Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
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| CO (carbon monoxide) | |
|---|---|
| USE | carbon monoxide |
| Co (cobalt) | |
|---|---|
| USE | cobalt |
| Co-60 | |
|---|---|
| BT | isotopes |
| .radioactive isotopes | |
| ..Co-60 | |
| BT | metals |
| .cobalt | |
| ..Co-60 | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| CO2 | |
|---|---|
| USE | carbon dioxide |
| Coahoma County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Coahoma County Mississippi | |
| Coahuila Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Coahuila Mexico | |
| NT | Parras Basin |
| RT | Rio Grande |
| Chihuahua tectonic belt | |
| Rio Grande Rift | |
| Rio Grande Valley | |
| Difunta Group | |
| Sierra Madre Oriental | |
| Zuloaga Limestone | |
| SN | State in NE Mexico. |
| coal balls | |
|---|---|
| UF | balls, coal |
| RT | coal |
| coal seams | |
| concretions | |
| coal basins | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See coal, coal mines, and coal fields. |
| coal beds | |
|---|---|
| USE | coal seams |
| coal clay | |
|---|---|
| USE | underclay |
| Coal County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Coal County Oklahoma | |
| SN | S central Oklahoma. |
| coal deposit maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .coal deposit maps | |
| RT | coal |
| economic geology maps | |
| SN | Before 1982, search coal AND maps. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| coal exploration | |
|---|---|
| RT | coal |
| discoveries | |
| exploration | |
| peat | |
| SN | Before 1993, also search coal AND exploration. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Coal Measures | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Upper Carboniferous | |
| .....Coal Measures | |
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See coal. |
| coal mines | |
|---|---|
| BT | mines |
| .coal mines | |
| RT | mining geology |
| coal fields | |
| economic geology | |
| coal | |
| strip mining | |
| longwall mining | |
| SN | Before 1993, also search coal AND (mines or mining geology). Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| coal quality | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1998, see rank and composition. |
| coal seams | |
|---|---|
| UF | coal beds |
| seams, coal | |
| RT | coal |
| coalbed methane | |
| cleats | |
| coal balls | |
| degasification | |
| underclay | |
| SN | Also search coal deposits. |
| coalbed methane | |
|---|---|
| BT | petroleum |
| .natural gas | |
| ..coalbed methane | |
| RT | coal |
| energy sources | |
| Cedar Hill Field | |
| cleats | |
| coal seams | |
| methane | |
| SN | Before 1993, also search natural gas and coal. Commodity term. See List C. |
| coalfields | |
|---|---|
| USE | coal fields |
| coalification | |
|---|---|
| UF | carbonification |
| carbonitization | |
| carbonization | |
| incarbonization | |
| incoalation | |
| RT | processes |
| carbonatization | |
| diagenesis | |
| coal | |
| Coalinga California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Fresno County California | |
| ...Coalinga California | |
| RT | Coalinga earthquake 1983 |
| SN | City in S central California. |
| Coalinga earthquake 1983 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .Coalinga earthquake 1983 | |
| RT | California |
| Coalinga California | |
| SN | Epicenter near Coalinga, S central California. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Coalsack Bluff | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .Coalsack Bluff | |
| RT | Queen Maud Land |
| Ross Dependency | |
| Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Beardmore Glacier | |
| SN | Site of paleontological investigations in Beardmore Glacier area around NW end of Queen Maud Range off the Ross Ice Shelf in Ross Dependency. |
| coarse-grained materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | clastic rocks |
| clastic sediments | |
| fine-grained materials | |
| fines | |
| grain size | |
| granular materials | |
| materials | |
| particulate materials | |
| sedimentary rocks | |
| sediments | |
| soil mechanics | |
| soils | |
| textures | |
| unconsolidated materials | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| coast | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1978. After 1978, see coastal environment, coastal dunes, coastal effects, coastal sedimentation, beaches, coastal plains, shore features, or shorelines as applicable. |
| Coast Belt | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alaska |
| Alexander Terrane | |
| British Columbia | |
| Chugach Terrane | |
| Nixon Fork Terrane | |
| North American Cordillera | |
| Prince William Terrane | |
| Wrangellia | |
| SN | Tectonic belt of the North American Cordillera in British Columbia and SE Alaska. It includes rocks from several terranes; Wrangellia, Alexander, Peninsular, Chugach, Prince William, Nixon Fork. Indexed with British Columbia and/or Alaska as applicable. |
| Coast Mountains | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alaska |
| Alaska Panhandle | |
| British Columbia | |
| Canadian Cordillera | |
| Cascade Range | |
| Coast Ranges | |
| North America | |
| North American Cordillera | |
| Yukon Territory | |
| SN | Extend from Yukon Territory to the Fraser River serving as border between NW British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle. Indexed with North America; or Alaska, British Columbia, or Yukon Territory as applicable. |
| Coast plutonic complex | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Coast plutonic complex | |
| RT | Cretaceous |
| Washington | |
| Alaska | |
| British Columbia | |
| SN | Cretaceous. Coast Mountains of SE Alaska, W British Columbia, and W Washington. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Coast Range Ophiolite | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Jurassic | |
| ....Coast Range Ophiolite | |
| RT | Middle Jurassic |
| Upper Jurassic | |
| Mexico | |
| California | |
| SN | Middle-Upper Jurassic. California and Mexico. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Coast Ranges | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alaska |
| British Columbia | |
| California | |
| Chugach Mountains | |
| Coast Mountains | |
| Condrey Mountain Schist | |
| Diablo Range | |
| Gabilan Range | |
| Kenai Peninsula | |
| Klamath Mountains | |
| Kodiak Island | |
| Kula Plate | |
| Nevadan Orogeny | |
| North America | |
| North American Cordillera | |
| Olympic Mountains | |
| Or | |
| SN | Mountains extending along the Pacific Ocean from California to Alaska. For Venezuela, see Cordillera de la Costa. Indexed with North America; OR states and/or British Columbia as applicable. |
| coastal | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, see coastal environment, coastal dunes, coastal effects, coastal plains, coastal sedimentation, beaches, shore features or shorelines as applicable. |
| coastal dunes | |
|---|---|
| BT | dunes |
| .coastal dunes | |
| BT | eolian features |
| .coastal dunes | |
| BT | shore features |
| .coastal dunes | |
| RT | geomorphology |
| foredunes | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| coastal effects | |
|---|---|
| RT | effects |
| magnetic field | |
| SN | Use in relation to the Earth's magnetic field. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| coastal environment | |
|---|---|
| NT | intertidal environment |
| subtidal environment | |
| UF | shore environment |
| RT | sedimentation |
| ecology | |
| depositional environment | |
| shorelines | |
| lagoons | |
| beaches | |
| capes | |
| littoral erosion | |
| playas | |
| inlets | |
| tidal flats | |
| spits | |
| carbonate ramps | |
| coastal plains | |
| coastal sedimentation | |
| deltaic environment | |
| littoral cells | |
| nearshore environment | |
| polders | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search coastal; coast. |
| coastal features | |
|---|---|
| USE | shore features |
| coastal plains | |
|---|---|
| RT | coastal environment |
| fluvial features | |
| geomorphology | |
| Gilbert-type deltas | |
| plains | |
| shore features | |
| Coastal Range | |
|---|---|
| SN | Use Taiwanese Coastal Range if applicable. Use Coast Ranges for Pacific Coast of North America. |
| Coastal Range, Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taiwanese Coastal Range |
| coastal sedimentation | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentation |
| .coastal sedimentation | |
| RT | shorelines |
| coastal environment | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| coastlines | |
|---|---|
| USE | shorelines |
| CoAxial Segment | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northeast Pacific | |
| ...Juan de Fuca Ridge | |
| ....CoAxial Segment | |
| RT | Axial Seamount |
| SN | Central Juan de Fuca Ridge. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| cobalt | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .cobalt | |
| NT | Co-60 |
| UF | Co (cobalt) |
| RT | heavy metals |
| cobalt ores | |
| siderophile elements | |
| cobaltite | |
| SN | Chemical element. Use cobalt ores for cobalt as a commodity. |
| Cobalt Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Paleoproterozoic | |
| ....Cobalt Group | |
| RT | Ontario |
| Lorrain Formation | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cobalt Ontario | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Ontario | |
| ...Timiskaming District Ontario | |
| ....Cobalt Ontario | |
| SN | Mining town in SE Ontario. |
| cobalt ores | |
|---|---|
| BT | metal ores |
| .cobalt ores | |
| RT | Blackbird mining district |
| carrollite | |
| cobalt | |
| cobaltite | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| cobalt pyrites | |
|---|---|
| USE | linnaeite |
| cobaltite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .cobaltite | |
| BT | arsenides |
| .cobaltite | |
| RT | cobalt ores |
| cobalt | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Cobb County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Cobb County Georgia | |
| Cobb Seamount | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northeast Pacific | |
| ...Cobb Seamount | |
| SN | Approximately 550 miles W of Pacific coast of Washington. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| cobbles | |
|---|---|
| BT | sediments |
| .clastic sediments | |
| ..cobbles | |
| RT | gravel |
| pebbles | |
| terrigenous materials | |
| boulders | |
| shingle | |
| Cobequid Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Cobequid Bay | |
| RT | Minas Basin |
| SN | Eastern arm of Minas Basin off Bay of Fundy. |
| Cobequid Fault | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Cobequid Fault | |
| UF | Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cobequid Highlands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Cobequid Highlands | |
| UF | Cobequid Mountains |
| SN | N Nova Scotia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cobequid Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cobequid Highlands |
| Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cobequid Fault |
| Coburg Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Bavaria Germany | |
| ....Coburg Germany | |
| SN | City in N Bavaria. |
| Coccolithophoraceae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Coccolithophoraceae | |
| NT | Ceratolithus |
| Coccolithus | |
| Emiliania huxleyi | |
| Gephyrocapsa oceanica | |
| RT | microfossils |
| nannofossils | |
| Discoasteridae | |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Coccolithus | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Coccolithophoraceae | |
| ...Coccolithus | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Cochabamba Bolivia | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Bolivia | |
| ..Cochabamba Bolivia | |
| SN | Department including the city in E central Bolivia. |
| Cochise County Arizona | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arizona | |
| ..Cochise County Arizona | |
| NT | Bisbee Arizona |
| Tombstone Arizona | |
| Walnut Gulch | |
| RT | Rincon Mountains |
| Sullivan Mine | |
| Coronado National Forest | |
| SN | SE Arizona. |
| Cochran County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Cochran County Texas | |
| Cochrane District Ontario | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Ontario | |
| ...Cochrane District Ontario | |
| NT | Beatty Ontario |
| Kidd Creek Mine | |
| Timmins Ontario | |
| UF | District of Cochrane |
