Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
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| stability | |
|---|---|
| RT | foundations |
| land subsidence | |
| paleomagnetism | |
| slope stability | |
| engineering geology | |
| geochemistry | |
| stabilization | |
| tunnels | |
| underground installations | |
| stabilization | |
|---|---|
| RT | artificial islands |
| beach nourishment | |
| retaining walls | |
| shorelines | |
| slope stability | |
| stability | |
| Stablo | |
|---|---|
| SN | See Stavelot Belgium or Stavelot-Venn Massif. |
| stacking | |
|---|---|
| RT | crystal structure |
| data processing | |
| defects | |
| normal moveout | |
| poststack migration | |
| prestack migration | |
| seismic methods | |
| signal-to-noise ratio | |
| geophysical methods | |
| tectonics | |
| time domain analysis | |
| velocity | |
| velocity analysis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Stafford County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Stafford County Kansas | |
| SN | S central Kansas. |
| Stafford County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Stafford County Virginia | |
| SN | NE Virginia. |
| Staffordshire England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Staffordshire England | |
| RT | Midlands |
| Dudley England | |
| Wolverhampton England | |
| SN | County in W central England. After 1974, part of the territory was taken to form West Midlands County. |
| Stage 1 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Series 1 | |
| .....Stage 1 | |
| Stage 10 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Furongian | |
| .....Stage 10 | |
| Stage 2 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Series 1 | |
| .....Stage 2 | |
| Stage 3 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Series 2 | |
| .....Stage 3 | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Middle Ordovician | |
| .....Stage 3 | |
| Stage 4 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Series 2 | |
| .....Stage 4 | |
| Stage 5 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Series 3 | |
| .....Stage 5 | |
| Stage 7 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Series 3 | |
| .....Stage 7 | |
| Stage 9 | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Furongian | |
| .....Stage 9 | |
| stage, universal | |
|---|---|
| USE | universal stage |
| stages | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid general term through 1977. Use specific term, e.g. stratigraphic units. |
| stainierite | |
|---|---|
| USE | heterogenite |
| staining | |
|---|---|
| RT | paleobotany |
| paleontology | |
| petrology | |
| sample preparation | |
| Staked Plain | |
|---|---|
| USE | Llano Estacado |
| stalactites | |
|---|---|
| RT | caverns |
| caves | |
| solution features | |
| speleothems | |
| geomorphology | |
| stalagmites | |
| volcanic features | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| stalagmites | |
|---|---|
| RT | caverns |
| caves | |
| solution features | |
| speleothems | |
| stalactites | |
| geomorphology | |
| volcanic features | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| Stalin | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. A former name for various places including the city in Romania; seaport of Varna in Bulgaria; city of Donetsk in the Ukraine. See Brasov Romania, Varna Bulgaria. |
| Stalinabad Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Dushanbe Tajikistan |
| Stalingrad Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| USE | Volgograd Russian Federation |
| Stampian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Oligocene | |
| .....lower Oligocene | |
| ......Stampian | |
| RT | Rupelian |
| Sannoisian | |
| SN | France. |
| standard deviation | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .standard deviation | |
| UF | deviation, standard |
| standard materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | absolute age |
| chemical analysis | |
| crystallography | |
| igneous rocks | |
| interlaboratory comparison | |
| isotopes | |
| materials | |
| minerals | |
| petrology | |
| quality control | |
| silicate rocks | |
| spectroscopy | |
| geochemistry | |
| standard rocks | |
| standardization | |
| thermal analysis | |
| SN | Used for rocks or minerals or other materials that have been designated as standard by geological laboratories. Before 1976, also search standard rocks. Indexed with with specific type of material and name of laboratory where available. |
| standard rocks | |
|---|---|
| RT | interlaboratory comparison |
| rocks | |
| standard materials | |
