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Sn
USE	tin

Sn-waves
BT	elastic waves
	.seismic waves
	..body waves
	...Sn-waves
RT	seismology
	upper mantle
	waves
	Mohorovicic discontinuity
	continental crust
	Pn-waves
	S-waves
SN	Refracted along Mohorovicic discontinuity. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

Snaefellsnes Peninsula
BT	Europe
	.Western Europe
	..Iceland
	...Snaefellsnes Peninsula
SN	Juts into Denmark Strait between Breidi Fjord and Faxa Bay in W Iceland. Also search Snaefellsnes.

Snake Pit hydrothermal field
USE	Snakepit hydrothermal field

Snake Range
RT	White Pine County Nevada
SN	Mountain range in White Pine County, E Nevada. May also occur in other locations. Indexed with county or country as applicable.

Snake River
RT	Clearwater River
	Columbia River
	Idaho
	Oregon
	Snake River Plain Aquifer
	United States
	Washington
	Wyoming
SN	Rises in Yellowstone National Park and flows S, then W, N, and again W into the Columbia River in SE Washington. Also occurs in other location. Indexed with states as applicable.

Snake River basin
RT	Idaho
	Nevada
	Oregon
	United States
	Utah
	Washington
	Wyoming
SN	Indexed with states as applicable.

Snake River canyon
UF	Hell's Canyon
RT	United States
	Idaho
	Oregon
	Grand Canyon
SN	Grand Canyon of the Snake River. Extends N-S between Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, and Seven Devils Mountains, Idaho. Indexed with counties and states as applicable.

Snake River plain
BT	United States
	.Idaho
	..Snake River plain
SN	Crescent-shaped lava tableland across S central Idaho.

Snake River Plain Aquifer
BT	United States
	.Idaho
	..Snake River Plain Aquifer
RT	Snake River

Snakepit hydrothermal field
BT	Atlantic Ocean
	.North Atlantic
	..Snakepit hydrothermal field
BT	Atlantic Ocean
	.Mid-Atlantic Ridge
	..Snakepit hydrothermal field
UF	MARK hydrothermal field
	Snake Pit hydrothermal field
RT	ODP Site 920
	ODP Site 922
	ODP Site 649
	ODP Site 670
SN	North Atlantic. Used for the MARK (Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of Kane fracture zone) hydrothermal field. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1995.

SNC Meteorites
BT	meteorites
	.stony meteorites
	..achondrites
	...Martian meteorites
	....SNC Meteorites
NT	chassignite
	nakhlite
	shergottite
SN	Type of meteorite found to be from Mars. Shergottites, nakhlites and chassignites. Narrower terms added 1998. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

snia-Herzegovina
NT	Bosnia
	Herzegovina

Snieznik
BT	Europe
	.Snieznik
RT	Poland
	Czech Republic
	Bohemia
	Lower Silesia
SN	Highest peak in Kralicky Sneznik Mountains in NE Bohemia and Lower Silesia. Indexed with countries as applicable.

Snohomish County Washington
BT	United States
	.Washington
	..Snohomish County Washington
RT	Glacier Peak
SN	NW Washington.

Snoqualmie Batholith
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Phanerozoic
	..Cenozoic
	...Tertiary
	....Snoqualmie Batholith
RT	Pliocene
	Miocene
	Washington
SN	Probably intermediate in age between lower part of Keechelus Andesitic Series and Fifes Peak Andesite. W central Washington. Indexed with ages as applicable.

snow
BT	atmospheric precipitation
	.snow
RT	glacial geology
	glaciers
	water
	hydrology
	hydrosphere
	firn
	thawing
	ice
	ice fields
	meltwater

Snow Lake Manitoba
BT	Canada
	.Western Canada
	..Manitoba
	...Snow Lake Manitoba
SN	Village in gold-mining region 70 miles E of Flin Flon in W Manitoba.

snow-patch erosion
USE	nivation

Snowdon
USE	Snowdonia

Snowdonia
BT	Europe
	.Western Europe
	..United Kingdom
	...Great Britain
	....Wales
	.....Caernarvonshire Wales
	......Snowdonia
UF	Snowdon
SN	Highest mountain in Wales, in the former Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd) 10 miles SE of Caernarvon; consists of 5 peaks, separated by passes.

Snowslip Formation
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Precambrian
	..Proterozoic
	...Mesoproterozoic
	....Snowslip Formation
RT	Montana
	Belt Supergroup
	Missoula Group
SN	In Missoula Group of Belt Supergroup. W Montana. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

Snowy Mountains
BT	Australasia
	.Australia
	..Snowy Mountains
RT	New South Wales Australia
	Victoria Australia
SN	Range of the Australian Alps. Indexed with states or region as applicable.

Snuggedy Swamp
BT	United States
	.South Carolina
	..Snuggedy Swamp
RT	Atlantic Coastal Plain
SN	E South Carolina. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.

Snyder County Pennsylvania
BT	United States
	.Pennsylvania
	..Snyder County Pennsylvania