| RT | BRIM |
| SN | N Ontario. |
| Cocke County Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee | |
| ..Cocke County Tennessee | |
| Cockfield Format |
|---|
| Cockfield Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....middle Eocene | |
| ......Cockfield Formation | |
| RT | Louisiana |
| Mississippi | |
| Texas | |
| Claiborne Group | |
| SN | In Claiborne Group. Mississippi, NW Louisiana and E Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Coconino County Arizona | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arizona | |
| ..Coconino County Arizona | |
| NT | Flagstaff Arizona |
| Glen Canyon Dam | |
| Meteor Crater | |
| RT | Black Mesa |
| Black Mesa Basin | |
| Canyon Diablo Meteorite | |
| Grand Canyon | |
| Lake Powell | |
| Marble Canyon | |
| O'Leary Peak | |
| San Francisco Mountain | |
| Walker Lake | |
| SN | N Arizona. |
| Coconino Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Coconino Sandstone | |
| RT | Utah |
| Nevada | |
| Arizona | |
| SN | In Aubrey Group. N Arizona, S Utah, and SE Nevada. |
| COCORP | |
|---|---|
| UF | Consortium for Continental Reflection Profiling |
| RT | United States |
| reflection methods | |
| seismic methods | |
| continental crust | |
| geophysical profiles | |
| velocity structure | |
| SN | Acronym. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Cocos Plate | |
|---|---|
| RT | Galapagos Rift |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| plate tectonics | |
| plates | |
| SN | In the Pacific Ocean W of the Caribbean Plate, E and S of the Pacific Plate, and N of the Nazca Plate which is S of the Galapagos Islands. Indexed with geographic area and/or age as applicable. |
| Cocos Ridge | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .East Pacific | |
| ..Cocos Ridge | |
| RT | Northeast Pacific |
| Equatorial Pacific | |
| Leg 16 | |
| SN | Between Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands. |
| COCRUST | |
|---|---|
| UF | Consortium for Crustal Reconnaissance Using Seismic Techniques |
| RT | elastic waves |
| seismic methods | |
| SN | Acronym. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| coda waves | |
|---|---|
| BT | elastic waves |
| .seismic waves | |
| ..surface waves | |
| ...coda waves | |
| RT | seismology |
| waves | |
| seismograms | |
| Codell Sandstone Member | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Codell Sandstone Member | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Colorado | |
| Kansas | |
| South Dakota | |
| Benton Formation | |
| Carlile Shale | |
| SN | In Carlile Shale. E Colorado, W Kansas, New Mexico and SE South Dakota. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Codiaceae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Chlorophyta | |
| ...Chlorophyceae | |
| ....Codiaceae | |
| NT | Halimeda |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Codington County South Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Dakota | |
| ..Codington County South Dakota | |
| Cody Shale | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Cody Shale | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| Montana Group | |
| Belle Fourche Shale | |
| Colorado Group | |
| SN | In Colorado Group or Montana Group. Bighorn Basin in N Wyoming. |
| coefficient of permeability | |
|---|---|
| USE | hydraulic conductivity |
| coefficient of transmissibility | |
|---|---|
| USE | transmissivity |
| coefficient, correlation | |
|---|---|
| USE | correlation coefficient |
| coefficients, partition | |
|---|---|
| USE | partition coefficients |
| Coelacanthini | |
|---|---|
| USE | Actinistia |
| Coelodonta antiquitatis | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Perissodactyla | |
| .......Ceratomorpha | |
| ........Rhinocerotidae | |
| .........Coelodonta antiquitatis | |
| SN | Species. |
| coercive force | |
|---|---|
| USE | coercivity |
| coercivity | |
|---|---|
| UF | coercive force |
| RT | paleomagnetism |
| remanent magnetization | |
| magnetic field | |
| coesite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .framework silicates | |
| ..silica minerals | |
| ...coesite | |
| Coeur d'Alene District | |
|---|---|
| USE | Coeur d'Alene mining district |
| Coeur d'Alene mining district | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Coeur d'Alene mining district | |
| UF | Coeur d'Alene District |
| RT | mines |
| Idaho | |
| Montana | |
| Bunker Hill Mine | |
| Shoshone County Idaho | |
| Kootenai County Idaho | |
| Mineral County Montana | |
| Sanders County Montana | |
| SN | N Idaho and W Montana. |
| Coeur d'Alene River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Idaho | |
| ..Coeur d'Alene River | |
| SN | Flows into Coeur d'Alene Lake in Kootenai County in N Idaho. |
| coexisting | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use coexisting minerals if applicable; see coexisting materials. |
| coexisting materials | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term index term from 1978-1981. Use coexisting minerals if applicable. |
| coexisting minerals | |
|---|---|
| RT | minerals |
| SN | Before 1978, also search coexisting AND minerals. |
| Coeymans Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Lower Devonian | |
| .....Coeymans Formation | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| New York | |
| Maryland | |
| West Virginia | |
| Helderberg Group | |
| SN | Includes Stormville Sandstone Member, Elbow Ridge Sandstone Member. W Maryland, E New York, E Pennsylvania, W Virginia, N West Virginia, and New Jersey. |
| Coffee County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Coffee County Alabama | |
| SN | SE Alabama. |
| Coffee County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Coffee County Georgia | |
| SN | S central Georgia. |
| Coffee County Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee | |
| ..Coffee County Tennessee | |
| SN | Central Tennessee. |
| Coffey County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Coffey County Kansas | |
| coffinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..nesosilicates | |
| ...coffinite | |
| RT | uranium ores |
| Cohansey Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Cohansey Formation | |
| RT | Pliocene |
| Miocene | |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Maryland | |
| Delaware | |
| New Jersey | |
| SN | Overlies Kirkwood Formation, underlies Beacon Hill Gravel. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cohansey-Kirkwood Aquifer | |
|---|---|
| USE | Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer |
| cohenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | alloys |
| .carbides | |
| ..cohenite | |
| RT | meteorites |
| coherency, seismic | |
|---|---|
| USE | seismic coherency |
| cohesion | |
|---|---|
| USE | shear strength |
| cohesionless materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| materials | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| cohesive materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| materials | |
| rock mechanics | |
| soil mechanics | |
| SN | Introduced in 1978 as general term mostly used in engineering geology. Before 1978, also search cohesive. |
| coiling | |
|---|---|
| RT | fossils |
| morphology | |
| Coimbatore India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Tamil Nadu India | |
| ....Coimbatore India | |
| NT | Sivamalai |
| SN | City in W Tamil Nadu, S India. |
| Coimbra Portugal | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Portugal | |
| ....Coimbra Portugal | |
| SN | District in W Portugal. Also a city. |
| Cojedes Venezuela | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Venezuela | |
| ..Cojedes Venezuela | |
| NT | Tinaquillo Venezuela |
| SN | State in NW central Venezuela. |
| coke coal | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .coal | |
| ..coke coal | |
| UF | natural coke |
| SN | Also search coke. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Coke County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Coke County Texas | |
| Coker Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Coker Formation | |
| RT | Mississippi |
| Alabama | |
| SN | W Alabama and E Mississippi. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| cokriging | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .cokriging | |
| RT | data processing |
| mathematical geology | |
| mathematical methods | |
| geostatistics | |
| mathematical models | |
| variance analysis | |
| stochastic processes | |
| kriging | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Colbert County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Colbert County Alabama | |
| Colchester County Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Colchester County Nova Scotia | |
| Colchis | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Georgian Republic | |
| ..Colchis | |
| UF | Kolkhida |
| RT | Rioni Basin |
| SN | Partly swampy lowland in W Georgian Republic on Black Sea S of the Caucasus and along lower Rioni (Rion) River. |
| Cold Lake | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Cold Lake | |
| RT | Alberta |
| Saskatchewan | |
| SN | On Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| cold seeps | |
|---|---|
| UF | seeps, cold |
| RT | ecology |
| seepage | |
| oil seeps | |
| gas seeps | |
| SN | Also index seepage and/or oil seeps if applicable. |
| Coldbrook Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Coldbrook Group | |
| RT | Canada |
| New Brunswick | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Coldwater Meteorites | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .Coldwater Meteorites | |
| RT | Kansas |
| octahedrite | |
| Comanche County Kansas | |
| H chondrites | |
| SN | Refers to two meteorites found in Comanche County, S Kansas. One is an iron meteorite (octahedrite); the other is a chondrite (H chondrite). Before 1981, also search Coldwater AND meteorites. Indexed with octahedrite and/or H chondrites as applicable. Add |
| Coldwell Complex | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Ontario | |
| ...Coldwell Complex | |
| SN | NW Ontario. Also search Coldwell alkaline complex. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Cole County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Cole County Missouri | |
| Coleman County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Coleman County Texas | |
| colemanite | |
|---|---|
| BT | borates |
| .colemanite | |
| Coleoidea | |
|---|---|
| USE | Dibranchiata |
| Coleoptera | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Mandibulata | |
| ...Insecta | |
| ....Pterygota | |
| .....Neoptera | |
| ......Endopterygota | |
| .......Coleoptera | |
| NT | Archostemata |
| UF | Coleopteroida |
| SN | Order. Also search Coleopteroida. |
| Coleopteroida | |
|---|---|
| USE | Coleoptera |
| Coles Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..Tasmania Australia | |
| ...Coles Bay | |
| Coles County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Coles County Illinois | |
| Colfax County Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nebraska | |
| ..Colfax County Nebraska | |
| SN | E Nebraska. |
| Colfax County New Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Colfax County New Mexico | |
| RT | Palisades Sill |
| SN | NE New Mexico. |
| coliform bacteria | |
|---|---|
| BT | bacteria |
| .coliform bacteria | |
| NT | Escherichia coli |
| UF | fecal coliform bacteria |
| RT | pollutants |
| geomicrobiology | |
| water quality | |
| SN | Most often used as a pollution or water quality indicator. |
| Colima | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Jalisco Mexico | |
| ..Colima | |
| UF | Fuego de Colima |
| RT | volcanoes |
| Mexican volcanic belt | |
| SN | Active volcano, Mexican volcanic belt, SW Mexico. Its inactive neighbor about 5 km to the north, Nevado de Colima, is also part of the Colima volcanic complex. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Colima Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Colima Mexico | |
| RT | Guerrero Terrane |
| Sierra Madre Occidental | |
| Mexican volcanic belt | |
| Jalisco Block | |
| Jalisco earthquake 1995 | |
| SN | State in W Mexico. Also a city. |
| Colima-Jalisco earthquake 1995 | |
|---|---|
| USE | Jalisco earthquake 1995 |
| collaborative learning | |
|---|---|
| USE | cooperative learning |
| collagen | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .proteins | |
| ..collagen | |
| collapse structures | |
|---|---|