| SN | Also index standard materials. |
| standardization | |
|---|---|
| RT | interlaboratory comparison |
| standard materials | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| Stanislaus County California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Stanislaus County California | |
| SN | Central California. |
| Stanislav Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ivano-Frankovsk Ukraine |
| Stanislawow Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ivano-Frankovsk Ukraine |
| Stanley County South Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Dakota | |
| ..Stanley County South Dakota | |
| Stanley Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Mississippian | |
| .....Stanley Group | |
| RT | Oklahoma |
| Arkansas | |
| SN | Includes Hatton Tuff Lentil, Ten Mile Creek Formation, Moyers Formation, Chickasaw Creek Formation. W Arkansas, and central S and SE Oklahoma. |
| Stanly County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Stanly County North Carolina | |
| SN | S central North Carolina. |
| stannite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfosalts |
| .sulfostannates | |
| ..stannite | |
| UF | tin pyrites |
| stannoidite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .stannoidite | |
| Stanovoi Range | |
|---|---|
| USE | Stanovoy Range |
| Stanovoy Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Stanovoy Range | |
| BT | Asia |
| .Stanovoy Range | |
| UF | Stanovoi Range |
| Stanovoy Upland | |
| RT | Yakutia Russian Federation |
| Amur region | |
| Khabarovsk Russian Federation | |
| SN | Mountain range between Yakutia and Amur Oblast with Khabarovsk Kray on the E. Also search Stanovoy. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Stanovoy Upland | |
|---|---|
| USE | Stanovoy Range |
| Stansbury Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Utah | |
| ..Tooele County Utah | |
| ...Stansbury Mountains | |
| SN | In Wasatch National Forest in NW Utah. |
| Stanstead County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Stanstead County Quebec | |
| Stanton County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Stanton County Kansas | |
| SN | SW Kansas. |
| Stanton County Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nebraska | |
| ..Stanton County Nebraska | |
| SN | NE Nebraska. |
| Stanton Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Pennsylvanian | |
| .....Upper Pennsylvanian | |
| ......Missourian | |
| .......Stanton Formation | |
| RT | Iowa |
| Missouri | |
| Oklahoma | |
| Nebraska | |
| Kansas | |
| Lansing Group | |
| Rock Lake Shale Member | |
| SN | In Lansing Group. Includes Captain Creek Limestone, Eudora Shale, Stoner Limestone, Rock Lake Shale, South Bend Limestone members. SW Iowa, E Kansas, NW Missouri, SE Nebraska, and NE Oklahoma. |
| Stanton's Cave | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arizona | |
| ..Stanton's Cave | |
| RT | Grand Canyon |
| SN | Paleontological and archaeological site in Grand Canyon National Park, NW Arizona. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Star Point Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Star Point Sandstone | |
| RT | Utah |
| Mesaverde Group | |
| SN | In Mesaverde Group. E central Utah. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Stara Planina | |
|---|---|
| USE | Balkan Mountains |
| Stark County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Stark County Illinois | |
| SN | N central Illinois. |
| Stark County North Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Dakota | |
| ..Stark County North Dakota | |
| SN | W North Dakota. |
| Stark County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Stark County Ohio | |
| SN | E central Ohio. |
| Starke County Indiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indiana |
| .Starke County Indiana | |
| Starobin Belarus | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Belarus | |
| ..Starobin Belarus | |
| SN | Town in S central Belarus. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Starr County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Starr County Texas | |
| stars | |
|---|---|
| NT | supernovas |
| RT | extraterrestrial geology |
| Sun | |
| Stassfurt Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Saxony-Anhalt Germany | |
| ....Stassfurt Germany | |
| SN | Salt mining city in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. |
| Staten Island | |
|---|---|
| RT | Argentina |
| Magallanes Chile | |
| Narrows | |
| New York | |
| New York City New York | |
| Raritan Bay | |
