Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
Sou  |
|---|
| Soufriere | |
|---|---|
| BT | Caribbean region |
| .West Indies | |
| ..Antilles | |
| ...Lesser Antilles | |
| ....Soufriere | |
| UF | Soufriere Volcano |
| RT | volcanoes |
| Montserrat | |
| Windward Islands | |
| La Grande Soufriere | |
| Saint Lucia | |
| Saint Vincent | |
| SN | Used for volcanoes on Saint Vincent (N13#DG21' W061#DG11'), Montserrat, and Saint Lucia in the Antilles. For the volcano on Guadeloupe see La Grande Soufriere. Search in combination with island. Indexed with island as applicable. For the volcano on Guadel |
| Soufriere Volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | Soufriere |
| Souk-el-Arba salt works | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Tunisia | |
| ...Souk-el-Arba salt works | |
| UF | Souk-el-Arba Works |
| SN | In Souk-el-Arba area in NW Tunisia. |
| Souk-el-Arba Works | |
|---|---|
| USE | Souk-el-Arba salt works |
| Soulanges County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Soulanges County Quebec | |
| Soultz-sous-Forets France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Bas-Rhin France | |
| ....Soultz-sous-Forets France | |
| SN | E France. |
| sound waves | |
|---|---|
| USE | acoustical waves |
| Sounds National Park | |
|---|---|
| USE | Fiordland National Park |
| source areas | |
|---|---|
| USE | provenance |
| source regions | |
|---|---|
| USE | provenance |
| source rocks | |
|---|---|
| RT | biomarkers |
| natural gas | |
| petroleum | |
| petroleum exploration | |
| reservoir rocks | |
| rocks | |
| tight sands | |
| source terrains | |
|---|---|
| USE | provenance |
| source terranes | |
|---|---|
| USE | provenance |
| sourceland | |
|---|---|
| USE | provenance |
| sources | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid general term through 1978. |
| sources, energy | |
|---|---|
| USE | energy sources |
| sources, heat | |
|---|---|
| USE | heat sources |
| sources, nonpoint | |
|---|---|
| USE | nonpoint sources |
| sources, point | |
|---|---|
| USE | point sources |
| sources, seismic | |
|---|---|
| USE | seismic sources |
| Souris River basin | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alberta |
| North Dakota | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| Western Canada | |
| SN | Also search Souris; Souris River. Indexed with North Dakota and/or Canadian provinces as applicable. |
| South American Atlantic | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used from 1981-1994 for southwestern Atlantic bounded on the on the east by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and on the north by a line drawn between Cabo de Sao Roque, Brazil to Cape Palmas, Liberia. See South Atlantic. |
| South American Pacific | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used from 1981-1994 for a region in the southeastern Pacific bounded on the north by the equator, on the east by South America, on the south by approximately 55#DGS, and on the west by the East Pacific Rise. See Southeast Pacific. |
| South American Plate | |
|---|---|
| RT | Chile Margin Triple Junction |
| plate tectonics | |
| plates | |
| South America | |
| SN | Includes the South American continent (excluding a small portion in the Caribbean Plate) and part of the Atlantic Ocean W of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Extends northward to the Caribbean region and southward to the Scotia Ridge. Indexed with geographic area |
| South Antillean Arc | |
|---|---|
| USE | Scotia Ridge |
| South Arabia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Yemen |
| South Arcot | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Tamil Nadu India | |
| ....South Arcot | |
| RT | Coromandel Coast |
| SN | Region on Coromandel Coast in E Tamil Nadu, S India. |
| South Atlantic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .South Atlantic | |
| NT | Angola Basin |
| Argentine Basin | |
| Brazil Basin | |
| Campos Basin | |
| Cape Basin | |
| Falkland Plateau | |
| Maurice Ewing Bank | |
| Rio Grande Rise | |
| Southeast Atlantic | |
| Southwest Atlantic | |
| Vema Channel | |
| Walvis Ridge | |
| RT | Antarctic Bottom Water |
| Drake Passage | |
| DSDP Site 23 | |
| DSDP Site 24 | |
| DSDP Site 14 | |
| DSDP Site 15 | |
| DSDP Site 16 | |
| DSDP Site 17 | |
| DSDP Site 18 | |
| DSDP Site 25 | |
| DSDP Site 328 | |
| DSDP Site 356 | |
| DSDP Site 361 | |