| RT | crater lakes |
| geomorphology | |
| land subsidence | |
| slump structures | |
| collecting | |
|---|---|
| RT | collections |
| curation | |
| fossil localities | |
| mineral localities | |
| mineralogy | |
| minerals | |
| paleontology | |
| popular geology | |
| collections | |
|---|---|
| UF | mineral collections |
| RT | associations |
| museums | |
| minerals | |
| paleontology | |
| catalogs | |
| geology | |
| mineralogy | |
| libraries | |
| exhibits | |
| collecting | |
| curation | |
| SN | Usage restricted to collections in museums, etc. |
| college level | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use college-level education. |
| college-level education | |
|---|---|
| BT | education |
| .college-level education | |
| RT | educational resources |
| elementary school | |
| high school | |
| junior high school | |
| SN | Before 1978, search college level. |
| colleges | |
|---|---|
| USE | academic institutions |
| Collenia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Collenia | |
| BT | sedimentary structures |
| .biogenic structures | |
| ..stromatolites | |
| ...Collenia | |
| RT | microfossils |
| cyanobacteria | |
| ichnofossils | |
| SN | Genus. This term has multiple hierarchies. Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Colleton County South Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Carolina | |
| ..Colleton County South Carolina | |
| Collier County Florida | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Collier County Florida | |
| SN | On Gulf of Mexico in S Florida. |
| Collier Shale | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Collier Shale | |
| RT | Cambrian |
| Ordovician | |
| Oklahoma | |
| Arkansas | |
| SN | SW Arkansas and SE Oklahoma. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Collin County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Collin County Texas | |
| Collingsworth County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Collingsworth County Texas | |
| collinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | macerals |
| .vitrinite | |
| ..collinite | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| collision | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef as of 1981. Use plate collision or impacts if applicable. Use plate collision or suture zones with tectonics for collision tectonics (Note added 1995). |
| colloidal materials | |
|---|---|
| NT | gels |
| UF | colloids |
| RT | materials |
| surfactants | |
| flocculation | |
| thixotropy | |
| SN | Before 1978, search colloidal. |
| colloids | |
|---|---|
| USE | colloidal materials |
| colloquia | |
|---|---|
| USE | symposia |
| colluvium | |
|---|---|
| BT | sediments |
| .clastic sediments | |
| ..colluvium | |
| RT | soils |
| geomorphology | |
| alluvium | |
| terrigenous materials | |
| erosion features | |
| talus slopes | |
| Cologne Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...North Rhine-Westphalia Germany | |
| ....Cologne Germany | |
| UF | Koln Germany |
| SN | City on the left bank of Rhine River in W North Rhine-Westphalia. |
| Colombia Basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Colombian Basin |
| Colombian Basin | |
|---|---|
| UF | Colombia Basin |
| Colombian Plain | |
| RT | Colombia |
| Caribbean Sea | |
| Caribbean region | |
| Leg 15 | |
| ODP Site 999 | |
| SN | N of Colombia in S Caribbean. Indexed with Caribbean Sea and/or countries as applicable. |
| Colombian Plain | |
|---|---|
| USE | Colombian Basin |
| Colon Archipelago | |
|---|---|
| USE | Galapagos Islands |
| colonial taxa | |
|---|---|
| UF | colonies |
| taxa, colonial | |
| RT | ecology |
| paleoecology | |
| fossils | |
| colonization | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search colonial. |
| colonies | |
|---|---|
| USE | colonial taxa |
| colonization | |
|---|---|
| RT | biogeography |
| colonial taxa | |
| ecology | |
| paleoecology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| color | |
|---|---|
| RT | chemical analysis |
| colorimetry | |
| crystal field | |
| soils | |
| color alteration index | |
|---|---|
| UF | conodont alteration index |
| thermal alteration index | |
| RT | organic compounds |
| palynomorphs | |
| Conodonta | |
| Foraminifera | |
| Ostracoda | |
| indicators | |
| thermal alteration | |
| thermal maturity | |
| SN | Also search thermal alteration AND color; or thermal alteration AND fossil or material name e.g. palynomorphs, kerogen. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| color centers | |
|---|---|
| UF | centers, color |
| RT | minerals |
| crystal structure | |
| crystallography | |
| optical properties | |
| color imagery | |
|---|---|
| BT | imagery |
| .color imagery | |
| RT | remote sensing |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Colorado County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Colorado County Texas | |
| Colorado Desert | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Colorado Desert | |
| RT | Great Basin |
| Imperial Valley | |
| Salton Sea | |
| SN | SE California. Part of the Great Basin. Includes Coachella Valley, Imperial Valley and Salton Sea. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Colorado Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Colorado Group | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Idaho | |
| Montana | |
| Iowa | |
| Colorado | |
| Nebraska | |
| North Dakota | |
| Kansas | |
| Belle Fourche Shale | |
| Cody Shale | |
| Graneros Shale | |
| Benton Formation | |
| Carlile Shale | |
| Greenhorn Limestone | |
| Blackleaf Formation | |
| Frontier Formation | |
| Mowry Shale | |
| Newcastle Sandstone | |
| Niobrara Formation | |
| SN | Includes Thermopolis Shale, Mowry Shale, Warm Creek Shale, Graneros Shale, Greenhorn Limestone, Carlile Shale, Niobrara Formation, Belle Fourche Shale, Marias River Formation, Skull Creek Shale, Fall River Sandstone, Newcastle Sandstone, and Telegraph Sha |
| Colorado Lineament | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado Lineament | |
| RT | Utah |
| Wyoming | |
| Colorado | |
| Nebraska | |
| Colorado Plateau | |
| Arizona | |
| South Dakota | |
| Rocky Mountains | |
| SN | Proterozoic fault system extending from Nebraska to Arizona. Indexed with states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Colorado mineral belt | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Colorado mineral belt | |
| RT | uranium ores |
| molybdenum ores | |
| Leadville mining district | |
| SN | W Colorado. Produces uranium and molybdenum ores. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Colorado Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado Plateau | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Utah | |
| Colorado | |
| Albuquerque Basin | |
| Arizona | |
| Rattlesnake Hills | |
| Colorado Lineament | |
| Jemez Lineament | |
| Price River basin | |
| Salt Valley | |
| Taos Plateau | |
| SN | Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Colorado River | |
|---|---|
| RT | Argentina |
| Arizona | |
| Baja California Norte Mexico | |
| Brazil | |
| California | |
| Chile | |
| Colorado | |
| Glen Canyon Dam | |
| Nevada | |
| Sonora Mexico | |
| Texas | |
| Utah | |
| SN | Rises in N Colorado and flows SW, then W through the Grand Canyon, and finally S into the Gulf of California. Also a river in Texas. Also occurs in South America. Indexed with U. S. states or regions as applicable. |
| Colorado River basin | |
|---|---|
| RT | Arizona |
| California | |
| Colorado | |
| Mexico | |
| Nevada | |
| New Mexico | |
| North America | |
| Utah | |
| Wyoming | |
| SN | Drainage basin. In Southwestern U. S. and NW Mexico. May occur in other locations. Indexed with North America or U. S. or Mexican states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Colorado River delta | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Colorado River delta | |
| RT | Baja California Norte Mexico |
| Sonora Mexico | |
| SN | At N tip of Gulf of California. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Colorado School of Mines | |
|---|---|
| UF | CSM |
| RT | academic institutions |
| Colorado | |
| SN | In Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Colorado Springs Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..El Paso County Colorado | |
| ...Colorado Springs Colorado | |
| RT | Pikes Peak |
| SN | City at junction of Fountain and Monument creeks near Pikes Peak in central Colorado. |
| coloradoite | |
|---|---|
| BT | tellurides |
| .coloradoite | |
| colorimetric analysis | |
|---|---|
| USE | colorimetry |
| colorimetry | |
|---|---|
| UF | colorimetric analysis |
| RT | spectroscopy |
| chemical analysis | |
| analysis | |
| color | |
| Colquitt County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Colquitt County Georgia | |
| Colton Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....Colton Formation | |
| RT | Utah |
| SN | Central Utah. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Colubridae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Reptilia | |
| ....Diapsida | |
| .....Lepidosauria | |
| ......Squamata | |
| .......Serpentes | |
| ........Colubridae | |
| SN | Family. |
| columbates | |
|---|---|
| USE | niobates |
| Columbia Basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Columbia River basin |
| Columbia Connecticut | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Connecticut | |
| ..Tolland County Connecticut | |
| ...Columbia Connecticut | |
| SN | Town in NE Connecticut. |
| Columbia County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Columbia County Arkansas | |
| RT | Walker Creek Field |
| SN | SW Arkansas. |
| Columbia County Florida | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Columbia County Florida | |
| RT | Okefenokee Swamp |
| SN | N Florida. |
| Columbia County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Columbia County Georgia | |
| SN | E Georgia. |
| Columbia County New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..Columbia County New York | |
| NT | Becraft Mountain |
| SN | SE New York. |
| Columbia County Oregon | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Columbia County Oregon | |
| SN | NW Oregon. |
| Columbia County Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Pennsylvania | |
| ..Columbia County Pennsylvania | |
| SN | E central Pennsylvania. |
| Columbia County Washington | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Columbia County Washington | |
| SN | SE Washington. |
| Columbia County Wisconsin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wisconsin | |
| ..Columbia County Wisconsin | |
| SN | S central Wisconsin. |
| Columbia Glacier | |
|---|---|
| RT | Chugach Mountains |
| Columbia Icefield | |
| Southern Alaska | |
| SN | Chugach Mountains, S coast of Alaska. Indexed with Southern Alaska as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Columbia Icefield | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alberta |
| Banff National Park | |
| British Columbia | |
| Canada | |
| Canadian Rocky Mountains | |
| Columbia Glacier | |
| Jasper National Park | |
| SN | Surrounding Mount Columbia in Jasper and Banff national parks, Alberta, and extending into British Columbia. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Columbia Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Monroe County Illinois | |
| ...Columbia Illinois | |
| SN | City in SW Illinois. |
| Columbia Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Adair County Kentucky | |
| ...Columbia Kentucky | |
| SN | City in S Kentucky. |
| Columbia Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Caldwell Parish Louisiana | |
| ...Columbia Louisiana | |
| SN | City in Caldwell Parish, NE central Louisiana. |
| Columbia Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Boone County Missouri | |
| ...Columbia Missouri | |
| SN | City in central Missouri. |
| Columbia Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Columbia Plateau | |
| UF | Columbia River plateau |
| RT | Idaho |
| Washington | |
| Oregon | |
| Channeled Scabland | |
| Picture Gorge Basalt | |
| Yakima fold belt | |
| SN | Lava basin. W United States. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Columbia River | |
|---|---|
| RT | British Columbia |
| Cowlitz River | |
| Deschutes River | |
| Grand Coulee Dam | |
| Oregon | |
| Snake River | |
| Washington | |
| Willamette River | |
