Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
Pu  | |
|---|---|
| USE | plutonium |
| Pu'u O'o | |
|---|---|
| USE | Puu Oo |
| Pu-238 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .radioactive isotopes | |
| ..Pu-238 | |
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..plutonium | |
| ...Pu-238 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Pu-239 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .radioactive isotopes | |
| ..Pu-239 | |
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..plutonium | |
| ...Pu-239 | |
| RT | Pu-240/Pu-239 |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Pu-240 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .radioactive isotopes | |
| ..Pu-240 | |
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..plutonium | |
| ...Pu-240 | |
| RT | Pu-240/Pu-239 |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Pu-240/Pu-239 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .radioactive isotopes | |
| ..Pu-240/Pu-239 | |
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..plutonium | |
| ...Pu-240/Pu-239 | |
| RT | isotope ratios |
| Pu-239 | |
| Pu-240 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Pu-244 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .radioactive isotopes | |
| ..Pu-244 | |
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..plutonium | |
| ...Pu-244 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| public awaren |
|---|
| public awareness | |
|---|---|
| UF | awareness, public |
| RT | education |
| geologic hazards | |
| safety | |
| volcanic risk | |
| preventive measures | |
| risk assessment | |
| geology | |
| popular geology | |
| public policy | |
| planning | |
| seismic risk | |
| public lands | |
|---|---|
| NT | national forests |
| national monuments | |
| national parks | |
| RARE II regions | |
| wilderness areas | |
| UF | federal lands |
| RT | land management |
| land use | |
| conservation | |
| government agencies | |
| public policy | |
| natural resources | |
| U. S. Bureau of Land Management | |
| SN | Indexed with specific type if known e.g. national parks. |
| public policy | |
|---|---|
| UF | national policy |
| RT | waste disposal |
| land management | |
| land use | |
| legislation | |
| conservation | |
| government agencies | |
| regulations | |
| policy | |
| decision-making | |
| strategic minerals | |
| public lands | |
| public awareness | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| publication lists | |
|---|---|
| USE | publications |
| publications | |
|---|---|
| UF | geologic publications |
| publication lists | |
| RT | associations |
| maps | |
| survey organizations | |
| catalogs | |
| dictionaries | |
| glossaries | |
| lexicons | |
| bibliography | |
| guidebook | |
| atlas | |
| monographs | |
| book reviews | |
| textbooks | |
| directory | |
| manuals | |
| theses | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| Pucangan Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Quaternary | |
| ....Pucangan Formation | |
| RT | Indonesia |
| Java | |
| SN | Central Java. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Pucara Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Pucara Group | |
| RT | Jurassic |
| Upper Triassic | |
| Peru | |
| Lima Peru | |
| Junin Peru | |
| SN | Includes Paria Formation. W Peru. Upper Triassic and Jurassic. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
| Puck Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Gdansk Poland | |
| ....Puck Bay | |
| SN | Inlet of the Gulf of Danzig on the Baltic Sea. Also search Puck. |
| Puebla de Guzman Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | elva Spain |
| .Puebla de Guzman Spain | |
| SN | Town in SW part of country. |
| Puebla Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Puebla Mexico | |
| NT | Los Humeros |
| RT | Sierra Madre Oriental |
| Mexican volcanic belt | |
| Popocatepetl | |
| Pico de Orizaba | |
| SN | State and city SE of Mexico City in SE Mexico. |
| Pueblo Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Pueblo County Colorado | |
| ...Pueblo Colorado | |
| SN | City in SE central Colorado. |
| Pueblo County Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Pueblo County Colorado | |
| NT | Pueblo Colorado |
| RT | Wet Mountains |
| SN | S central Colorado. |
| Puente Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Miocene | |
| .....upper Miocene | |
| ......Puente Formation | |
| RT | California |
| SN | Includes Papel Blanco Shale, Blanco Sandstone, Cubierto Shale, Hunter Sandstone and Conglomerate, Peculiar Shale, Mahala Sandstone and Conglomerate, Sycamore Canyon Member, La Vida Member, Soquel Member, Yorba Member. S California. |
| Puente Hills | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Los Angeles County California | |
| ...Puente Hills | |
| SN | S part of Los Angeles County. |
| Puercan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Paleocene | |
| .....lower Paleocene | |
| ......Puercan | |
| SN | North American continental stage. Above Cretaceous and below Dragonian. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Puerco River | |
|---|---|
| USE | Rio Puerco |
| Puerto Cabello Venezuela | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Venezuela | |
| ..Carabobo Venezuela | |
| ...Puerto Cabello Venezuela | |
| SN | City W of Caracas on the Caribbean Sea in N Venezuela. |
| Puerto Deseado | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Argentina | |
| ..Santa Cruz Argentina | |
| ...Puerto Deseado | |
| SN | Bay in S Argentina. As of 1993, use Puerto Deseado Argentina for the town, in Santa Cruz province. |
| Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Caribbean region |
| .West Indies | |
| ..Antilles | |
| ...Greater Antilles | |
| ....Puerto Rico | |
| NT | Anasco Bay |
| Arecibo Puerto Rico | |
| Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico | |
| Mayaguez Bay | |
| Ponce Puerto Rico | |
| San Juan Puerto Rico | |
| RT | Caribbean Mountain Range |
| Central Cordillera | |
| San Juan Formation | |
| Maravillas Formation | |
| Robles Formation | |
| SN | Before 1932, also search Porto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico Trench | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .North Atlantic | |
| ..Puerto Rico Trench | |
| UF | Puerto Rico Trough |
| SN | NNE of Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rico Trough | |
|---|---|
| USE | Puerto Rico Trench |
| Puget Lowland | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Puget Lowland | |
| SN | Area surrounding Puget Sound and the broad trough extending S. |
| Puget Sound | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Puget Sound | |
| RT | Juan de Fuca Strait |
| Deschutes River | |
| SN | Arm of Pacific Ocean extending S from E end of Juan de Fuca Strait. |
| Puglia Italy | |
|---|---|
| USE | Apulia Italy |
| Pulaski County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Pulaski County Arkansas | |
| SN | Central Arkansas. |
| Pulaski County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Pulaski County Georgia | |
| SN | S central Georgia. |
| Pulaski County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Pulaski County Illinois | |
| SN | Extreme S Illinois. |
| Pulaski County Indiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indiana |
| .Pulaski County Indiana | |
| SN | NW Indiana. |
| Pulaski County Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Pulaski County Kentucky | |
| SN | S Kentucky. |
| Pulaski County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Pulaski County Missouri | |
| SN | Central Missouri. |
| Pulaski County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Pulaski County Virginia | |
| SN | SW Virginia. |
| Pulaski Fault | |
|---|---|
| RT | Tennessee |
| Virginia | |
| SN | SW Virginia and Tennessee. Indexed with counties or region as applicable. |
| Pulaski thrust sheet | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Pulaski thrust sheet | |
| RT | Appalachians |
| Virginia | |
| Tennessee | |
| SN | SW Virginia and NE Tennessee. Indexed with states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| pulaskite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..syenites | |
| ...pulaskite | |
| pull apart structures | |
|---|---|
| USE | boudinage |
| pull-apart basins | |
|---|---|
| BT | basins |
| .pull-apart basins | |
| RT | tectonics |
| extension tectonics | |
| en echelon faults | |
| fault zones | |
| strike-slip faults | |
| SN | Basins associated with strike-slip fault zones. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Pulmonata | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Gastropoda | |
| ...Pulmonata | |
| NT | Basommatophora |
| Stylommatophora | |
| SN | Subclass. |
| pulsating spring | |
|---|---|
| USE | geysers |
| pulsations | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used with magnetosphere and magnetic field. |
| Pultova Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| USE | Poltava Ukraine |
| Pultowa Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| USE | Poltava Ukraine |
| Pultusk Poland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Pultusk Poland | |
| SN | City in SE Ciechanow, E central Poland. |
| pumice | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..pyroclastics | |
| ...pumice | |
| RT | pumice deposits |
| shirasu | |
| scoria | |
| SN | As of 1981, use pumice deposits for pumice as a commodity. |
| pumice deposits | |
|---|---|
| RT | abrasives |
| aggregate | |
| pumice | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| pump and treat | |
|---|---|
| USE | pump-and-treat |
| pump tests | |
|---|---|
| UF | pumping tests |
| RT | water wells |
| ground water | |
| hydrology | |
| pumping | |
| slug tests | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search pumping. |
| pump-and-treat | |
|---|---|
| UF | pump and treat |
| RT | reclamation |
| pollution | |
| ground water | |
| pollutants | |
| remediation | |
| water treatment | |
| water quality | |
| volatile organic compounds | |
| contaminant plumes | |
| nonaqueous phase liquids | |
| SN | Also index remediation and/or water treatment. |
| pumpellyite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..sorosilicates | |
| ...pumpellyite | |
| RT | aluminosilicates |
| pumping | |
|---|---|
| RT | drawdown |
| economic geology | |
| engineering geology | |
| ground water | |
| hydrogeology | |
| petroleum engineering | |
| production | |
| pump tests | |
| suction | |
| water recovery | |
| water resources | |
| water use | |
| water wells | |
| well screens | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| pumping tests | |
|---|---|
| USE | pump tests |
| Puna | |
|---|---|
| RT | Altiplano |
| Andes | |
| Argentina | |
| Atacama Desert | |
| Central Andes | |
| Chile | |
| Southern Andes | |
| SN | High Andean intermontane plateaus, especially in the S Andes. Also used in other locations; search in combination with Andes or with country as applicable. Indexed with regions and mountain ranges as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| punch cards | |
|---|---|
| UF | punched cards |
| RT | data processing |
| Punchbowl Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Miocene | |
| .....upper Miocene | |
| ......Punchbowl Formation | |
| RT | California |
| SN | Described in Valyermo Quadrangle as consisting of two facies. S California. |
| punched cards | |
|---|---|
| USE | punch cards |
| Puncoviscana Formation | |
|---|---|
| RT | Argentina |
| Cambrian | |
| Lower Cambrian | |
| Precambrian | |
| upper Precambrian | |