| DSDP Site 511 | |
| DSDP Site 512 | |
| DSDP Site 513 | |
| DSDP Site 514 | |
| DSDP Site 519 | |
| DS | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Atlantic Ocean AND south. From 1981-1994, parts of Guyanese Atlantic and Cape Verde Atlantic were also sometimes used. |
| South Atlantic Ridge | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. A valid term from 1981-1994. After 1994, use Mid-Atlantic Ridge and South Atlantic. |
| South Austrian Alps | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Alps | |
| ..South Austrian Alps | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Austria | |
| ...South Austrian Alps | |
| RT | Carinthia Austria |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| South Austrian Molasse | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Austria | |
| ...South Austrian Molasse | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| South Canadian River | |
|---|---|
| USE | Canadian River |
| South Carpathians | |
|---|---|
| USE | Transylvanian Alps |
| South Cascade Glacier | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Skagit County Washington | |
| ...South Cascade Glacier | |
| SN | Near Mount Logan in North Cascades National Park, NW Washington. |
| South China Block | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...South China Block | |
| UF | South China Platform |
| RT | Yangtze Platform |
| SN | SE China. Also see Yangtze Platform. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| South China Platform | |
|---|---|
| USE | South China Block |
| South China Sea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northwest Pacific | |
| ...South China Sea | |
| NT | Gulf of Siam |
| Gulf of Tonkin | |
| Malay Basin | |
| Manila Trench | |
| UF | Nan Hai |
| RT | Strait of Malacca |
| China Sea | |
| Taiwan Strait | |
| Hainan China | |
| Leg 124E | |
| ODP Site 772 | |
| Zhujiang River | |
| Red River Fault | |
| Xisha Islands | |
| SN | Bounded on N by China and Taiwan, on the E by the Philippine Islands, on the S by Malaysia and on the W by Vietnam. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| South Florida Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..South Florida Basin | |
| RT | Gulf Coastal Plain |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| South Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean Islands |
| .South Georgia | |
| BT | Scotia Sea Islands |
| .South Georgia | |
| UF | South Georgia Island |
| RT | Antarctica |
| Atlantic Ocean | |
| Falkland Islands | |
| SN | Island 800 miles E of the Falkland Islands of which it is a dependency. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| South Georgia Island | |
|---|---|
| USE | South Georgia |
| South Greenland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Arctic region |
| .Greenland | |
| ..South Greenland | |
| RT | East Greenland |
| West Greenland | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Greenland AND south or southern. |
| South Island | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alpine Fault |
| Canterbury New Zealand | |
| Christchurch New Zealand | |
| Dunedin New Zealand | |
| Fiordland National Park | |
| Foveaux Strait | |
| Fox Glacier | |
| Haast River | |
| Inangahua New Zealand | |
| Kaikoura | |
| Kakanui | |
| Mackenzie River | |
| Mackenzie River valley | |
| Marlborough New Zealand | |
| Nelson Ne | |
| SN | Largest island of New Zealand. S and SW of North Island. Also occurs in other location. Search in combination with New Zealand. Also index county or country as applicable. |
| South Kona | |
|---|---|
| USE | Kona |
| South Korea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Korea | |
| ...South Korea | |
| NT | Cheju Island |
| Janggun Mine | |
| Kangwon South Korea | |
| Kyongsang Basin | |
| Ogcheon Belt | |
| Pohang South Korea | |
| Ulsan South Korea | |
| Yongyang South Korea | |
| RT | North Korea |
| SN | Officially Republic of Korea. Bounded on N by North Korea, on E by Japan Sea, on S by the Korea Strait, and on W by the Yellow Sea. |
| South Massif | |
|---|---|
| USE | Causses |
| South Mountain | |
|---|---|
| RT | Appalachians |
| Blue Ridge Mountains | |
| Maryland | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Pennsylvania | |
| SN | Ridge in W Maryland and S Pennsylvania. Also occurs in Nova Scotia and in other locations. Indexed with counties or states and mountain ranges as applicable. |