| SN | Rises in SE British Columbia and flows S and then W into the Pacific Ocean on the Oregon-Washington border. Also search Columbia AND appropriate area. Indexed with British Columbia and/or states as applicable. |
| Columbia River Basalt | |
|---|---|
| USE | Columbia River Basalt Group |
| Columbia River Basalt Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Miocene | |
| .....Columbia River Basalt Group | |
| UF | Columbia River Basalt |
| RT | Pliocene |
| Idaho | |
| Washington | |
| Oregon | |
| Picture Gorge Basalt | |
| Yakima fold belt | |
| Frenchman Springs Member | |
| Grande Ronde Basalt | |
| Saddle Mountains Basalt | |
| Wanapum Basalt | |
| Yakima Basalt | |
| SN | Miocene. The Columbia River Basalt was formerly also considered Pliocene (?). N Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Has been divided into the Yakima Basalt (subgroup) containing the Wanapum Basalt, the Grande Ronde Basalt, and the Saddle Mountains Basalt; and |
| Columbia River basin | |
|---|---|
| UF | Columbia Basin |
| RT | Idaho |
| Utah | |
| Wyoming | |
| Montana | |
| Washington | |
| North America | |
| British Columbia | |
| Nevada | |
| Oregon | |
| Channeled Scabland | |
| SN | Drainage basin. Indexed with North America or British Columbia and/or states as applicable. |
| Columbia River estuary | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Columbia River estuary | |
| RT | Washington |
| Oregon | |
| SN | Tidal mouth of the Columbia River. Indexed with counties or regions as applicable. |
| Columbia River plateau | |
|---|---|
| USE | Columbia Plateau |
| Columbia South Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Carolina | |
| ..Richland County South Carolina | |
| ...Columbia South Carolina | |
| SN | City in central South Carolina. |
| Columbia Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee | |
| ..Maury County Tennessee | |
| ...Columbia Tennessee | |
| SN | City in central Tennessee. |
| Columbian Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Columbian Orogeny | |
| RT | Canada |
| orogeny | |
| SN | Refers to orogeny affecting Western Canada during the Cretaceous. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Columbiana County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Columbiana County Ohio | |
| columbite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .niobates | |
| ..niobotantalates | |
| ...columbite | |
| RT | niobium ores |
| tantalum ores | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| columbium | |
|---|---|
| USE | niobium |
| Columbus Air Force Base | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Lowndes County Mississippi | |
| ...Columbus Air Force Base | |
| SN | Ten miles N of city of Columbus, NE Mississippi. Before 1998, also search Columbus Mississippi. |
| Columbus County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Columbus County North Carolina | |
| Columbus Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Muscogee County Georgia | |
| ...Columbus Georgia | |
| SN | City in W Georgia. |
| Columbus Limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Middle Devonian | |
| .....Columbus Limestone | |
| RT | Ohio |
| SN | Comprises Bellepoint, Eversole (?), Delhi, Marblehead, and Venice members. Named for exposure at Columbus in Franklin County, Ohio. |
| Columbus Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Franklin County Ohio | |
| ...Columbus Ohio | |
| SN | City in central Ohio. |
| columnar basalt | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..basalts | |
| ...columnar basalt | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search columnar AND basalt. |
| columnar jointing | |
|---|---|
| USE | columnar joints |
| columnar joints | |
|---|---|
| BT | fractures |
| .columnar joints | |
| UF | columnar jointing |
| RT | bedding |
| joints | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search fractures AND columnar. |
| Colusa County California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Colusa County California | |
| SN | N central California. |
| Colville Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Colville Group | |
| RT | Alaska |
| SN | N Alaska. Overlies Nanushuk Group; underlies Sagavanirktok and Gubik formations. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Colville River | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alaska |
| Colville River delta | |
| Northern Alaska | |
| Stevens County Washington | |
| Washington | |
| SN | Flows E along N slope of Brooks Range and then N into Arctic Ocean in N Alaska. Also in Stevens County Washington. Indexed with Stevens County Washington or Northern Alaska as applicable. |
| Colville River delta | |
|---|---|
| RT | Colville River |
| Northern Alaska | |
| SN | On Arctic Ocean in N Alaska. Indexed with Northern Alaska if applicable. |
| comae | |
|---|---|
| RT | comets |
| interplanetary space | |
| planetology | |
| solar wind | |
| SN | Restricted to cometary atmosphere. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Comal County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Comal County Texas | |
| RT | Edwards Aquifer |
| SN | S central Texas. |
| Comanche County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Comanche County Kansas | |
| RT | Coldwater Meteorites |
| SN | S Kansas. |
| Comanche County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Comanche County Oklahoma | |
| RT | Meers Fault |
| Slick Hills | |
| Wichita Mountains | |
| SN | SW Oklahoma. |
| Comanche County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Comanche County Texas | |
| SN | Central Texas. |
| Comanche Peak Limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Lower Cretaceous | |
| .....Comanche Peak Limestone | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Comanchean | |
| .....Comanche Peak Limestone | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Texas | |
| Fredericksburg Group | |
| SN | Fredericksburg Group. Comanchean. E Texas and New Mexico. Underlies Edwards Formation?; overlies Walnut Clay. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Comanchean | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Comanchean | |
| NT | Antlers Sands |
| Bisbee Group | |
| Buda Limestone | |
| Comanche Peak Limestone | |
| Edwards Formation | |
| Fredericksburg Group | |
| Georgetown Formation | |
| Glen Rose Formation | |
| Mentor Beds | |
| Mural Limestone | |
| Paluxy Formation | |
| Pearsall Formation | |
| Rodessa Formation | |
| Sunniland Limestone | |
| Travis Peak Formation | |
| Trinity Group | |
| Washita Group | |
| UF | Comanchian |
| RT | Lower Cretaceous |
| Upper Cretaceous | |
| SN | Provincial series, North America. Below Gulfian. Indexed with Lower Cretaceous or Upper Cretaceous as applicable. |
| Comanchian | |
|---|---|
| USE | Comanchean |
| combustion | |
|---|---|
| RT | ash content |
| geochemistry | |
| processes | |
| retorting | |
| volatiles | |
| comendite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..rhyolites | |
| ...comendite | |
| RT | pantellerite |
| comets | |
|---|---|
| NT | Halley's Comet |
| RT | comae |
| interplanetary space | |
| meteorites | |
| meteors | |
| parent bodies | |
| solar system | |
| solar wind | |
| tektites | |
| Commander Islands | |
|---|---|
| USE | Komandorski Islands |
| Commelinidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Angiospermae | |
| ...Monocotyledoneae | |
| ....Commelinidae | |
| commencements, sudden | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used as sudden commencements with magnetosphere. |
| commodity exchange | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| common mica | |
|---|---|
| USE | muscovite |
| common salt | |
|---|---|
| USE | halite |
| common-depth-point method | |
|---|---|
| BT | geophysical methods |
| .reflection methods | |
| ..common-depth-point method | |
| UF | CDP method |
| CMP method | |
| common-mid-point method | |
| common-midpoint method | |
| RT | moveout |
| normal moveout | |
| velocity analysis | |
| SN | Sometimes abbreviated as CDP. Indexed with seismic methods if applicable. |
| common-mid-point method | |
|---|---|
| USE | common-depth-point method |
| common-midpoint method | |
|---|---|
| USE | common-depth-point method |
| communist countries | |
|---|---|
| RT | industrialized countries |
| Western World | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| communities | |
|---|---|
| RT | assemblages |
| biocenoses | |
| biotopes | |
| ecology | |
| paleoecology | |
| succession | |
| trophic analysis | |
| Como | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Lombardy Italy | |
| ....Como | |
| UF | Lake Como (Italy) |
| SN | Lake in NW Lombardy. As of 1993, see Como Italy for the province. |
| Como Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Lombardy Italy | |
| ....Como Italy | |
| SN | Province and city in NW Lombardy. |
| Comoro Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indian Ocean Islands |
| .Comoro Islands | |
| NT | Anjouan Island |
| SN | Group of volcanic islands in N Mozambique Channel between Mozambique and Madagascar. Former overseas territory of France. |
| compact-disc read-only memory | |
|---|---|
| USE | CD-ROM |
| compaction | |
|---|---|
| RT | bearing capacity |
| Boussinesq equation | |
| compactness | |
| consolidation | |
| decompaction | |
| diagenesis | |
| hardground | |
| lithification | |
| porosity | |
| processes | |
| soil mechanics | |
| companies | |
|---|---|
| UF | corporations |
| RT | economics |
| economic geology | |
| industry | |
| company diversification | |
| company integration | |
| company mergers | |
| corporate policy | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| company diversification | |
|---|---|
| RT | companies |
| economics | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| company integration | |
|---|---|
| RT | companies |
| economics | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| company mergers | |
|---|---|
| RT | companies |
| economics | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| comparison | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used as a general term through May 1978. No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See interplanetary comparison or terrestrial comparison or interlaboratory comparison or modern analogs or natural analogs if applicable. |
| compensation | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See isostatic compensation or carbonate compensation depth. |
| compete |
|---|
| competence | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See sedimentation, transport, hydrology, hydraulics or competent materials. From 1978-1980, was restricted to water transport of detritus. Prior to 1978, wind transport was included. |
| competent materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | deformation |
| materials | |
| rock mechanics | |
| soil mechanics | |
| complexes | |
|---|---|
| RT | igneous rocks |
| metamorphic core complexes | |
| metamorphic rocks | |
| metamorphism | |
| ophiolite complexes | |
| ring complexes | |
| sheeted dikes | |
| SN | Before 1981, also search structural complexes. Restricted from use with geochemistry; see complexing. For geochemistry, see complexing. |
| complexing | |
|---|---|
| RT | geochemistry |
| ligands | |
| metals | |
| organic compounds | |
| processes | |
| components | |
|---|---|
| RT | composition |
| principal components analysis | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| Compositae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Angiospermae | |
| ...Dicotyledoneae | |
| ....Compositae | |
| UF | Compositales |
| RT | miospores |
| SN | Genus. |
| Compositales | |
|---|---|
| USE | Compositae |
| composite cone | |
|---|---|
| USE | stratovolcanoes |
| composite volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | stratovolcanoes |
| compounds | |
|---|---|
| RT | acids |
| hydrogen peroxide | |
| organic compounds | |
| polymers | |
| volatile organic compounds | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act | |
|---|---|
| USE | Superfund |
| compressi |
|---|
| compressibility | |
|---|---|
| UF | modulus of compression |
| RT | physical properties |
| soil mechanics | |
| elasticity | |
| plasticity | |
| compression | |
| compactness | |
| compression | |
|---|---|
| RT | biaxial tests |
| compactness | |
| compressibility | |
| compression tectonics | |
| decompression | |
| deformation | |
| flow cleavage | |
| hysteresis | |
| lithification | |
| pressure | |
| tension | |
| yield strength | |