| SN | S of Manhattan and across The Narrows from Long Island on the E. Borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, SE New York. Also in Argentina (Isla de los Estados). Indexed with county and state or region as applicable. |
| Statfjord Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Statfjord Formation | |
| RT | North Sea |
| SN | N North Sea. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Statherian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Paleoproterozoic | |
| ....Statherian | |
| static corrections | |
|---|---|
| RT | corrections |
| dynamics | |
| effects | |
| equilibrium | |
| mathematical geology | |
| mechanics | |
| seismic methods | |
| stress | |
| SN | Applied to seismic data to compensate for variations in reference to a datum, elevation, weathering thickness, and weathering velocity. Before 1998, also search statics AND seismic methods. |
| statics | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1998, use static corrections for seismology. |
| statistical analysis | |
|---|---|
| NT | autocorrelation |
| Bayesian analysis | |
| bivariate analysis | |
| canonical analysis | |
| cluster analysis | |
| cokriging | |
| correlation coefficient | |
| correspondence analysis | |
| covariance analysis | |
| crosscorrelation | |
| dendrograms | |
| discriminant analysis | |
| factor analysis | |
| finite difference analysis | |
| finite element analysis | |
| geostatistics | |
| histograms | |
| kriging | |
| kurtosis | |
| least-squares analysis | |
| Markov chain analysis | |
| maximum likelihood | |
| Monte Carlo analysis | |
| multivariate analysis | |
| phi scale | |
| populations | |
| principal components analysis | |
| probability | |
| regression analysis | |
| skewness | |
| standard deviation | |
| time series analysis | |
| trend-surface analysis | |
| univariate analysis | |
| variance analysis | |
| UF | statistical methods |
| RT | analysis |
| data processing | |
| equations | |
| asymmetric distribution | |
| cladistics | |
| biometry | |
| geometry | |
| eigenvalues | |
| extrapolation | |
| interpolation | |
| iterative | |
| SN | Used as a general term for studies that use statistics in analyzing data. Before 1971, also search statistical measures; statistics. |
| statistical distribution | |
|---|---|
| RT | asymmetric distribution |
| distribution | |
| power law | |
| statistical analysis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| statistical measures | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid index term after 1970. Was used in subfile N. Now use statistical analysis or geostatistics. |
| statistical methods | |
|---|---|
| USE | statistical analysis |
| statistics | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid GeoRef index term. Formerly was used in subfiles B and N. Now use statistical analysis or geostatistics. |
| Staunton Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Pennsylvanian | |
| .....Middle Pennsylvanian | |
| ......Staunton Formation | |
| RT | Indiana |
| SN | Overlies Brazil Formation. SW Indiana. |
| staurolite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..nesosilicates | |
| ...staurolite | |
| Stavanger Norway | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Norway | |
| ....Rogaland Norway | |
| .....Stavanger Norway | |
| SN | City on Stavanger Fjord on North Sea S of Bergen. |
| Stavelot | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See Stavelot Belgium or Stavelot-Venn Massif. |
| Stavelot Belgium | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Belgium | |
| ...Liege Belgium | |
| ....Stavelot Belgium | |
| RT | Ardennes |
| SN | Town in the N Ardennes. |
| Stavelot-Venn Massif | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Stavelot-Venn Massif | |
| RT | Germany |
| Belgium | |
| Hohe Venn | |
| SN | Primarily in the N Ardennes of Belgium. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Stavropol region | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Stavropol Russian Federation | |
| ...Stavropol region | |
| UF | Voroshilovsk (region) |
| SN | In Stavropol Kray (Ordzhonikidze Kray before 1945) in the Northern Caucasus. Before 1978, also search Stavropol Russian Federation. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Stavropol Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Stavropol Russian Federation | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Stavropol Russian Federation | |
| NT | Prikumsk Russian Federation |
| Stavropol region | |
| RT | Northern Caucasus |
| SN | Kray (formerly Ordzhonikidze Kray) in the Northern Caucasus. Before 1993, Stavropol Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |