SN | N New Jersey, in Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex and Warren counties. NE-SW trending ridges including Musconetcong Mountain, Schooleys Mountain and the Ramapo Mountains. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| New Kent County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..New Kent County Virginia | |
| New Liskeard Ontario | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Ontario | |
| ...Timiskaming District Ontario | |
| ....New Liskeard Ontario | |
| SN | Town in SE Ontario. |
| New London County Connecticut | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Connecticut | |
| ..New London County Connecticut | |
| NT | Honey Hill Fault |
| RT | Block Island Sound |
| Thames River | |
| SN | SE Connecticut. |
| New Madrid County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..New Madrid County Missouri | |
| NT | New Madrid Missouri |
| SN | SE Missouri. |
| New Madrid earthquakes 1811-1812 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .New Madrid earthquakes 1811-1812 | |
| RT | Mississippi Embayment |
| New Madrid region | |
| SN | Epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. Before 1993, also search New Madrid region and earthquakes; New Madrid earthquake(truncated). Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| New Madrid Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..New Madrid County Missouri | |
| ...New Madrid Missouri | |
| SN | Town on Mississippi River in extreme SE Missouri. |
| New Madrid region | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Madrid region | |
| UF | New Madrid Seismic Zone |
| RT | earthquakes |
| Kentucky | |
| Missouri | |
| Illinois | |
| Indiana | |
| Mississippi | |
| Tennessee | |
| Arkansas | |
| Mississippi Embayment | |
| New Madrid earthquakes 1811-1812 | |
| SN | Region of earthquakes in the Mississippi Embayment. Before 1993, also search New Madrid earthquake(truncated). After 1992, see New Madrid earthquakes 1811-1812, for discussion of the 1811-1812 earthquakes. Indexed with states as applicable. Added to Thesa |
| New Madrid Seismic Zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | New Madrid region |
| new methods | |
|---|---|
| RT | absolute age |
| methods | |
| new minerals | |
|---|---|
| RT | minerals |
| SN | Used to indicate new mineral names. |
| new names | |
|---|---|
| RT | nomenclature |
| taxonomy | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| New Orleans Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Orleans Parish Louisiana | |
| ...New Orleans Louisiana | |
| SN | City on the Mississippi River in Orleans Parish, SE Louisiana. |
| New Quebec | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ungava |
| New Quebec Crater | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...New Quebec Crater | |
| UF | Cratere du Noveau Quebec |
| Noveau Quebec Crater | |
| Nunavik Crater | |
| Ungava Crater | |
| RT | impact features |
| Ungava | |
| SN | Meteor crater, N Ungava Peninsula, N Quebec. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| New Red Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| RT | England |
| Permian | |
| Permian-Triassic boundary | |
| Triassic | |
| SN | England. Permian and Triassic. Indexed with age or ages as applicable. |
| New River | |
|---|---|
| RT | North Carolina |
| United States | |
| Virginia | |
| West Virginia | |
| SN | Rises in NW North Carolina and joins with Gauley River in West Virginia to form the Kanawha River. Also in other locations. Indexed with counties or regions as applicable. |
| New River Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Pennsylvanian | |
| .....Lower Pennsylvanian | |
| ......New River Formation | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Alabama | |
| West Virginia | |
| Georgia | |
| Pottsville Group | |
| SN | In Pottsville Group. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| New Siberian Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Yakutia Russian Federation | |
| ...New Siberian Islands | |
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Russian Arctic | |
| ...New Siberian Islands | |
| SN | Island group in Arctic Ocean between Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea. Part of Yakutia. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| new species | |
|---|---|
| USE | new taxa |
| new taxa | |
|---|---|
| UF | new genera |
| new genus | |
| new species | |
| taxa, new | |
| RT | taxonomy |
| revision | |
| SN | Should be used whenever a new taxonomic group is discussed. |
| New Ulm Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Minnesota | |
| ..Brown County Minnesota | |
| ...New Ulm Minnesota | |
| SN | City in S central Minnesota. |
| New World Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Newfoundland | |
| ...Newfoundland Island | |
| ....New World Island | |
| SN | In Notre Dame Bay off NE Newfoundland. |
| New York Bight | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..New York Bight | |
| RT | Atlantic Coastal Plain |
| New York City Group | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cambrian |
| Connecticut | |
| Fordham Gneiss | |
| Manhattan Formation | |
| New York | |
| Ordovician | |
| Silurian | |
| Proterozoic | |
| SN | Precambrian to Paleozoic (pre-Upper Devonian). Includes Fordham Gneiss, Inwood Marble, Manhattan Formation. W Connecticut and SE New York. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
| New York City New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..New York City New York | |
| NT | Kings County New York |
| Manhattan | |
| Queens County New York | |
| RT | Narrows |
| Staten Island | |
| SN | City on W tip of Long Island, Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and S tip of mainland, SE New York. Composed of five boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island) which are coextensive with five counties (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens an |
| New York County New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..New York County New York | |
| Newark Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Newark Basin | |
| RT | Pennsylvania |
| New York | |
| New Jersey | |
| Passaic Formation | |
| Watchung Mountains | |
| Gettysburg Basin | |
| Newark-Gettysburg Basin | |
| Ramapo Fault | |
| SN | Triassic to Jurassic rift basin. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Newark Group | |
|---|---|
| USE | Newark Supergroup |
| Newark New Jersey | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Jersey | |
| ..Essex County New Jersey | |
| ...Newark New Jersey | |
| SN | City on Newark Bay just W of Jersey City and New York City in NE New Jersey. |
| Newark Supergroup | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Newark Supergroup | |
| UF | Newark Group |
| RT | Virginia |
| New York | |
| North Carolina | |
| Maryland | |
| Delaware | |
| Connecticut | |
| New Jersey | |
| Brunswick Formation | |
| Passaic Formation | |
| East Berlin Formation | |
| Hampden Basalt | |
| Holyoke Basalt | |
| Feltville Formation | |
| Lockatong Formation | |
| Stockton Formation | |
| Portland Formation | |
| SN | Lower Jurassic or Upper Triassic. Includes New Oxford Formation, Gettysburg Shale, Stockton Formation, Lockatong Formation, Brunswick Formation, New Haven Arkose, Meriden Formation, Portland Arkose, Pekin Formation, Cumnock Formation, Sanford Formation, T |
| Newark-Gettysburg Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Newark-Gettysburg Basin | |
| RT | Pennsylvania |
| New York | |
| Maryland | |
| New Jersey | |
| Gettysburg Basin | |
| Newark Basin | |
| SN | Newark Basin plus southwestward extension into SE Pennsylvania and N central Maryland. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Newaygo County Michigan | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Michigan | |
| ..Michigan Lower Peninsula | |
| ...Newaygo County Michigan | |
| Newberry County South Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Carolina | |
| ..Newberry County South Carolina | |
| Newberry Volcano | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Cascade Range | |
| ..Newberry Volcano | |
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Deschutes County Oregon | |
| ...Newberry Volcano | |
| RT | volcanoes |
| SN | Central Oregon. Also search Newberry AND Oregon. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| newberyite | |
|---|---|
| BT | phosphates |
| .newberyite | |
| Newcastle Australia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New South Wales Australia | |
| ...Newcastle Australia | |
| SN | City on E coast of New South Wales. |
| Newcastle Coal Measures | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Newcastle Coal Measures | |
| RT | Australia |
| New South Wales Australia | |
| Sydney Basin | |
| SN | Permian in the Sydney Basin of New South Wales. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Newcastle England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Newcastle England | |
| UF | Newcastle upon Tyne England |
| RT | Northumberland England |
| SN | City on the Tyne River in Tyne and Wear County in N England. |
| Newcastle New Brunswick | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...New Brunswick | |
| ....Northumberland County New Brunswick | |
| .....Newcastle New Brunswick | |
| SN | Town, Northumberland County. Lead and zinc mining region. |
| Newcastle Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Lower Cretaceous | |
| .....Newcastle Sandstone | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| Montana | |
| Nebraska | |
| North Dakota | |
| South Dakota | |
| Colorado Group | |
| SN | SE Montana, W Nebraska, NE North Dakota, W South Dakota and NE Wyoming. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Newcastle upon Tyne England | |
|---|---|
| USE | Newcastle England |
| Newfoundland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Newfoundland | |
| NT | Labrador |
| Newfoundland Island | |
| RT | Dunnage Zone |
| Belle Isle | |
| Dunnage Melange | |
| Humber Zone | |
| Meguma Terrane | |
| White Bay | |
| SN | From 1981-1992, referred to the island of Newfoundland. Before 1981 and after 1992, refers to the province, which includes the island of Newfoundland plus Labrador. |
| Newland Limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Mesoproterozoic | |
| ....Newland Limestone | |
| RT | Idaho |
| Montana | |
| Belt Supergroup | |
| Wallace Formation | |
| SN | In Piegan Group of Belt Supergroup. Idaho and W central Montana. In central and western Montana, Newland and Wallace formations have been treated as essentially synonymous terms by some authors. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Newman Limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Mississippian | |
| .....Newman Limestone | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Kentucky | |
| Tennessee | |
| SN | Overlies Grainger Formation; underlies Pennington Formation. E Kentucky, E Tennessee, and SW Virginia. |
| Newmarkt Poland | |
|---|---|
| USE | Nowy Targ Poland |
| Newport Bay | |
|---|---|
| RT | Orange County California |
| SN | Dredged harbor in Orange County in S California. May occur in other locations. Indexed with county or region as applicable. |
| Newport County Rhode Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Rhode Island | |
| ..Newport County Rhode Island | |
| NT | Newport Rhode Island |
| SN | On the Atlantic Ocean in SE Rhode Island. |
| Newport Oregon | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Lincoln County Oregon | |
| ...Newport Oregon | |
| SN | City on the Pacific Ocean in W Oregon. |
| Newport Rhode Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Rhode Island | |
| ..Newport County Rhode Island | |
| ...Newport Rhode Island | |
| SN | City in SE Rhode Island. |
| Newport-Inglewood Fault | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Newport-Inglewood Fault | |
| UF | Inglewood Fault |
| SN | In Los Angeles area in S California. |
| news | |
|---|---|
| RT | current research |
| popular geology | |
| SN | Used for indexing of news items, usually discussing mineral exploration. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Newton County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Newton County Arkansas | |
| SN | NW Arkansas. |
| Newton County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Newton County Georgia | |
| SN | N central Georgia. |
| Newton County Indiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indiana |
| .Newton County Indiana | |
| NT | Kentland Indiana |
| SN | NW Indiana. |
| Newton County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Newton County Mississippi | |
| SN | E central Mississippi. |
| Newton County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Newton County Missouri | |
| RT | Joplin Missouri |
| SN | SW Missouri. |
| Newton County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Newton County Texas | |
| SN | E Texas. |
| Neyveli India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Tamil Nadu India | |
| ....Neyveli India | |
| UF | Neiveli India |
| SN | Town in E Tamil Nadu, SE India. |
| Neyveli Lignite | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Tertiary | |
| ....Neyveli Lignite | |
| RT | Pliocene |
| Miocene | |
| India | |
| Tamil Nadu India | |
| upper Miocene | |
| Cuddalore Series | |
| SN | Associated with sands, conglomerates and clays of Cuddalore Series. E and NE of Tamil Nadu. |
| Nez Perce County Idaho | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Idaho | |
| ..Nez Perce County Idaho | |