| SN | As of 1982, use compression tectonics if applicable. Before 1982, compression was used for compression tectonics as well as for the general concept. |
| compression tectonics | |
|---|---|
| BT | tectonics |
| .compression tectonics | |
| UF | tangential tectonics |
| RT | extension tectonics |
| plate tectonics | |
| deformation | |
| compression | |
| contraction | |
| thrust faults | |
| transpression | |
| SN | Before 1982, search compression AND tectonics. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| compressional waves | |
|---|---|
| USE | P-waves |
| compressive strength | |
|---|---|
| RT | compactness |
| deformation | |
| rock mechanics | |
| soil mechanics | |
| strength | |
| Compton County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Compton County Quebec | |
| computer animation | |
|---|---|
| UF | animation, computer |
| RT | computer programs |
| data processing | |
| models | |
| simulation | |
| visualization | |
| three-dimensional models | |
| imagery | |
| graphic display | |
| mechanics | |
| two-dimensional models | |
| SN | Also search animation and (computer programs) if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| computer data | |
|---|---|
| USE | digital data |
| computer files | |
|---|---|
| USE | digital data |
| computer languages | |
|---|---|
| NT | BASIC |
| Fortran | |
| Fortran 77 | |
| Fortran IV | |
| UF | programming languages |
| RT | computer programs |
| data processing | |
| Pascal | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| computer methods | |
|---|---|
| USE | data processing |
| computer networks | |
|---|---|
| NT | Internet |
| RT | arrays |
| data processing | |
| data retrieval | |
| geographic information systems | |
| information management | |
| information systems | |
| microcomputers | |
| minicomputers | |
| computers | |
| networks | |
| neural networks | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| computer processing | |
|---|---|
| USE | data processing |
| computer-aided design | |
|---|---|
| USE | CAD |
| computer-aided drafting | |
|---|---|
| USE | CAD |
| Computerized Resources Information Bank | |
|---|---|
| USE | CRIB |
| computers | |
|---|---|
| NT | microcomputers |
| minicomputers | |
| workstations | |
| RT | computer networks |
| computer programs | |
| data processing | |
| hand calculators | |
| Macintosh | |
| parallel processing | |
| programs | |
| SN | For documents discussing the machine itself. |
| Conasauga Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Conasauga Group | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Alabama | |
| North Carolina | |
| Georgia | |
| Tennessee | |
| Maynardville Limestone | |
| SN | Middle and Upper Cambrian. N Alabama, NE Georgia, North Carolina, E Tennessee and SW Virginia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| concealed deposits | |
|---|---|
| USE | blind deposits |
| concentration | |
|---|---|
| RT | breakthrough curves |
| dilution | |
| geochemistry | |
| Henry's law | |
| localization | |
| saturation | |
| solubility | |
| solute transport | |
| solution | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| concentric folds | |
|---|---|
| BT | folds |
| .concentric folds | |
| UF | parallel folds |
| RT | similar folds |
| SN | Before 1978, also search concentric AND folds; search parallel AND folds. |
| concentric fractures | |
|---|---|
| BT | fractures |
| .concentric fractures | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search fractures AND concentric. |
| concepts | |
|---|---|
| RT | geology |
| interpretation | |
| conceptual models | |
|---|---|
| USE | theoretical models |
| conchiolin | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .proteins | |
| ..conchiolin | |
| Concho County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Concho County Texas | |
| Conchostraca | |
|---|---|
| USE | Branchiopoda |
| Concordia Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Concordia Parish Louisiana | |
| concrete | |
|---|---|
| BT | construction materials |
| .concrete | |
| RT | engineering geology |
| weathering | |
| conservation | |
| cement materials | |
| concrete dams | |
| SN | Includes use both as a commodity term and an engineering material. See List C for use as a commodity. |
| concrete dams | |
|---|---|
| BT | dams |
| .concrete dams | |
| RT | concrete |
| gravity dams | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| concretions | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary structures |
| .secondary structures | |
| ..concretions | |
| RT | sedimentary rocks |
| sediments | |
| rhizoliths | |
| coal balls | |
| cone-in-cone | |
| geodes | |
| growth rates | |
| nodules | |
| septaria | |
| SN | As of 1981, used for nodules other than those on the ocean floor or in lakes. |
| condensates | |
|---|---|
| UF | gas condensates |
| RT | petroleum |
| gas hydrates | |
| natural gas | |
| heavy oil | |
| SN | Liquid hydrocarbon that emanates from a gas well or from the gas-cap of an oil well. Not to be used for other condensed materials. |
| condensation | |
|---|---|
| RT | geochemistry |
| Moon | |
| planetology | |
| planets | |
| conditions, P-T | |
|---|---|
| USE | P-T conditions |
| Condrey Mountain Schist | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Condrey Mountain Schist | |
| RT | California |
| Oregon | |
| Coast Ranges | |
| Klamath Mountains | |
| SN | Klamath Mountains of N California and SW Oregon. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| conduction | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See heat flow, geothermal gradient, conductivity, electrical conductivity, hydraulic conductivity, thermal conductivity, or resistivity as applicable. |
| conductive materia |
|---|
| conductive materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| geophysical methods | |
| materials | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| conductivity | |
|---|---|
| UF | specific conductance |
| RT | measurement |
| apparent resistivity | |
| electrical logging | |
| resistivity | |
| heat flow | |
| electrical conductivity | |
| geothermal gradient | |
| hydraulic conductivity | |
| thermal conductivity | |
| SN | Whenever applicable, use electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity or hydraulic conductivity. |
| Condylarthra | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Condylarthra | |
| NT | Acreodi |
| Arctocyonia | |
| RT | Ungulata |
| SN | Order. |
| cone penetration tests | |
|---|---|
| BT | penetration tests |
| .cone penetration tests | |
| RT | engineering geology |
| cones | |
| soil mechanics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| cone-in-cone | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary structures |
| .secondary structures | |
| ..cone-in-cone | |
| RT | cones |
| concretions | |
| septaria | |
| Conecuh County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Conecuh County Alabama | |
| SN | S Alabama. |
| Conejos County Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Conejos County Colorado | |
| RT | Alamosa River |
| San Luis Valley | |
| SN | S Colorado. |
| Conemaugh Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Pennsylvanian | |
| .....Conemaugh Group | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Ohio | |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Maryland | |
| West Virginia | |
| Ames Limestone | |
| SN | Divided into nine parts: Mahoning, Buffalo, Saltsburg, Grafron, Barton, Morgantown, Lonaconing, Connellsville, and one not yet named. Also includes Nadine Limestone, Woods Run Limestone, Carnahan Run Shale, and Brush Creek Limestone. W Maryland, E Ohio, P |
| Conemaugh River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Pennsylvania | |
| ..Conemaugh River | |
| RT | Cambria County Pennsylvania |
| Indiana County Pennsylvania | |
| Westmoreland County Pennsylvania | |
| SN | River in SW Pennsylvania. Also search Conemaugh. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| cones | |
|---|---|
| RT | alluvial fans |
| cinder cones | |
| cone penetration tests | |
| cone-in-cone | |
| Coniferales | |
| debris cones | |
| Gymnospermae | |
| seeds | |
| shatter cones | |
| spores | |
| stratovolcanoes | |
| submarine fans | |
| SN | Use more specific term if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| cones, cinder | |
|---|---|
| USE | cinder cones |
| cones, shatter | |
|---|---|
| USE | shatter cones |
| conferences | |
|---|---|
| USE | symposia |
| configuration | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. |
| confined aqu |
|---|
| confined aquifers | |
|---|---|
| BT | aquifers |
| .confined aquifers | |
| RT | ground water |
| aquitards | |
| artesian waters | |
| confining beds | |
| confining pressure | |
| deep aquifers | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| confining beds | |
|---|---|
| UF | aquicludes |
| RT | ground water |
| aquifers | |
| aquitards | |
| leaky aquifers | |
| confined aquifers | |
| permeability | |
| SN | Also search aquitards if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| confining pressure | |
|---|---|
| RT | biaxial tests |
| confined aquifers | |
| pressure | |
| reservoir properties | |
| soil mechanics | |
| triaxial tests | |
| shear | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| congelifluction | |
|---|---|
| USE | gelifluction |
| congeliturbation | |
|---|---|
| USE | cryoturbation |
| conglomerate | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .clastic rocks | |
| ..conglomerate | |
| NT | quartz-pebble conglomerate |
| UF | conglomerite |
| RT | agglomerate |
| breccia | |
| terrigenous materials | |
| calcrete | |
| ferricrete | |
| metaconglomerate | |
| conglomerite | |
|---|---|
| USE | conglomerate |
| Congo | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Central Africa | |
| ..Congo | |
| NT | Brazzaville Congo |
| UF | People's Republic of the Congo |
| RT | Congo Basin |
| Congo River | |
| Congo Democratic Republic | |
| SN | This term is now limited to the present Congo (People's Republic of the Congo). Formerly it also included what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, see Congo Democratic Republic (formerly Zaire). Before 1972, Congo Republic was used. |
| Congo (River) | |
|---|---|
| USE | Congo River |
| Congo Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Congo Basin | |
| RT | Angola |
| Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Congo | |
| Zambia | |
| Central African Republic | |
| SN | River drainage basin. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Congo Democratic Republic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Central Africa | |
| ..Congo Democratic Republic | |
| NT | Bandundu Congo Democratic Republic |
| Equateur Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Kasai | |
| Kinshasa Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Kivu Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Kundelungu Plateau | |
| Lower Zaire Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Shaba Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Upper Zaire Congo Democratic Republic | |
| UF | Belgian Congo |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | |
| Zaire | |
| RT | Katangan Orogeny |
| Congo Basin | |
| Congo River | |
| Kasai River | |
| Congo | |
| Lake Tanganyika | |
| Copperbelt | |
| Lake Albert | |
| Lake Edward | |
| Lake Kivu | |
| SN | Formerly called Belgian Congo; from 1960-1996, Zaire. Before 1972, also search Congo. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Congo Republic | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See Congo Democratic Republic (former Zaire) or Congo (People's Republic). |
| Congo River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Central Africa | |
| ..Congo River | |
| UF | Congo (River) |
| Kongo River | |
| Zaire River | |
| RT | Angola |
| Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Congo | |
| Lower Zaire Congo Democratic Republic | |
| Matadi Congo Democratic Republic | |
| SN | Rises as the Lualaba River in SE Congo Democratic Republic and flows N, then W, and finally SW into the Atlantic Ocean. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | |
|---|---|
| USE | Congo Democratic Republic |
| congresses | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See associations or symposia. |
| Coniacian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Coniacian | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Senonian | |