| South Mountain Batholith | |
|---|---|
| RT | Carboniferous |
| Devonian | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| SN | SW Nova Scotia. Indexed with Nova Scotia if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| South Nahanni River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Mackenzie District Northwest Territories | |
| ...South Nahanni River | |
| SN | SW Mackenzie District. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| South Orkney Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .South Orkney Islands | |
| BT | Scotia Sea Islands |
| .South Orkney Islands | |
| NT | Signy Island |
| UF | South Orkneys |
| RT | Falkland Islands |
| Orkney Islands | |
| SN | British islands 850 miles NE of Antarctic Peninsula. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| South Orkneys | |
|---|---|
| USE | South Orkney Islands |
| South Pacific | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| NT | Chatham Rise |
| Fiji Plateau | |
| Kermadec Trench | |
| Southeast Pacific | |
| Southwest Pacific | |
| RT | North Pacific |
| Antarctic Bottom Water | |
| Northeast Pacific | |
| West Pacific | |
| Northwest Pacific | |
| East Pacific | |
| Equatorial Pacific | |
| Leg 21 | |
| DSDP Site 277 | |
| Leg 7 | |
| Pacific Basin | |
| Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Pacific Ocean AND south. |
| South Pass | |
|---|---|
| RT | Mississippi Delta |
| Plaquemines Parish Louisiana | |
| Wind River Range | |
| Wyoming | |
| SN | One of the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Also a gap in the Wind River Range of central Wyoming. Indexed with county or region as applicable. |
| South Platte River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Platte River | |
| RT | Colorado |
| Nebraska | |
| Platte River | |
| SN | River in central to NE Colorado and SW Nebraska. Indexed with states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| South Platte River valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Platte River valley | |
| RT | Colorado |
| Nebraska | |
| SN | Also search South Platte; South Platte River. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| South Pole | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .South Pole | |
| RT | Antarctic Polar Cap |
| polar caps | |
| polar regions | |
| SN | The S extremity of the Earth's axis at 90#DG S latitude, and the point from which all directions are N. |
| South Polish Glaciation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Quarternary | |
| ....Pleistocene | |
| .....Upper Pleistocene | |
| ......Cromerian | |
| .......South Polish Glaciation | |
| RT | Poland |
| SN | Refers to glaciation in S Poland which was roughly the southern limit of Pleistocene glaciers in central Europe. |
| South Polynesian Pacific | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used from 1981-1994 for a region in the southeastern Pacific bounded on the east and south by the East Pacific Rise and the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, and on the west by a line extending from the southern end of Macquarie |
| South Ray Crater | |
|---|---|
| BT | Moon |
| .South Ray Crater | |
| South Sandwich Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Scotia Sea Islands |
| .South Sandwich Islands | |
| RT | Antarctica |
| Antarctic Ocean | |
| Atlantic Ocean Islands | |
| Falkland Islands | |
| SN | Group of small volcanic islands at E end of Scotia Sea about 1350 miles E of Cape Horn. Part of Falkland Island Dependencies. Indexed with Atlantic Ocean Islands and/or Antarctica as applicable. |
| South Saskatchewan River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..South Saskatchewan River | |
| RT | Alberta |
| Saskatchewan | |
| North Saskatchewan River | |
| Saskatchewan River | |
| SN | Rises in the Rocky Mountains of W Alberta. Indexed with provinces as applicable. |
| South Sea Islands | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1968. See Oceania; West Pacific Ocean Islands; East Pacific Ocean Islands. |
| South Shetland Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .South Shetland Islands | |
| BT | Scotia Sea Islands |
| .South Shetland Islands | |
| NT | Deception Island |
| King George Island | |
| Livingston Island | |
| UF | South Shetlands |
| RT | False Bay |
| Shetland Islands | |
| Melville Peninsula | |
