Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
Te  | |
|---|---|
| USE | tellurium |
| Te Aroha New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Te Aroha New Zealand | |
| RT | North Island |
| SN | Town 70 miles SE of Auckland in N central North Island. Also index North Island. |
| teacher education | |
|---|---|
| BT | education |
| .teacher education | |
| UF | teacher training |
| RT | elementary school |
| high school | |
| junior high school | |
| K-12 education | |
| SN | Also search teachers if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| teacher training | |
|---|---|
| USE | teacher education |
| teaching aids | |
|---|---|
| USE | educational resources |
| Teapot Dome | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wyoming | |
| ..Teapot Dome | |
| RT | Natrona County Wyoming |
| SN | Near Casper in central Wyoming. Indexed with county as applicable. |
| Teapot Sandstone Member | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Teapot Sandstone Member | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| SN | E Wyoming. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tear faults | |
|---|---|
| BT | faults |
| .tear faults | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tec |
|---|
| technetium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .technetium | |
| NT | Tc-99 |
| UF | Tc |
| technical cooperation | |
|---|---|
| RT | international cooperation |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| technical writing | |
|---|---|
| UF | writing, technical |
| RT | education |
| research | |
| practice | |
| SN | Also search writing. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| technique | |
|---|---|
| USE | techniques |
| technique and apparatus | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1968. See instruments; techniques; apparatus. |
| techniques | |
|---|---|
| UF | technique |
| RT | instruments |
| precision | |
| quality control | |
| methods | |
| sample preparation | |
| sampling | |
| measurement-while-drilling | |
| irradiation | |
| three-dimensional methods | |
| SN | This term deals with sampling. |
| technology | |
|---|---|
| RT | mining geology |
| production control | |
| technology transfer | |
| technology transfer | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| technology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tectites | |
|---|---|
| USE | tektites |
| tectogenesis | |
|---|---|
| USE | orogeny |
| tectonic | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. Used in reference to maps. See tectonic maps. |
| tectonic breccia | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .clastic rocks | |
| ..breccia | |
| ...tectonic breccia | |
| RT | tectonics |
| megabreccia | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tectonic controls | |
|---|---|
| USE | structural controls |
| tectonic elements | |
|---|---|
| RT | faults |
| folds | |
| fractures | |
| tectonic units | |
| tectonics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tectonic imbrication | |
|---|---|
| USE | imbricate tectonics |
| tectonic lines | |
|---|---|
| USE | lineaments |
| tectonic maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .tectonic maps | |
| RT | tectonics |
| structure contour maps | |
| tectonic units | |
| geotectonic maps | |
| seismotectonic maps | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search maps AND tectonic. Use geotectonic maps for plate tectonics, continental drift and related subjects. |
| tectonic platforms | |
|---|---|
| RT | continents |
| cratons | |
| platforms | |
| tectonic units | |
| tectonics | |
| SN | Before 1981, also search platforms. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tectonic sutures | |
|---|---|
| USE | suture zones |
| tectonic units | |
|---|---|
| RT | cratons |
| tectonic elements | |
| tectonic maps | |
| tectonic platforms | |
| tectonic wedges | |
| tectonics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| tectonic wedges | |
|---|---|
| RT | faults |
| imbricate tectonics | |
| tectonic units | |
| tectonics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tectonics | |
|---|---|
| NT | basement tectonics |
| compression tectonics | |
| cover tectonics | |
| extension tectonics | |
| imbricate tectonics | |
| inversion tectonics | |
| neotectonics | |
| salt tectonics | |
| seismotectonics | |
| thick-skinned tectonics | |
| thin-skinned tectonics | |
| UF | geotectonics |
| tectonism | |
| RT | arches |
| Acadian Phase | |
| Antler Orogeny | |
| accommodation zones | |
| accretion | |
| accretionary wedges | |
| Alleghany Orogeny | |
| allochthons | |
| autochthons | |
| Alpine Orogeny | |
| Andean Orogeny | |
| Appalachian Phase | |
| Assyntic Orogeny | |
| Asturian Orogeny | |
| atectonic processes | |
| aulacogens | |
| back-arc basin | |
| SN | Used for the structural makeup and structural evolution of regions. See also structural analysis for smaller structures. For microscopic structures, see ultrastructure. After 1998, see deformation. Neotectonics is also used for post-Miocene tectonics. Bef |
| tectonism | |
|---|---|
| USE | tectonics |
| tectonite | |
|---|---|
| RT | deformation |
| fabric | |
| preferred orientation | |
| tectonophysics | |
|---|---|
| RT | asthenosphere |
| bibliography | |
| continental drift | |
| continental margin | |
| convection | |
| convection currents | |
| core | |
| core-mantle boundary | |
| crust | |
| crustal thinning | |
| deformation | |
| Earth | |
| Earth tides | |
| expanding Earth | |
| faults | |
| folds | |
| foliation | |
| fractures | |
| geophysics | |
| geosynclines | |
| geotecto | |
| SN | Used for treatments of the application of physics in tectonics; solid-Earth geophysics. Use for the discipline as a whole. |
| Tectonophysics (category) | |
|---|---|
| SN | Tectonophysics, GeoRef category code 18, is one of thirty categories used to classify documents in GeoRef. Each reference in GeoRef is assigned one or more categories. Categories can be used, in addition to Terms, to refine searches (See List A.). |
| tectonosphere | |
|---|---|
| RT | biosphere |
| hydrosphere | |
| lithosphere | |
| plate tectonics | |
| tectonics | |
| tectonostratigraphic terranes | |
|---|---|
| USE | terranes |
| tectonostratigraphic units | |
|---|---|
| RT | event stratigraphy |
| lithostratigraphy | |
| melange | |
| stratigraphic units | |
| stratigraphy | |
| tectonics | |
| terranes | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| tectosilicates | |
|---|---|
| USE | framework silicates |
| teeth | |
|---|---|
| RT | anatomy |
| bones | |
| enamel | |
| jaws | |
| paleopathology | |
| skeletons | |
| skulls | |
| Vertebrata | |
| SN | Also search enamel if applicable. |
| Tehachapi Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Tehachapi Mountains | |
| RT | Kern County California |
| Los Angeles County California | |
| San Emigdio Mountains | |
| SN | Range running E-W between S end of Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges largely in Kern County in S California. Also search Tehachapi. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Tehama County California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Tehama County California | |
| RT | Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| SN | N California. |
| Teheran Iran | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Middle East | |
| ..Iran | |
| ...Teheran Iran | |
| UF | Tehran Iran |
| SN | City at S foot of the Elburz in Central province, Iran. |
| Tehran Iran | |
|---|---|
| USE | Teheran Iran |
| Tehri | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See Tehri Garhwal India. |
| Tehri Garhwal India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Uttar Pradesh India | |
| ....Tehri Garhwal India | |
| SN | District in Himalayas in NW Uttar Pradesh. Also search Tehri. |
| Teichichnus | |
|---|---|
| BT | ichnofossils |
| .Teichichnus | |
| Teide | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean Islands |
| .Canary Islands | |
| ..Tenerife | |
| ...Teide | |
| UF | Pico de Teide |
| Tenerife, Pico de | |
| Teyde, Pico de | |
| RT | volcanoes |
| SN | Large volcano. Tenerife, Canary Islands. Includes Las Canadas Caldera. |
| Teign Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Devonshire England | |
| ......Teign Valley | |
| SN | River valley in Devonshire in SW England. Also search Teign River. |
| Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tornquist-Teisseyre Zone |
| Tejon Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....upper Eocene | |
| ......Tejon Formation | |
| RT | California |
| Cozy Dell Formation | |
| Matilija Formation | |
| SN | At the type section, subdivided into 4 members (ascending): Uvas Conglomerate, Liveoak, Metralla Sandstone, and Reed Canyon Silt. In the Ventura region, includes Matilija, Cozy Dell and Coldwater formations. Underlies Tecuya Formation; overlies basement c |
| Tekeli Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Kazakhstan | |
| ..Tekeli Kazakhstan | |
| SN | Town in Taldy Kurgan Oblast near Xinjiang border in E Kazakhstan. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| tektites | |
|---|---|
| NT | australite |
| Darwin glass | |
| indochinite | |
| irghizite | |
| microtektites | |
| moldavite | |
| muong nong-type tektites | |
| philippinite | |
| UF | tectites |
| RT | isotopes |
| petrology | |
| planetology | |
| meteorites | |
| glass materials | |
| glasses | |
| asteroids | |
| comets | |
| impactite | |
| spherules | |
| SN | Used for the descriptions of small, rounded, pitted bodies of silicate glass of nonvolcanic origin. |
| tele | |
|---|---|
| USE | frozen ground |
| Teleajen Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Romania | |
| ...Teleajen Valley | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Moldavia | |
| ..Teleajen Valley | |
| RT | Prahova Romania |
| SN | River valley in Prahova County in NE Moldavia. Also search Teleajen; Teleajen River. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Telemark Norway | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Norway | |
| ....Telemark Norway | |
| NT | Bamble Norway |
| Langesund Fjord | |
| telemetry | |
|---|---|
| RT | Landsat |
| measurement | |
| microwave methods | |
| multispectral analysis | |
| remote sensing | |
| satellite methods | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Teleosauridae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Reptilia | |
| ....Diapsida | |
| .....Archosauria | |
| ......Crocodilia | |
| .......Teleosauridae | |
| SN | Family. |
| Teleostei | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Pisces | |
| ...Osteichthyes | |
| ....Actinopterygii | |
| .....Teleostei | |
| NT | Cypriniformes |
| Perciformes | |
| Salmoniformes | |
| SN | Infraclass. |
| teleseismic signals | |
|---|---|
| RT | coseismic processes |
| earthquakes | |
| signals | |
| seismology | |
| telethermal processes | |
|---|---|
| RT | mineral deposits, genesis |
| processes | |
| SN | Also search telethermal. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| television logging | |
|---|---|
| SN | Use well-logging. Also see borehole televiewers. |
| Telfair County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Telfair County Georgia | |
| telinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | macerals |
| .vitrinite | |
| ..telinite | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Tell | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Algeria | |
| ...Tell | |
| SN | The Mediterranean coastal region of Algeria which is favored by a Mediterranean type climate. |
| Teller County Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Teller County Colorado | |
| NT | Cripple Creek Colorado |
| SN | Central Colorado. |
| tellurates | |
|---|---|
| RT | minerals |
| SN | Before 1981, search tellurates and tellurites. |
| tellurates and tellurites | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use either tellurates or tellurites as applicable. |
| tellurbismuth | |
|---|---|
| USE | tellurobismuthite |
| telluric currents | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid index term for GeoRef. See Earth-current methods. |
| telluric methods | |
|---|---|
| USE | Earth-current methods |
| tellurides | |
|---|---|
| NT | altaite |
| calaverite | |
| coloradoite | |
| hedleyite | |
| hessite | |
| joseite | |
| sylvanite | |
| tellurobismuthite | |
| tetradymite | |
| RT | minerals |
| wehrlite | |
| tellurites | |
|---|---|
| NT | mroseite |
| RT | minerals |
| SN | Before 1981, search tellurates and tellurites. |
| tellurium | |
|---|---|
| UF | Te |
| RT | chalcophile elements |
| heavy metals | |
| chemical elements | |
| tellurobismuthite | |
|---|---|
| BT | tellurides |
| .tellurobismuthite | |
| UF | tellurbismuth |
| Telychian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Silurian | |
| ....Llandovery | |
| .....Telychian | |
| TEM data | |
|---|---|
| UF | transmission electron microscopy data |
| RT | electron microscopy |
| data | |
| electron microscopy data | |
| SEM data | |
| scanning electron microscopy | |
| SN | Acronym. For the method, see transmission method. For transient electromagnetic (TEM) response, use transient methods and (electromagnetic methods, or electromagnetic logging) as applicable. |
| Temagami Mine | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Ontario | |
| ...Temagami Mine | |
| UF | Timagami Mine |
| RT | mines |
| silver ores | |
| copper ores | |
| gold ores | |
| SN | Copper, gold and silver ores. Near village of Temagami on E end of Lake Temagami near Quebec border. Also search Temagami; Timagami. |
| Temblor Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Miocene | |
| .....Temblor Formation | |
| RT | California |
| SN | Central and Southern California. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Temblor Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Temblor Range | |
| RT | Kern County California |
| San Luis Obispo County California | |
| San Emigdio Mountains | |
| SN | Along SW San Joaquin Valley in W and SW Kern County. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Temiscamingue County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Temiscamingue County Quebec | |
| NT | Kipawa Lake |
| Rouyn Quebec | |
| UF | Timiskaming County Quebec |
| Temiskaming County Quebec | |
| RT | Timiskaming District Ontario |
| Lake Timiskaming | |
| SN | SW Quebec on Ontario border. |
| Temiscamingue District Ontario | |
|---|---|
| USE | Timiskaming District Ontario |
| Temiscamingue Lake | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lake Timiskaming |
| Temiscouata County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Temiscouata County Quebec | |
| Temiskaming County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| USE | Temiscamingue County Quebec |
| Temiskaming District Ontario | |
|---|---|
| USE | Timiskaming District Ontario |
| Temiskaming Lake | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lake Timiskaming |
| Temnospondyli | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Amphibia | |
| ....Labyrinthodontia | |
| .....Temnospondyli | |
| SN | Order. |
| Tempe Terra | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mars |
| .Tempe Terra | |
| SN | Extensive land mass. Named for Tempe albedo feature. |
| temperate environment | |
|---|---|
| RT | climate |
| depositional environment | |
| ecology | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| rain forests | |
| SN | Before 1978, search temperate. |
| temperature | |
|---|---|
| NT | high temperature |
| low temperature | |
| UF | temperatures |
| RT | P-T-t paths |
| climate | |
| phase equilibria | |
| heat flow | |
| boiling | |
| geologic thermometry | |
| fluid inclusions | |
| greenhouse effect | |
| isochores | |
| global warming | |
| cooling | |
| heating | |
| emissivity | |
| Kirchhoff integral | |
| P-T conditions | |
| paleotemperature | |
| sea-surface temperature | |
| isotherms | |
| specifi | |
| SN | For temperatures of mineral formation, see phase equilibria. As of 1982, use paleotemperature under paleoclimatology. Before 1974, also search paleotemperature; paleotemperatures. |
| temperature anomaly | |
|---|---|
| USE | thermal anomalies |
| temperature logging | |
|---|---|
| BT | well-logging |
| .temperature logging | |
| RT | heat flow |
| temperature | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| temperature methods | |
|---|---|
| USE | heat flow |
| temperatures | |
|---|---|
| USE | temperature |
| tempestite | |
|---|---|
| RT | clastic rocks |
| clastic sediments | |
| sedimentary rocks | |
| sediments | |
| shallow-water environment | |
| storm environment | |
| SN | Storm deposit. Indexed with clastic rocks or clastic sediments as applicable. See lists I or N. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| temporal distribution | |
|---|---|
| RT | distribution |
| time factor | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Tendoy Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Montana | |
| ..Beaverhead County Montana | |
| ...Tendoy Range | |
| BT | United States |
| .U. S. Rocky Mountains | |
| ..Tendoy Range | |
| SN | SW Montana. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tenerife | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean Islands |
| .Canary Islands | |
| ..Tenerife | |
| NT | Teide |
| UF | Teneriffe |
| SN | Largest island in the Spanish controlled Canary Islands off NW Africa. |
| Tenerife, Pico de | |
|---|---|
| USE | Teide |
| Teneriffe | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tenerife |
| Tengchong | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Yunnan China | |
| ....Tengchong | |
| RT | volcanoes |
| geothermal fields | |
| SN | Volcano-geothermal region in Yunnan, SW China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tengiz Field | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Kazakhstan | |
| ..Tengiz Field | |
| RT | oil and gas fields |
| Caspian Depression | |
| Emba River | |
| SN | Supergiant oil field SE Caspian Depression, W central Kazakhstan. Also search Tengiz which was also infrequently used for the lake 800 miles to the east. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tengiz Lake | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Kazakhstan | |
| ..Tengiz Lake | |
| UF | Teniz Lake |
| RT | Sarysu River |
| SN | Salt lake NW of Karaganda in N central Kazakhstan. See Tengiz Field for the Caspian oil field in W Kazakhstan. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Teniz Lake | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tengiz Lake |
| Tennant Creek Australia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..Northern Territory Australia | |
| ...Tennant Creek Australia | |
| SN | Village 280 miles N of Alice Springs in central Northern Territory. |
| tennantite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfosalts |
| .sulfarsenites | |
| ..tennantite | |
| RT | copper ores |
| copper minerals | |
| Tennes |
|---|
| Tennessee River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee River | |
| RT | Kentucky |
| Alabama | |
| Tennessee | |
| SN | Formed near Knoxville in E Tennessee. It flows SW, W, and then N entering the Ohio River at Paducah in W Kentucky. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Tennessee Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| RT | Arkansas |
| geophysics | |
| Pennsylvanian | |
| SN | Not a currently valid stratigraphic name in the United States. Tennessee Sandstone is typically exposed in Tennessee Ridge, Sebastian County, Tennessee. This material is used for studies of geophysical and structural properties. |
| Tennessee Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee Valley | |
| RT | Kentucky |
| Alabama | |
| Tennessee | |
| Great Appalachian Valley | |
| SN | River valley. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Tensas Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Tensas Parish Louisiana | |
| tensile strength | |
|---|---|
| RT | deformation |
| elastic properties | |
| failures | |
| fatigue | |
| mechanical properties | |
| rupture | |
| shear strength | |
| strength | |
| engineering geology | |
| tensiometers | |
| tension | |
| tensiometers | |
|---|---|
| RT | instruments |
| tensile strength | |
| tension | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tensleep Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Tensleep Sandstone | |
| RT | Pennsylvanian |
| Lower Permian | |
| Wyoming | |
| Montana | |
| SN | In Montchauve Group. Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian. Overlies Amsden Formation. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
| Tentaculites | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Tentaculitida | |
| ...Tentaculitidae | |
| ....Tentaculites | |
| RT | problematic fossils |
| SN | Genus. |
| Tentaculitida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Tentaculitida | |
| NT | Tentaculitidae |
| RT | problematic fossils |
| SN | Order. |
| Tentaculitidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Tentaculitida | |
| ...Tentaculitidae | |
| NT | Tentaculites |
| RT | problematic fossils |
| SN | Family. |
| Tepee Trail Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....upper Eocene | |
| ......Tepee Trail Formation | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| SN | NW Wyoming. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| tephra | |
|---|---|
| USE | pyroclastics |
| tephrite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..basalts | |
| ...alkali basalts | |
| ....tephrite | |
| tephrochronology | |
|---|---|
| RT | geochronology |
| relative age | |
| tephroite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..nesosilicates | |
| ...olivine group | |
| ....tephroite | |
| RT | manganese minerals |
| Teplice Czech Republic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Czech Republic | |
| ...Bohemia | |
| ....Teplice Czech Republic | |
| UF | Teplice-Sanov Czech Republic |
| SN | City in the Erzgebirge, NW Czech Republic NNW of Prague. Before 1995, Teplice Czechoslovakia was also used. |
| Teplice-Sanov Czech Republic | |
|---|---|
| USE | Teplice Czech Republic |
| Ter River basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Ter River basin | |
| RT | Gerona Spain |
| Barcelona Spain | |
| Catalonia Spain | |
| SN | In Catalonia, Spain. Also search Ter River. Indexed with Spain and provinces as applicable. |
| terbium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .rare earths | |
| ..terbium | |
| UF | Tb |
| Terceira Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean Islands |
| .Azores | |
| ..Terceira Island | |
| SN | Central island of Portuguese controlled group. Site of U. S. Lajes Air Force Base. Also search Terceira. |
| Tereblya Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Ukraine | |
| ..Tereblya Ukraine | |
| SN | Village in SW Ukraine near the Romanian border. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Terebratulida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Brachiopoda | |
| ..Articulata | |
| ...Terebratulida | |
| NT | Terebratulidae |
| Terebratulina | |
| SN | Order. |
| Terebratulidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Brachiopoda | |
| ..Articulata | |
| ...Terebratulida | |
| ....Terebratulidae | |
| SN | Family. |
| Terebratulina | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Brachiopoda | |
| ..Articulata | |
| ...Terebratulida | |
| ....Terebratulina | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Terek River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Terek River | |
| RT | Russian Federation |
| Georgian Republic | |
| SN | Flows into the Caspian Sea N of Makhachkala in the Northern Caucasus. Also search Terek. Indexed with former Soviet republics as applicable. |
| Terlingua Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Brewster County Texas | |
| ...Terlingua Texas | |
| SN | Village in W Texas. |
| terminology | |
|---|---|
| USE | nomenclature |
| termite mounds | |
|---|---|
| RT | biogenic structures |
| Isoptera | |
| mineral exploration | |
| mounds | |
| nests | |
| SN | Also search ((Isoptera) AND (mounds or nests)) OR termitaria. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Terni Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Umbria Italy | |
| ....Terni Italy | |
| SN | City NE of Rome in S Umbria, central Italy. |
| terostegina | |
|---|---|
| NT | Heterostegina depressa |
| terpanes | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .hydrocarbons | |
| ..terpanes | |
| RT | diterpanes |
| triterpanes | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| terpenes | |
|---|---|
| USE | isoprenoids |
| terpenoids | |
|---|---|
| USE | isoprenoids |
| Terra Nova Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .Victoria Land | |
| ..Terra Nova Bay | |
| RT | Ross Sea |
| SN | On Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land. |
| Terra rosa | |
|---|---|
| USE | Terra rossa |
| Terra rossa | |
|---|---|
| BT | soils |
| .Terra rossa | |
| UF | Terra rosa |
| RT | soil group |
| terraces | |
|---|---|
| RT | benches |
| erosion features | |
| floodplains | |
| fluvial features | |
| lacustrine features | |
| marine terraces | |
| raised beaches | |
| sea-level changes | |
| geomorphology | |
| SN | As of 1982, use marine terraces for the shore features. |
| terrain classification | |
|---|---|
| RT | classification |
| digital terrain models | |
| geomorphology | |
| terrains | |
| SN | Before 1978, search classification AND terrains. |
| terrains | |
|---|---|
| RT | digital terrain models |
| glaciated terrains | |
| relief | |
| terrain classification | |
| geomorphology | |
| terranes | |
| tesserae | |
| topography | |
| SN | Used for tracts of land and their physical features. As of 1983, use terranes for the new concept in tectonics. Before 1983, also search terranes. |
| terranes | |
|---|---|
| NT | exotic terranes |
| UF | suspect terranes |
| tectonostratigraphic terranes | |
| RT | tectonics |
| plate tectonics | |
| accretionary wedges | |
| greenstone belts | |
| metamorphic belts | |
| metamorphic core complexes | |
| terrains | |
| tectonostratigraphic units | |
| SN | Used for the new concept in tectonics. Use terrains as a general term for tracts of land. Added to Thesaurus in 1983. |
| TERRAscope | |
|---|---|
| BT | seismic networks |
| .TERRAscope | |
| RT | California |
| arrays | |
| Southern California | |
| broad-band spectra | |
| seismograms | |
| SN | Broadband, high dynamic range seismic network, S California. for data use TERRAscope data. |
| Terrebonne County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Terrebonne County Quebec | |
| Terrebonne Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Terrebonne Parish Louisiana | |
| NT | Isles Dernieres |
| RT | Atchafalaya Bay |
| SN | Extreme SE Louisiana, bordering the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Terrell County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Terrell County Georgia | |
| Terrell County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Terrell County Texas | |
| terrestrial | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use terrestrial environment for type of environment. See terrestrial materials. |
| terrestrial comp |
|---|
| terrestrial comparison | |
|---|---|
| RT | Earth |
| extraterrestrial geology | |
| interplanetary comparison | |
| Moon | |
| natural analogs | |
| planetology | |
| planets | |
| SN | Used to indicate a comparison between the Earth and an extraterrestrial body or material. Also search interplanetary comparison AND Earth. Before 1981, also search terrestrial materials. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| terrestrial environment | |
|---|---|
| NT | alpine environment |
| arid environment | |
| boreal environment | |
| cave environment | |
| humid environment | |
| paludal environment | |
| sebkha environment | |
| semi-arid environment | |
| subaerial environment | |
| subalpine environment | |
| taiga environment | |
| UF | continental environment |
| RT | sedimentation |
| wind transport | |
| ecology | |
| paleoecology | |
| depositional environment | |
| fresh-water environment | |
| hypersaline environment | |
| arctic environment | |
| nearshore environment | |
| supratidal environment | |
| subtidal environment | |
| terrestrial sedimentation | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search terrestrial. Used to distinguish from marine environment. |
| terrestrial materials | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef as of 1981. See terrestrial comparison; interplanetary comparison. Term was introduced in 1978. Included use to indicate a comparison between Earth and Moon (lunar samples). |
| terrestrial planets | |
|---|---|
| RT | Earth |
| Mars | |
| Mercury Planet | |
| outer planets | |
| planetology | |
| planets | |
| solar system | |
| Venus | |
| SN | The four inner planets in the solar system: Mercury Planet, Venus, Earth and Mars. |
| terrestrial sedimentation | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentation |
| .terrestrial sedimentation | |
| RT | terrestrial environment |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| terrigenous | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. A valid term through 1977 used in combination with clastic rocks or clastic sediments. After 1977, use terrigenous materials. |
| terrigenous materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | arenite |
| argillite | |
| arkose | |
| bentonite | |
| black shale | |
| boulders | |
| breccia | |
| cinerite | |
| clastic rocks | |
| clastic sediments | |
| clay | |
| claystone | |
| cobbles | |
| colluvium | |
| conglomerate | |
| contourite | |
| coquina | |
| diamictite | |
| drift | |
| dust | |
| eluvium | |
| eolianite | |
| fanglomerate | |
| flint clay | |
| flysch | |
| gravel | |
| graywac | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search terrigenous AND (clastic rocks or clastic sediments). |
| Terry County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Terry County Texas | |
| Tersk(o)-Caspian Depression | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1995, use Caspian Basin and Terek River for the region in Northern Caucasus which includes both the Terek River valley and the Caspian Depression. |
| tertiary recovery | |
|---|---|
| BT | enhanced recovery |
| .tertiary recovery | |
| RT | petroleum engineering |
| acidification | |
| petroleum | |
| gas injection | |
| hydraulic fracturing | |
| mercury injection | |
| recovery | |
| thermal recovery | |
| secondary recovery | |
| SN | Use in relation to petroleum. |
| Teruel Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Aragon Spain | |
| .....Teruel Spain | |
| RT | Calatayud-Teruel Basin |
| Maestrazgo Spain | |
| SN | Province in NE central Spain. |
| teschenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..gabbros | |
| ...alkali gabbros | |
| ....teschenite | |
| Tesnus Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Tesnus Formation | |
| RT | Texas |
| Marathon Geosyncline | |
| SN | Marathon Geosyncline of W Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tesserae | |
|---|---|
| RT | block structures |
| plate tectonics | |
| rifting | |
| taphrogeny | |
| terrains | |
| Venus | |
| SN | Mosaic-like terrain on other planetary bodies. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Tessin Switzerland | |
|---|---|
| USE | Ticino Switzerland |
| tests | |
|---|---|
| RT | chitin |
| Invertebrata | |
| shells | |
| SN | As of 1976, term is only to be used with fossils. For tests used in engineering geology, see testing. |
| Testudinata | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Reptilia | |
| ....Testudinata | |
| RT | Anapsida |
| Chelonia | |
| SN | Subclass in a system in which chelonians are not considered anapsids. Indexed with Chelonia if applicable. |
| Testudines | |
|---|---|
| USE | Chelonia |
| Testudinidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Reptilia | |
| ....Anapsida | |
| .....Chelonia | |
| ......Testudinidae | |
| RT | Emydidae |
| SN | Family. Emydidae is often included as a subfamily. |
| Tetagouche Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Tetagouche Group | |
| RT | New Brunswick |
| SN | N New Brunswick. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tete Mozambique | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .East Africa | |
| ..Mozambique | |
| ...Tete Mozambique | |
| SN | Town on the Zambezi River and district in NW Mozambique. |
| Teterev River valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Ukraine | |
| ..Teterev River valley | |
| UF | Teterev Valley |
| SN | NW Ukraine. Also search Teterev; Teterev River. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Teterev Valley | |
|---|---|
| USE | Teterev River valley |
| Teteven Bulgaria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Bulgaria | |
| ...Pleven Bulgaria | |
| ....Teteven Bulgaria | |
| SN | Town in central Bulgaria. |
| Tethys | |
|---|---|
| UF | Tethys Sea |
| RT | Asia |
| Africa | |
| Europe | |
| continental drift | |
| Mesogaea | |
| Panthalassa | |
| Paratethys | |
| SN | An elongated east-west sea, similar to the Mediterranean Sea, that separated Europe and Africa and extended across southern Asia in Pre-Tertiary time. Because of inconsistencies in terminology, users should also search (Neo-Tethys, Neotethys, Paleo-Tethys |
| Tethys Satellite | |
|---|---|
| RT | icy satellites |
| satellites | |
| Saturn | |
| Voyager Program | |
| SN | One of the satellites of Saturn. |
| Tethys Sea | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tethys |
| Teton County Idaho | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Idaho | |
| ..Teton County Idaho | |
| SN | E Idaho. |
| Teton County Montana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Montana | |
| ..Teton County Montana | |
| RT | Sawtooth Range |
| SN | N central Montana. |
| Teton County Wyoming | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wyoming | |
| ..Teton County Wyoming | |
| NT | Grand Teton National Park |
| Jackson Hole | |
| RT | Old Faithful Geyser |
| Yellowstone National Park | |
| SN | NW Wyoming. |
| Teton National Forest | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wyoming | |
| ..Teton National Forest | |
| RT | national forests |
| Grand Teton National Park | |
| SN | Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Tetrabranchiata | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Cephalopoda | |
| ...Tetrabranchiata | |
| NT | Ammonoidea |
| Nautiloidea | |
| tetrachloroethylene | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .halogenated hydrocarbons | |
| ..chlorinated hydrocarbons | |
| ...tetrachloroethylene | |
| UF | perchloroethylene |
| RT | ethylene |
| SN | May be abbreviated TCE or PCE. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tetrachloromethane | |
|---|---|
| USE | carbon tetrachloride |
| Tetracorallia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Rugosa |
| tetradymite | |
|---|---|
| BT | tellurides |
| .tetradymite | |
| BT | sulfides |
| .tetradymite | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| tetrahedra | |
|---|---|
| BT | polyhedra |
| .tetrahedra | |
| tetrahedrite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfosalts |
| .sulfantimonites | |
| ..tetrahedrite | |
| RT | silver ores |
| copper ores | |
| copper minerals | |
| freibergite | |
| Tetrapoda | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| NT | Amphibia |
| Aves | |
| Mammalia | |
| Reptilia | |
| Smilodon | |
| tetrataenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | alloys |
| .tetrataenite | |
| RT | meteorites |
| taenite | |
| SN | Meteorite mineral. |
| Tetyukhe Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Primorye Russian Federation | |
| ...Tetyukhe Russian Federation | |
| SN | Town in E Primorye Kray 220 miles NE of Vladivostok. Before 1993, Tetyukhe Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Teutoburg Forest | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Teutoburg Forest | |
| UF | Teutoburger Wald |
| RT | North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Lower Saxony Germany | |
| SN | Range of hills S of Osnabruck in NW Germany. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Teutoburger Wald | |
|---|---|
| USE | Teutoburg Forest |
| Texas County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Texas County Missouri | |
| SN | S central Missouri. |
| Texas County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Texas County Oklahoma | |
| RT | Oklahoma Panhandle |
| SN | Extreme NW Oklahoma. |
| Texas Panhandle | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Texas Panhandle | |
| RT | West Texas |
| SN | NW Texas. Also search Panhandle AND Texas. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| text, explanatory | |
|---|---|
| USE | explanatory text |
| textbooks | |
|---|---|
| RT | book reviews |
| education | |
| educational resources | |
| glossaries | |
| manuals | |
| monographs | |
| publications | |
| SN | Use under disciplines. |
| Textulariina | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Textulariina | |
| NT | Ammodiscacea |
| Lituolacea | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Teyde, Pico de | |
|---|---|
| USE | Teide |