| ......Coniacian | |
| SN | Europe. Above Turonian, below Santonian. |
| conical fractures | |
|---|---|
| BT | fractures |
| .conical fractures | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search fractures AND conical. |
| Conical Seamount | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northwest Pacific | |
| ...Conical Seamount | |
| RT | Leg 125 |
| SN | Mariana forearc, NW Pacific. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| conichalcite | |
|---|---|
| BT | arsenates |
| .conichalcite | |
| Coniferae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Coniferae | |
| RT | Coniferales |
| Coniferales | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Coniferales | |
| NT | Buriadia |
| Cupressaceae | |
| Picea | |
| Pinaceae | |
| Pseudotsuga | |
| Taxodiaceae | |
| Taxodium | |
| Tsuga | |
| RT | cones |
| Coniferae | |
| Dadoxylon | |
| SN | Before 1981, Coniferae was included as a narrower term. |
| conjugate faults | |
|---|---|
| BT | faults |
| .conjugate faults | |
| RT | structural analysis |
| joints | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| conjugate folds | |
|---|---|
| BT | folds |
| .conjugate folds | |
| RT | joints |
| SN | Before 1978, search folds AND conjugate. |
| conjugate fractures | |
|---|---|
| BT | fractures |
| .conjugate fractures | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| conjugate systems | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, see conjugate faults or conjugate folds or conjugate fractures. |
| connate waters | |
|---|---|
| UF | formation waters |
| RT | ground water |
| water | |
| fossil waters | |
| meteoric water | |
| pore water | |
| Connecticut River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Connecticut River | |
| RT | Vermont |
| Massachusetts | |
| New Hampshire | |
| Connecticut | |
| SN | Rises in N New Hampshire and flows S emptying into Long Island Sound. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Connecticut River valley | |
|---|---|
| USE | Connecticut Valley |
| Connecticut Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Connecticut Valley | |
| UF | Connecticut River valley |
| RT | Vermont |
| Massachusetts | |
| New Hampshire | |
| Connecticut | |
| SN | River valley. Before 1978, also search Connecticut. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| connectivity | |
|---|---|
| RT | permeability |
| physical properties | |
| porosity | |
| porous materials | |
| preferential flow | |
| properties | |
| reservoir properties | |
| topology | |
| tortuosity | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Connemara | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Ireland | |
| ...Galway Ireland | |
| ....Connemara | |
| RT | Galway Granite |
| SN | Barren, mountainous coastal region in County Galway on the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Conococheague Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Upper Cambrian | |
| .....Conococheague Formation | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Maryland | |
| West Virginia | |
| Tennessee | |
| Knox Group | |
| SN | W Maryland, S central Pennsylvania, Tennessee, NW Virginia and West Virginia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| conodont alteration index | |
|---|---|
| USE | color alteration index |
| Conrad discontinuity | |
|---|---|
| RT | crust |
| discontinuities | |
| Earth | |
| middle crust | |
| seismology | |
| velocity | |
| conservation | |
|---|---|
| RT | aquifer vulnerability |
| basin management | |
| building stone | |
| cement materials | |
| concrete | |
| construction materials | |
| crushed stone | |
| curation | |
| deforestation | |
| depletion | |
| dimension stone | |
| endangered species | |
| energy conservation | |
| environmental analysis | |
| environmental geology | |
| erosi | |
| SN | Used for environmental conservation of natural resources. |
| consistency | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use consistent materials if applicable. |
| consistency limits | |
|---|---|
| USE | Atterberg limits |
| consistent materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| materials | |
| stiffness | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| consolidated materials | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, use consolidation, compaction, unconsolidated materials, or overconsolidated materials as applicable. |
| consolidation | |
|---|---|
| RT | cementation |
| compaction | |
| compactness | |
| diagenesis | |
| fine-grained materials | |
| lithification | |
| overconsolidated materials | |
| soil mechanics | |
| unconsolidated materials | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search solidification if applicable. |
| consolidometer tests | |
|---|---|
| RT | compactness |
| engineering geology | |
| soil mechanics | |
| testing | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Consortium for Continental Reflection Profiling | |
|---|---|
| USE | COCORP |
| Consortium for Crustal Reconnaissance Using Seismic Techniques | |
|---|---|
| USE | COCRUST |
| Constance Lake | |
|---|---|
| USE | Lake Constance |
| constant, dielectric | |
|---|---|
| USE | dielectric constant |
| Constanta Romania | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Romania | |
| ...Constanta Romania | |
| NT | Mangalia Romania |
| UF | Constantsa |
| RT | Romanian Dobruja |
| SN | County in SE Romania. Also a city on the Black Sea. |
| Constantine Algeria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Algeria | |
| ...Constantine Algeria | |
| RT | Hodna Basin |
| SN | Department. NE Algeria. Before 1993, also search Constantine region. |
| Constantine region | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used as large department of French Algeria. As of 1993, see Algeria for departments. |
| constants, elastic | |
|---|---|
| USE | elastic constants |
| Constantsa | |
|---|---|
| USE | Constanta Romania |
| constitution | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Was sometimes used for composition; sometimes as the document. |
| constitutive equations | |
|---|---|
| RT | elasticity |
| equations | |
| mathematical models | |
| physical properties | |
| plasticity | |
| properties | |
| rheology | |
| rock mechanics | |
| soil mechanics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| constructed wetlands | |
|---|---|
| BT | wetlands |
| .constructed wetlands | |
| UF | artificial wetlands |
| RT | reclamation |
| environmental geology | |
| soils | |
| ecology | |
| land use | |
| hydrology | |
| remediation | |
| Hydromorphic soils | |
| construction | |
|---|---|
| RT | backfill |
| construction materials | |
| dams | |
| dredging | |
| foundations | |
| highways | |
| marine installations | |
| railroads | |
| reservoirs | |
| shorelines | |
| tunnels | |
| underground installations | |
| construction materials | |
|---|---|
| NT | building stone |
| cement materials | |
| concrete | |
| crushed stone | |
| dimension stone | |
| insulation materials | |
| UF | constructional materials |
| RT | materials |
| aggregate | |
| gravel deposits | |
| sand | |
| sands | |
| trap rocks | |
| alloys | |
| weathering | |
| conservation | |
| shale | |
| construction | |
| granite deposits | |
| limestone deposits | |
| marble deposits | |
| sandstone deposits | |
| refractory materials | |
| ornamental materials | |
| perlite | |
| SN | Includes use both as a commodity term and an engineering material. See List C for use as a commodity. |
| constructional materials | |
|---|---|
| USE | construction materials |
| consumption | |
|---|---|
| RT | demand |
| economics | |
| supply | |
| utilization | |
| water use | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| contact | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See stratigraphic boundary; contact metamorphism. Before 1977, used to indicate type of metamorphism. |
| contact aureole | |
|---|---|
| USE | aureoles |
| contact metamorphism | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphism |
| .contact metamorphism | |
| UF | contact phenomena |
| RT | country rocks |
| intrusions | |
| aureoles | |
| hornfels facies | |
| pneumatolysis | |
| SN | Not a valid term from 1973-1977. Also search metamorphism AND contact. |
| contact phenomena | |
|---|---|
| USE | contact metamorphism |
| contact zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | aureoles |
| containment liners | |
|---|---|
| USE | disposal barriers |
| contaminant plumes | |
|---|---|
| RT | pollutants |
| pollution | |
| pump-and-treat | |
| upwelling | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| contaminant transport | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1995, use transport with pollutants. |
| contaminants (pollution) | |
|---|---|
| USE | pollutants |
| contamination | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Before 1978, this was a general term. After 1977, it was often, but not exclusively used with magmas. After 1994, see magma contamination or pollution. |
| contamination, magma | |
|---|---|
| USE | magma contamination |
| contemporaneous faults | |
|---|---|
| USE | growth faults |
| content | |
|---|---|
| USE | composition |
| conterminous regions | |
|---|---|
| RT | United States |
| SN | Used to indicate regions with a common boundary. Used especially for the United States. |
| Conterminous United States Mineral Assessment Program | |
|---|---|
| USE | CUSMAP |
| contine |
|---|
| continental | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1977. See continental crust; continental drift; continental margin. |
| continental borderland | |
|---|---|
| UF | borderland, continental |
| RT | continental margin |
| continental shelf | |
| continental slope | |
| SN | The area of the continental margin between the shoreline and the continental slope which is topographically more complex than the continental shelf. |
| continental crust | |
|---|---|
| BT | crust |
| .continental crust | |
| UF | continental type |
| RT | transition zones |
| plate tectonics | |
| underplating | |
| microcontinents | |
| CALCRUST | |
| COCORP | |
| Illinois Deep Hole Project | |
| Lg-waves | |
| oceanization | |
| Sn-waves | |
| SN | Also search crust AND continental type; crust AND continental; continental AND genesis. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| continental displacement |
|---|
| continental drift |
|---|
| continental dunes | |
|---|---|
| BT | dunes |
| .continental dunes | |
| BT | eolian features |
| .continental dunes | |
| RT | geomorphology |
| shore features | |
| foredunes | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| continental environment | |
|---|---|
| USE | terrestrial environment |
| continental margin | |
|---|---|
| UF | margin, continental |
| RT | continental rise |
| ocean floors | |
| active margins | |
| AMCOR | |
| continental shelf | |
| continental slope | |
| island arcs | |
| aseismic margins | |
| Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test | |
| back-arc basins | |
| continental borderland | |
| continental margin sedimentation | |
| continents | |
| cratons | |
| passive | |
| SN | Use term to denote both shelf and slope. Also search continental AND margin. |
| continental margin sedimentation | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentation |
| .continental margin sedimentation | |
| RT | continental margin |
| continental shelf | |
| continental slope | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| continental migration |
|---|
| Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alaska |
| Atlantic Ocean | |
| continental margin | |
| continental shelf | |
| continental slope | |
| cores | |
| cost | |
| marine drilling | |
| oceanography | |
| offshore | |
| stratigraphy | |
| SN | Also search COST in conjunction with appropriate state or region. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| continental platform | |
|---|---|
| USE | continental shelf |
| continental rise | |
|---|---|
| UF | rise, continental |
| RT | abyssal plains |
| ocean floors | |
| continental margin | |
| marine geology | |
| continental slope | |
| HEBBLE | |
| nepheloid layer | |
| Continental Scientific Drilling Program | |
|---|---|
| UF | CSDP |
| RT | drilling |
| programs | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| continental seas | |
|---|---|
| USE | epicontinental seas |
| continental shelf | |
|---|---|
| NT | inner shelf |
| outer shelf | |
| UF | continental platform |
| continental terrace | |
| shelf, continental | |
| RT | continental margin |
| ecology | |
| marine geology | |
| AMCOR | |
| continental slope | |
| ocean circulation | |
| Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test | |
| currents | |
| continental borderland | |
| continental margin sedimentation | |
| continents | |
| epicontinental seas | |
| insular shelf | |
| ocean currents | |
| ocean | |
| SN | For studies of geological processes taking place on the shelf. Restricted to the modern shelf area. Also search continental AND shelf. Indexed with both land and sea geographic terms. |
| continental slope | |
|---|---|
| NT | inner slope |
| outer slope | |
| UF | slope, continental |
| RT | continental rise |
| continental margin | |
| ecology | |
| marine geology | |
| AMCOR | |
| continental shelf | |
| ocean circulation | |
| Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test | |
| marginal basins | |
| HEBBLE | |
| continental borderland | |
| continental margin sedimentation | |
| continents | |
| hemipelagic environment | |
| SN | For modern slope area. Use slope environment for older sedimentation. Also search continental AND slope. Indexed with with geographic terms for both land and sea. |
| continental terrace | |
|---|---|
| USE | continental shelf |
| continental type | |
|---|---|
| USE | continental crust |
| continents | |
|---|---|
| RT | continental drift |
| continental margin | |
| continental shelf | |
| continental slope | |
| cratons | |
| Earth | |
| epeirogeny | |
| epicontinental seas | |
| island arcs | |
| islands | |
| isostasy | |
| marginal seas | |
| supercontinents | |
| tectonic platforms | |
| SN | Used for discussions of continents as units (e.g. geometry of a continent). |
| continuous filters | |
|---|---|
| RT | analog filters |
| filters | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| continuous materials | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| materials | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| contour maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .contour maps | |
| RT | topographic maps |
| structure contour maps | |
| contourite | |
|---|---|
| RT | clastic rocks |
| clastic sediments | |
| marine sediments | |
| sedimentary rocks | |
| sediments | |
| terrigenous materials | |
| SN | Indexed with clastic sediments and/or clastic rocks as applicable. |
| Contra Costa County California | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Contra Costa County California | |
| RT | Greenville Fault |
| San Francisco Bay region | |
| San Pablo Bay | |
| SN | On San Francisco Bay in W California. |
| contraction | |
|---|---|
| RT | compression tectonics |
| processes | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| control, erosion | |
|---|---|
| USE | erosion control |
| control, production | |
|---|---|
| USE | production control |
| controlled-source audio-magnetotelluric technique | |
|---|---|
| USE | CSAMT methods |
| Contwoyto Lake | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Mackenzie District Northwest Territories | |
| ...Contwoyto Lake | |
| SN | Central Northwest Territories. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Conularida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Coelenterata | |
| ..Scyphozoa | |
| ...Conularida | |
| convection cells | |
|---|---|
| USE | convection currents |
| convection currents | |
|---|---|
| BT | currents |
| .convection currents | |
| UF | convection cells |
| RT | mantle |
| plate tectonics | |
| convection | |
| atmosphere | |
| tectonophysics | |
| density | |
| convergence | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use plate convergence if applicable. |
| Converse County Wyoming | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wyoming | |
| ..Converse County Wyoming | |
| SN | E Wyoming. |
| conversion | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| convoluted beds | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary structures |
| .soft sediment deformation | |
| ..convoluted beds | |
| UF | beds, convoluted |
| convoluted deformation | |
| RT | turbidity current structures |
| slump structures | |
| SN | Also index turbidity current structures if applicable (See list K.) |
| convoluted deformation | |
|---|---|
| USE | convoluted beds |
| Conway County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Conway County Arkansas | |
| Coo | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Use Kos for the Greek island. |
| Cooch Behar India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...West Bengal India | |
| ....Cooch Behar India | |
| SN | City just N of Bangladesh in West Bengal, E India. |
| Cook County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Cook County Georgia | |
| SN | S Georgia. |
| Cook County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Cook County Illinois | |
| NT | Chicago Illinois |
| SN | NE Illinois. |
| Cook County Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Minnesota | |
| ..Cook County Minnesota | |
| RT | Saganaga Lake |
| SN | NE Minnesota. |
| Cook Inlet | |
|---|---|
| RT | Alaska |
| Anchorage Alaska | |
| Augustine | |
| Knik Arm | |
| Southern Alaska | |
| Southwestern Alaska | |
| Turnagain Arm | |
| SN | Arm of the Pacific Ocean W of Kenai Peninsula in S Alaska. Indexed with Southern Alaska or Southwestern Alaska as applicable. |
| Cook Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Oceania |
| .Polynesia | |
| ..Cook Islands | |
| UF | Southern Cook Islands |
| RT | East Pacific Ocean Islands |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| SN | Group of 15 islands W of French Polynesia and E of Samoa and Tonga islands. |
| Cook Mountain Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....middle Eocene | |
| ......Cook Mountain Formation | |
| RT | Louisiana |
| Texas | |
| Claiborne Group | |
| SN | In Claiborne Group. NW Louisiana, S and E Texas. |
| Cooke County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Cooke County Texas | |
| cookeite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .sheet silicates | |
| ..chlorite group | |
| ...cookeite | |
| RT | aluminosilicates |
| lepidolite | |
| cooling | |
|---|---|
| RT | heating |
| temperature | |
| thermochronology | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| Cooma Australia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New South Wales Australia | |
| ...Cooma Australia | |
| SN | Town in SE New South Wales. |
| Coon Butte | |
|---|---|
| USE | Meteor Crater |
| Cooper Basin | |
|---|---|
| UF | Cooper's Creek basin |
| RT | Queensland Australia |
| South Australia | |
| Australia | |
| SN | Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Cooper County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Cooper County Missouri | |
| Cooper's Creek basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cooper Basin |
| cooperation, international | |
|---|---|
| USE | international cooperation |
| cooperative learning | |
|---|---|
| BT | education |
| .cooperative learning | |
| UF | collaborative learning |
| SN | Exercises structured so group members both need each other to succeed and are individually accountable for material. Includes collaborative learning for which students work interdependently and the classroom authority rests more with student groups rather |
| coordinate systems | |
|---|---|
| RT | systems |
| coordinates | |
|---|---|
| RT | cartography |
| geodesy | |
| geodetic coordinates | |
| maps | |
| Moon | |
| SN | For geographic coordinates, see specific area. |
| coordination | |
|---|---|
| RT | crystal chemistry |
| Coorong Lagoon | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..South Australia | |
| ...Coorong Lagoon | |
| UF | The Coorong |
| SN | Off Lacepede Bay of Indian Ocean in SE South Australia. |
| Coos Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Coos County Oregon | |
| ...Coos Bay | |
| RT | Northeast Pacific |
| SN | Inlet on coast of Coos County on the Pacific Ocean in SW Oregon. |
| Coos County New Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| BT | w Hampshire |
| .Coos County New Hampshire | |
| RT | Mount Adams |
| Mount Jefferson | |
| Rangeley Lakes | |
| SN | N New Hampshire. |
| Coos County Oregon | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Coos County Oregon | |
| NT | Coos Bay |
| SN | SW Oregon. |
| Coosa County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Coosa County Alabama | |
| RT | Martin Lake |
| SN | Central Alabama. |
| Copenhagen Denmark | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Denmark | |
| ....Copenhagen Denmark | |
| UF | Kobenhavn Denmark |
| RT | Zealand |
| SN | County and city on Zealand Island in E Denmark. |
| Copepoda | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Mandibulata | |
| ...Crustacea | |
| ....Copepoda | |
| Copernicus Crater | |
|---|---|
| RT | Mars |
| Moon | |
| SN | Search in combination with Moon or Mars. Also search Copernicus in combination with Moon or Mars. Indexed with Moon or Mars as applicable. |
| Copiah County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Copiah County Mississippi | |
| copiapite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfates |
| .copiapite | |
| Copiapo Chile | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Chile | |
| ..Atacama Chile | |
| ...Copiapo Chile | |
| UF | San Francisco de la Selva |
| SN | Town in N central Chile. Also search Selva. |
| Copiapo River | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Chile | |
| ..Copiapo River | |
| RT | Atacama Chile |
| SN | N central Chile. Before 1995, also search Copiapo Chile. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Copley Greenstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Middle Devonian | |
| .....Copley Greenstone | |
| RT | California |
| Balaklala Rhyolite | |
| SN | N California. Conformably underlies Balaklala Rhyolite and interfingers with it in some areas. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| copper | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .copper | |
| UF | Cu |
| RT | copper ores |
| native elements | |
| chalcophile elements | |
| copper minerals | |
| heavy metals | |
| bornite | |
| chalcocite | |
| chalcopyrite | |
| enargite | |
| porphyry copper | |
| SN | Chemical element. Use copper ores for copper as a commodity. |
| Copper Age | |
|---|---|
| USE | Chalcolithic |
| Copper Canyon | |
|---|---|
| RT | Lander County Nevada |
| SN | Canyon in Lander County in N central Nevada. Indexed with county or regions as applicable. |
| Copper Harbor Conglomerate | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Keweenawan | |
| ....Copper Harbor Conglomerate | |
| RT | Michigan |
| SN | Upper Keweenawan. Keweenaw County on the Upper Peninsula, NW Michigan. |
| copper minerals | |
|---|---|
| RT | azurite |
| bornite | |
| chalcocite | |
| chalcopyrite | |
| chrysocolla | |
| copper | |
| copper ores | |
| covellite | |
| cuprite | |
| enargite | |
| luzonite | |
| malachite | |
| minerals | |
| tennantite | |
| tetrahedrite | |
| turquoise | |
| Copper Mountain | |
|---|---|
| RT | British Columbia |
| California | |
| Wyoming | |
| SN | Location of copper deposit in British Columbia. Also used for uranium deposit in Wyoming. Also used in other locations. Indexed with province, state and county or country as applicable. |
| copper pyrites | |
|---|---|
| USE | chalcopyrite |
| Copper River basin | |
|---|---|
| RT | Southern Alaska |
| Talkeetna Formation | |
| SN | S central Alaska. Indexed with Southern Alaska or regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| copper sulfides | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .copper sulfides | |
| RT | chalcocite |
| covellite | |
| gossan | |
| Copperbelt | |
|---|---|
| RT | Congo Democratic Republic |
| Zambia | |
| SN | Area in S Zambia and Congo Democratic Republic. Indexed with country or region as applicable. |
| Coppermine River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Mackenzie District Northwest Territories | |
| ...Coppermine River | |
| SN | Flows into Coronation Gulf in N Mackenzie District, E central Northwest Territories. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| coprolites | |
|---|---|
| RT | biogenic structures |
| fecal pellets | |
| ichnofossils | |
| lebensspuren | |
| sedimentary structures | |
| Vertebrata | |