| SN | N of the Antarctic Peninsula and S of Drake Passage. Part of British Antarctic Territory. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| South Shetlands | |
|---|---|
| USE | South Shetland Islands |
| South Victoria Land | |
|---|---|
| USE | Victoria Land |
| South Vietnam | |
|---|---|
| USE | Vietnam |
| South Wales | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....Wales | |
| .....South Wales | |
| RT | Glamorgan Wales |
| Dyfed Wales | |
| SN | Region in S part of Wales. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| South Wales coal field | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....Wales | |
| .....South Wales coal field | |
| UF | South Wales Coalfield |
| RT | coal fields |
| SN | Concentrated industrial area N of Bristol Channel. Also search South Wales. |
| South Wales Coalfield | |
|---|---|
| USE | South Wales coal field |
| South-Central China | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See provinces: Hubei China, Hunan China, Guangxi China, and Guangdong China. Henan China and Hainan China were considered part of this region for 1992. |
| South-West Africa | |
|---|---|
| USE | Namibia |
| South-West England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....South-West England | |
| RT | Cornubian Batholith |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southampton County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Southampton County Virginia | |
| Southeast Asia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Southeast Asia | |
| RT | Great Sumatran Fault |
| SN | Before 1981, also search Asia AND southeast. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southeast Atlantic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .South Atlantic | |
| ..Southeast Atlantic | |
| RT | North Atlantic |
| East Atlantic | |
| Northeast Atlantic | |
| Northwest Atlantic | |
| Southwest Atlantic | |
| West Atlantic | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Atlantic Ocean AND southeast. From 1986-1994, Southeast Atlantic had several narrower terms. See South Atlantic. |
| Southeast Indian Ridge | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indian Ocean |
| .Mid-Indian Ridge | |
| ..Southeast Indian Ridge | |
| NT | Australian-Antarctic discordance |
| UF | Indian-Antarctic Ridge |
| Indo-Antarctic Ridge | |
| RT | Antarctic Ocean |
| Leg 28 | |
| mid-ocean ridges | |
| Rodriguez triple junction | |
| DSDP Site 265 | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southeast Pacific | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southeast Pacific | |
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .East Pacific | |
| ..Southeast Pacific | |
| NT | Bauer Deep |
| Chile Ridge | |
| Lau Basin | |
| Louisville Ridge | |
| Manihiki Plateau | |
| Nazca Ridge | |
| Tonga Trench | |
| RT | Drake Passage |
| DSDP Site 157 | |
| DSDP Site 318 | |
| DSDP Site 319 | |
| DSDP Site 320 | |
| DSDP Site 321 | |
| DSDP Site 595 | |
| DSDP Site 596 | |
| DSDP Site 597 | |
| DSDP Site 598 | |
| DSDP Site 599 | |
| DSDP Site 600 | |
| DSDP Site 601 | |
| DSDP Site 73 | |
| DSDP Site 74 | |
| DSDP Site 75 | |
| DSDP Site 76 | |
| DSDP Site 80 | |
| DSDP Sit | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Pacific Ocean AND southeast. Before 1995, South American Pacific and parts of South Polynesian Pacific and Polynesian Pacific were also sometimes used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Southeastern Alaska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alaska | |
| ..Southeastern Alaska | |
| NT | Alaska Panhandle |
| Alexander Archipelago | |
| Glacier Bay National Park | |
| Juneau Alaska | |
| Juneau ice field | |
| Sitka Sound | |
| Variegated Glacier | |
| RT | Alexander Terrane |
| Fairweather Fault | |
| Glacier Bay | |
| Tracy Arm | |
| Yakutat Terrane | |
| SN | Artificial region based on U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle designations. Includes Alexander Archipelago. Also search quadrangles if applicable. Indexed with quadrangles as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Southeastern Nigeria | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Valid 1981-1992. |
| Southeastern Polish Hills | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Southeastern Polish Hills | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southeastern Transdanubia | |
|---|---|
| BT | ngary |
| .Transdanubia | |