| SN | Upper Precambrian and Lower Cambrian. NW Argentina. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| punctuated aggradational cycles | |
|---|---|
| RT | cycles |
| cyclic processes | |
| ecology | |
| paleoecology | |
| sedimentation | |
| stratigraphy | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| punctuated equilibria | |
|---|---|
| RT | biologic evolution |
| gradualism | |
| paleontology | |
| phylogeny | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Pune India | |
|---|---|
| USE | Poona India |
| Pungo River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Pungo River | |
| RT | Pamlico River |
| SN | Tidal estuary near the Pamlico River off Pamlico Sound. |
| Pungo River Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Miocene | |
| .....Pungo River Formation | |
| RT | Virginia |
| North Carolina | |
| SN | Middle Miocene. E North Carolina and Virginia. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Punjab | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef as of 1981. Use Punjab India or Punjab Pakistan as applicable. Before 1981, referred to both the state in India and the province in Pakistan. |
| Punjab India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Punjab India | |
| NT | Chandigarh India |
| Spiti | |
| RT | Chinji Formation |
| Beas River | |
| SN | State. NW India. Before 1993, also search Punjab State. |
| Punjab Pakistan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..Pakistan | |
| ...Punjab Pakistan | |
| NT | Attock Pakistan |
| Khewra Pakistan | |
| Mangla Dam | |
| Mansehra Pakistan | |
| Mianwali Pakistan | |
| Ramnagar Pakistan | |
| Salt Range | |
| RT | Chinji Formation |
| Potwar Plateau | |
| SN | Province. E central Pakistan. Before 1993, also search Punjab Province. |
| Puno Peru | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Peru | |
| ..Puno Peru | |
| RT | Lake Titicaca |
| SN | Department in SE Peru. |
| Punta Mosquito Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....Punta Mosquito Formation | |
| RT | Venezuela |
| Pupillidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Gastropoda | |
| ...Pupillidae | |
| Purbeckian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Lower Cretaceous | |
| .....Purbeckian | |
| SN | Europe. |
| Purcell Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Purcell Mountains | |
| RT | Idaho |
| Montana | |
| British Columbia | |
| Boundary County Idaho | |
| Lincoln County Montana | |
| SN | Mountain range in SE British Columbia; Boundary County, N Idaho and Lincoln County, NW Montana. Indexed with British Columbia and/or states and counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Purcell System | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Purcell System | |
| RT | Alberta |
| Idaho | |
| Montana | |
| British Columbia | |
| purchases | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| pure coal | |
|---|---|
| USE | vitrain |
| purification | |
|---|---|
| RT | beneficiation |
| dechlorination | |
| decontamination | |
| drinking water | |
| ground water | |
| hydrology | |
| impurities | |
| polluted water | |
| pollution | |
| potability | |
| water | |
| water quality | |
| water resources | |
| water treatment | |
| purines | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .proteins | |
| ..purines | |
| Purisima Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Purisima Formation | |
| RT | Pliocene |
| Miocene | |
| California | |
| San Gregorio Formation | |
| SN | Miocene-Pliocene. W California. Indexed with age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| purple copper ore | |
|---|---|
| USE | bornite |
| Purulia India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...West Bengal India | |
| ....Purulia India | |
| SN | City in W West Bengal, E India. |
| push wave | |
|---|---|
| USE | P-waves |
| push-pull wave | |
|---|---|
| USE | P-waves |
| Pushmataha County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Pushmataha County Oklahoma | |
| Putnam County Florida | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Putnam County Florida | |
| SN | N Florida. |
| Putnam County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Putnam County Georgia | |
| SN | Central Georgia. |
| Putnam County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Putnam County Illinois | |
| SN | N central Illinois. |
| Putnam County Indiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indiana |
| .Putnam County Indiana | |
| SN | W central Indiana. |
| Putnam County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Putnam County Missouri | |
| SN | N Missouri. |
| Putnam County New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..Putnam County New York | |
| SN | SE New York. |
| Putnam County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Putnam County Ohio | |
| SN | NW Ohio. |
| Putnam County Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee | |
| ..Putnam County Tennessee | |
| SN | Central Tennessee. |
| Putnam County West Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .West Virginia | |
| ..Putnam County West Virginia | |
| SN | W West Virginia. |
| Putrid Sea | |
|---|---|
| USE | Sivash |
| Puu Oo | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Hawaii | |
| ..Hawaii County Hawaii | |
| ...Hawaii Island | |
| ....Puu Oo | |
| UF | Pu'u O'o |
| RT | Kilauea |
| volcanoes | |
| East Rift Zone | |
| SN | Extensively studied eruptive activity site on East Rift Zone of Kilauea volcano. Site is just inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Activity began in 1983 and continued for several years. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Puy-de-Dome France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Puy-de-Dome France | |
| NT | Chaine des Puys |
| Clermont-Ferrand France | |
| Mont-Dore France | |
| RT | Limagne |
| SN | Department in S central France. |