| ..Southeastern Transdanubia | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southeastern U.S. | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Eastern U.S. | |
| ..Southeastern U.S. | |
| SN | As of 1993, term is used only for broad general discussions. See United States or individual states to search those areas. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Southeastern Venezuela | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Venezuela | |
| ..Southeastern Venezuela | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern Africa | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Southern Africa | |
| NT | Barberton greenstone belt |
| Botswana | |
| Kaapvaal Craton | |
| Lesotho | |
| Namaqualand | |
| Namaqualand metamorphic complex | |
| Namibia | |
| Orange River | |
| South Africa | |
| Swaziland | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| RT | West Africa |
| North Africa | |
| Central Africa | |
| East Africa | |
| Damara Orogeny | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Africa AND southern. |
| Southern Alaska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alaska | |
| ..Southern Alaska | |
| NT | Anchorage Alaska |
| Bering Glacier | |
| Chugach Mountains | |
| Kenai Peninsula | |
| Knik Arm | |
| Martin River Glacier | |
| Matanuska Valley | |
| Mount Spurr | |
| Prince William Sound | |
| Redoubt | |
| Susitna River | |
| Susitna River basin | |
| Talkeetna Mountains | |
| Turnagain Arm | |
| Valdez Alaska | |
| Wrangell Mountains | |
| Yakutat Bay | |
| RT | Border Ranges Fault |
| Denali National Park | |
| Prince of Wales Island | |
| Cook Inlet | |
| Saint Elias Mountains | |
| Columbia Glacier | |
| Copper River basin | |
| Talkeetna Formation | |
| Delta River | |
| Trans-Alaska Pipeline | |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Basin | |
| Icy Bay | |
| Middleton Island | |
| Montague Island | |
| Yukon-T | |
| SN | Artificial region based on U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle designations. Also search quadrangles if applicable. Indexed with quadrangles as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Southern Alps | |
|---|---|
| RT | Fox Glacier |
| New Zealand | |
| South Island | |
| SN | Restricted to central South Island, New Zealand. Also index New Zealand and South Island. |
| Southern Andes | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Andes | |
| ..Southern Andes | |
| RT | Puna |
| Central Andes | |
| Northern Andes | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search Andes AND south or southern. |
| Southern Apennines | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Apennines | |
| ....Southern Apennines | |
| RT | Sila Massif |
| Vulture Mountain | |
| SN | Before 1981, also search Apennines AND South. Northern extent is Sella di Vinchiaturo Pass. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern Appalachians | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Appalachians | |
| ..Southern Appalachians | |
| RT | Brevard Zone |
| Rome Trough | |
| Charlotte Belt | |
| Carolina Terrane | |
| Kings Mountain Belt | |
| Central Appalachians | |
| Northern Appalachians | |
| Emerson Fault | |
| Tuscumbia Limestone | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search Appalachians AND south or southern. |
| Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Atlantic Coastal Plain | |
| ..Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain | |
| SN | Before 1981, also search Atlantic Coastal Plain AND South. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Southern California | |
| RT | TERRAscope |
| Big Bear earthquake 1992 | |
| Landers earthquake 1992 | |
| SN | Before 1978, search California AND south. |
| Southern California Batholith | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Southern California Batholith | |
| Southern Carpathians | |
|---|---|
| USE | Transylvanian Alps |
| Southern coal field | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New South Wales Australia | |
| ...Southern coal field | |
| UF | Southern Coalfield |
| RT | coal fields |
| Sydney Basin | |
| SN | Sydney Basin, E New South Wales. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Southern Coalfield | |
|---|---|
| USE | Southern coal field |
| Southern Cook Islands | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cook Islands |
| Southern Finland Province | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Finland | |
| ....Southern Finland Province | |
| NT | Helsinki Finland |
| Nummi-Pusula Finland | |
| SN | Before 1998, also search Kymi Finland, Uusimaa Finland or Hame Finland, the former provinces. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Southern Great Plains | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Great Plains | |
| ..Southern Great Plains | |
| UF | Southern High Plains |
| RT | Llano Estacado |
| Northern Great Plains | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Great Plains AND south or southern. |
| Southern Hemisphere | |
|---|---|
| RT | Eastern Hemisphere |
| Gondwana | |
| Northern Hemisphere | |
| Western Hemisphere | |
| SN | Used when discussing many large areas too numerous to mention. |
| Southern High Plains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Southern Great Plains |
| Southern Highlands | |
|---|---|
| RT | Moon |
| New South Wales Australia | |
| Southern Highlands Papua New Guinea | |
| Southern Uplands | |
| SN | Highland region in New South Wales, Australia. and the cratered highland part of the Moon's southern hemisphere. Before 1993, also used as a province in Papua New Guinea. Search in combination with Australia or Moon as applicable. Indexed with regions as |
| Southern Highlands Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Papua New Guinea | |
| ..Southern Highlands Papua New Guinea | |
| RT | Southern Highlands |
| SN | Province. |
| southern Italy earthquake 1980 | |
|---|---|
| USE | Irpinia earthquake 1980 |
| Southern Norway | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Norway | |
| ....Southern Norway | |
| SN | N boundary is Trondheim. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern Ocean | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Index Antarctic Ocean where waters include parts of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean south of approximately 55#DG S. |
| Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen | |
| RT | Oklahoma |
| Texas | |
| Midcontinent | |
| SN | S Midcontinent, N Texas and S Oklahoma. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Southern Oscillation | |
|---|---|
| RT | atmosphere |
| circulation | |
| El Nino | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| paleo-oceanography | |
| SN | Fluctuation of the intertropical atmospheric circulation, particularly in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. It is strongly linked to El Nino which flows along the west coast of South America. Also search ENSO. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Southern Peninsula, Michigan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Michigan Lower Peninsula |
| Southern Province | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Canadian Shield | |
| ..Southern Province | |
| RT | Ontario |
| Wisconsin | |
| Minnesota | |
| Michigan | |
| Lake Superior region | |
| SN | Structural province of the Canadian Shield. Primarily in the Lake Superior region. Indexed with Ontario and/or states as applicable. |
| Southern Ranges, Buenos Aires | |
|---|---|
| USE | Sierras Australes |
| Southern Rhodesia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Zimbabwe |
| Southern Rocky Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Rocky Mountains | |
| ..Southern Rocky Mountains | |
| RT | United States |
| U. S. Rocky Mountains | |
| Northern Rocky Mountains | |
| Central Rocky Mountains | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search Rocky Mountains AND (south OR southern). |
| Southern Swiss Alps | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Switzerland | |
| ...Swiss Alps | |
| ....Southern Swiss Alps | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern Transdanubia | |
|---|---|
| BT | ngary |
| .Transdanubia | |
| ..Southern Transdanubia | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern U.S. | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Southern U.S. | |
| RT | Mississippi Valley |
| SN | As of 1993, term is used only for broad general discussions. For complete search, also search states. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southern Uplands | |
|---|---|
| RT | England |
| Florida | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Scotland | |
| Southern Highlands | |
| SN | Between the Scottish Lowlands to the N and the Cheviot Hills on the English border to the S. Also used in Florida and in Nova Scotia. Indexed with counties or regions as applicable. |
| Southern Urals | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Urals | |
| ..Southern Urals | |
| NT | Ural-Tau |
| RT | Russian Federation |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Mugodzhar Hills | |
| Bakal Russian Federation | |
| Sakmara Zone | |
| Taratash Complex | |
| Zhetybay Kazakhstan | |
| SN | Section of the Urals N of the Mugodzhar Hills. |
| Southern Yemen | |
|---|---|
| USE | Yemen |
| SN | Former Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen. United with Yemen Arab Republic in 1990. |
| Southland New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Southland New Zealand | |
| NT | Fiordland National Park |
| RT | South Island |
| SN | A land district in SW South Island. Also index South Island. |
| Southwest Atlantic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .South Atlantic | |
| ..Southwest Atlantic | |
| RT | North Atlantic |
| East Atlantic | |
| Northeast Atlantic | |
| Northwest Atlantic | |
| Southeast Atlantic | |
| West Atlantic | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Atlantic Ocean AND southwest. |
| Southwest Florida Water Management District | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Southwest Florida Water Management District | |
| RT | Gulf Coastal Plain |
| Floridan Aquifer | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Southwest Indian Ridge | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indian Ocean |
| .Southwest Indian Ridge | |
| RT | mid-ocean ridges |
| Atlantis II fracture zone | |
| Leg 118 | |
| Leg 176 | |
| ODP Site 732 | |
| ODP Site 733 | |
| ODP Site 734 | |
| ODP Site 735 | |
| Rodriguez triple junction | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southwest Pacific | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .West Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| NT | Arafura Sea |
| Banda Sea | |
| Bismarck Sea | |
| Coral Sea | |
| Java Sea | |
| Lord Howe Rise | |
| Norfolk Ridge | |
| North Fiji Basin | |
| Tasman Basin | |
| Tasman Sea | |
| Torres Strait | |
| RT | Bonaparte Gulf basin |
| Broken Bay | |
| DSDP Site 204 | |
| DSDP Site 205 | |
| DSDP Site 206 | |
| DSDP Site 209 | |
| DSDP Site 262 | |
| DSDP Site 275 | |
| DSDP Site 276 | |
| DSDP Site 277 | |
| DSDP Site 278 | |
| DSDP Site 279 | |
| DSDP Site 280 | |
| DSDP Site 281 | |
| DSDP Site 285 | |
| DSDP Site 286 | |
| DSDP Site 288 | |
| DSDP Site 64 | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Pacific Ocean AND southwest. Before 1995, parts of South Polynesian Pacific and Polynesian Pacific were sometimes used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Southwestern Alaska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alaska | |
| ..Southwestern Alaska | |
| NT | Alaska Peninsula |
| Aleutian Islands | |
| Katmai | |
| Katmai National Park | |
| Kodiak Island | |
| Novarupta | |
| Nunivak Island | |
| Shelikof Strait | |
| Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes | |
| RT | Pavlof |
| Cook Inlet | |
| Augustine | |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Basin | |
| SN | Artificial region based on U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle designations. Includes Aleutian Islands and Kodiak Island. Also search quadrangles if applicable. Also index quadrangles if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Southwestern China | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used as a regional term from 1985-1992. Now see Guizhou China, Sichuan China, Yunnan China and Xizang China. |
| Southwestern German Hills | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Southwestern German Hills | |
| RT | Holzmaden region |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Southwestern German Massifs | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Southwestern German Massifs | |
| RT | Hesse Germany |
| SN | Chiefly in S Hesse. Indexed with German states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Southwestern U.S. | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Southwestern U.S. | |
| SN | As of 1993, term is used only for broad general discussions. Before 1978, also search United States AND (southwest OR southwestern). For complete search, also search states. |
| Southwestern USSR | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1993, see Commonwealth of Independent States. Before 1978, search USSR AND (southwest OR southwestern). |