| coquimbite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfates |
| .coquimbite | |
| Coquimbo Chile | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Chile | |
| ..Coquimbo Chile | |
| SN | Province and city in central Chile. |
| coquina | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .carbonate rocks | |
| ..limestone | |
| ...coquina | |
| RT | clastic sediments |
| terrigenous materials | |
| carbonate sediments | |
| coral pinnacle | |
|---|---|
| USE | pinnacle reefs |
| coral reefs | |
|---|---|
| USE | reefs |
| Coral Sea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| ...Coral Sea | |
| NT | Coral Sea Basin |
| Great Barrier Reef | |
| Queensland Plateau | |
| Solomon Sea | |
| RT | DSDP Site 287 |
| Leg 133 | |
| Leg 21 | |
| Leg 30 | |
| Maryborough Basin | |
| ODP Site 811 | |
| ODP Site 812 | |
| ODP Site 813 | |
| ODP Site 814 | |
| ODP Site 815 | |
| ODP Site 816 | |
| ODP Site 817 | |
| ODP Site 818 | |
| ODP Site 819 | |
| ODP Site 820 | |
| ODP Site 821 | |
| ODP Site 822 | |
| ODP Site 823 | |
| ODP Site 824 | |
| ODP Site 826 | |
| Papuan | |
| SN | Between Queensland, Australia, on the W and New Hebrides and New Caledonia on the E. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Coral Sea Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| ...Coral Sea | |
| ....Coral Sea Basin | |
| RT | DSDP Site 287 |
| DSDP Site 210 | |
| SN | Between NE Queensland and Solomon Islands. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Corallimorpharia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Coelenterata | |
| ..Anthozoa | |
| ...Zoantharia | |
| ....Corallimorpharia | |
| SN | Order. |
| Corallinaceae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Rhodophyta | |
| ...Corallinaceae | |
| NT | Archaeolithothamnium |
| Lithophyllum | |
| Lithothamnium | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Corbieres | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Aude France | |
| ....Corbieres | |
| UF | Corbieres Mountains |
| RT | French Pyrenees |
| SN | Outliers of the E Pyrenees in S Aude. |
| Corbieres Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Corbieres |
| Cordaitales | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Cordaitales | |
| NT | Cordaites |
| RT | Dadoxylon |
| Cordaites | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Cordaitales | |
| ....Cordaites | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Cordevolian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Triassic | |
| ....Cordevolian | |
| RT | Lower Triassic |
| Middle Triassic | |
| SN | Europe; Triassic. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| cordierite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .ring silicates | |
| ..cordierite | |
| RT | aluminosilicates |
| Cordillera | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See North American Cordillera; Canadian Cordillera. |
| Cordillera Betica | |
|---|---|
| USE | Betic Cordillera |
| Cordillera Central | |
|---|---|
| USE | Central Cordillera |
| Cordillera de la Costa | |
|---|---|
| RT | Chile |
| Peru | |
| Venezuela | |
| Western Cordillera | |
| SN | Along Caribbean Sea in central N Venezuela. Also a feature in Chile and Peru. Indexed with country and mountain ranges as applicable. |
| Cordillera Marianica | |
|---|---|
| USE | Betic Cordillera |
| Cordillera Occidental | |
|---|---|
| USE | Western Cordillera |
| Cordillera Oriental | |
|---|---|
| USE | Eastern Cordillera |
| Cordilleran Geosyncline | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cordilleran Orogeny |
| geosynclines | |
| SN | Before 1978, search geosynclines AND Cordilleran. |
| Cordilleran ice sheet | |
|---|---|
| RT | North America |
| North American Cordillera | |
| SN | North American Cordillera. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Cordilleran Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cordilleran Geosyncline |
| Laramide Orogeny | |
| North America | |
| orogeny | |
| tectonics | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Cordilleran AND orogeny. |
| Cordoba | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Referred to cities in Spain and in Argentina. Before 1981, also referred to the province in Spain and the department in Argentina. As of 1993, see Cordoba Argentina and Cordoba Spain. |
| Cordoba Argentina | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Argentina | |
| ..Cordoba Argentina | |
| NT | Chanares Argentina |
| RT | Pampean Mountains |
| SN | Province including the city in central Argentina. From 1981-1992, also search Cordoba Department AND Argentina. |
| Cordoba Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Andalusia Spain | |
| .....Cordoba Spain | |
| NT | Los Pedroches Spain |
| Valsequillo Spain | |
| SN | In S central Spain. From 1981-1992, also search Cordoba Province and Spain. |
| core | |
|---|---|
| NT | inner core |
| outer core | |
| RT | core-mantle boundary |
| crust | |
| dynamos | |
| Earth | |
| geophysics | |
| heat flow | |
| heat sources | |
| interior | |
| lithosphere | |
| magma oceans | |
| magnetic field | |
| magnetohydrodynamics | |
| mantle | |
| Mohorovicic discontinuity | |
| phase transitions | |
| seismology | |
| tectonophysics | |
| transition zones | |
| SN | Used for the Earth's core and, when applicable, the cores of the other planets and the Moon. |
| core complexes | |
|---|---|
| USE | metamorphic core complexes |
| core-mantle boundary |
|---|
| core-mantle couple |
|---|
| core-mantle interface |
|---|
| cores | |
|---|---|
| UF | drill cores |
| RT | well-logging |
| AMCOR | |
| Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test | |
| boreholes | |
| cuttings | |
| Illinois Deep Hole Project | |
| ice cores | |
| Iceland Research Drilling Project | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search borings. |
| Corinth Greece | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Greece | |
| ...Peloponnesus Greece | |
| ....Corinth Greece | |
| RT | Gulf of Corinth |
| SN | City and department on Gulf of Corinth in NE Peloponnesus. |
| Coriolis force | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used with ocean circulation. |
| Cork Ireland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Ireland | |
| ...Cork Ireland | |
| UF | County Cork Ireland |
| SN | County including the city on the Atlantic Ocean in S Ireland. |
| Cormeilles-en-Parisis France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Val-d'Oise France | |
| ....Cormeilles-en-Parisis France | |
| SN | Town just N of Paris in N central France. |
| Cornubian Batholith | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Cornubian Batholith | |
| RT | Devonshire England |
| Cornwall England | |
| South-West England | |
| SN | SW England. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Cornwall England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Cornwall England | |
| NT | Land's End |
| Padstow England | |
| RT | Tamar Estuary |
| Cornubian Batholith | |
| Tamar Valley | |
| SN | Former county in extreme SW England. Became part of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly in 1974. |
| Cornwallis Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Cornwallis Island | |
| BT | Canada |
| .Northwest Territories | |
| ..Franklin District Northwest Territories | |
| ...Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| ....Cornwallis Island | |
| RT | Read Bay Formation |
| SN | One of the Parry Islands in central Franklin District, N central Northwest Territories. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Coromandel Coast | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Coromandel Coast | |
| RT | Andhra Pradesh India |
| Tamil Nadu India | |
| Pondicherry India | |
| South Arcot | |
| SN | SE coast from Point Calimere in the S to mouths of the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh. Before 1978, also search Coromandel. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Coromandel Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Coromandel Peninsula | |
| RT | North Island |
| SN | ENE of Auckland. Before 1978, also search Coromandel. Also index North Island. |
| corona | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used with astrophysics and solar physics. For coronas in rocks, use reaction rims. |
| coronadite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .coronadite | |
| RT | hollandite |
| Coronado National Forest | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Coronado National Forest | |
| RT | Hidalgo County New Mexico |
| Cochise County Arizona | |
| Graham County Arizona | |
| national forests | |
| Pima County Arizona | |
| Santa Cruz County Arizona | |
| SN | SE Arizona and SW New Mexico. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| coronae | |
|---|---|
| RT | arcuate structures |
| remote sensing | |
| surface features | |
| Uranus | |
| Venus | |
| SN | Ovoid features on other planetary bodies. Before 1993, also search corona and planet name. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Coronation Mine | |
|---|---|
| RT | copper ores |
| mines | |
| Saskatchewan | |
| zinc ores | |
| SN | Copper and zinc ores. E central Saskatchewan. Indexed with province or region as applicable. |
| Corophioides | |
|---|---|
| BT | ichnofossils |
| .Corophioides | |
| corporate policy | |
|---|---|
| RT | companies |
| economics | |
| policy | |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| corporations | |
|---|---|
| USE | companies |
| Corpus Christi Bay | |
|---|---|
| RT | Nueces County Texas |
| San Patricio County Texas | |
| Texas | |
| SN | Inlet of Gulf of Mexico between Nueces and San Patricio counties, SE Texas. Indexed with state and counties as applicable. |
| corrections | |
|---|---|
| RT | accuracy |
| errors | |
| static corrections | |
| topographic correction | |
| SN | Used as a general term. |
| correlation | |
|---|---|
| UF | correlation tables |
| stratigraphic correlation | |
| RT | stratigraphy |
| biochronology | |
| event stratigraphy | |
| SN | General term appropriate to a large number of topics. Before 1969, also search correlation tables; correlations. |
| correlation coefficient | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .correlation coefficient | |
| UF | coefficient, correlation |
| correlation tables | |
|---|---|
| USE | correlation |
| correlations | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1970. Now use correlation. |
| corrensite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .sheet silicates | |
| ..clay minerals | |
| ...corrensite | |
| RT | aluminosilicates |
| correspondence analysis | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .correspondence analysis | |
| RT | analysis |
| Correze France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Correze France | |
| RT | Brive Basin |
| Millevaches Plateau | |
| SN | Department in S central France. |
| Corrientes Argentina | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Argentina | |
| ..Corrientes Argentina | |
| SN | Province including the city between the Parana River and the Uruguay River. |
| corrosion | |
|---|---|
| UF | chemical erosion |
| RT | bioerosion |
| erosion | |
| geomorphology | |
| embayments | |
| damage | |
| destruction | |
| chemical weathering | |
| pits | |
| hydrogen peroxide | |
| Corse du Sud France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Corsica | |
| ....Corse du Sud France | |
| SN | Department in the southern part of Corsica. |
| Corsica | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Corsica | |
| NT | Corse du Sud France |
| Haute-Corse France | |
| RT | Mediterranean region |
| Mediterranean Sea | |
| SN | Island in the Mediterranean Sea. After 1992, use Haute-Corse France or Corse du Sud France for the departments. Before 1993, also included use for the departments. |
| Corson County South Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Dakota | |
| ..Corson County South Dakota | |
| Cortez Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Montezuma County Colorado | |
| ...Cortez Colorado | |
| SN | City in extreme SW Colorado. |
| Cortez Mountains | |
|---|---|
| RT | Eureka County Nevada |
| Nevada | |
| SN | Eureka County in central Nevada. Also search Cortez. Indexed with county or regions as applicable. |
| Cortina | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See Cortina D'Ampezzo Italy. |
| Cortina D'Ampezzo Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Veneto Italy | |
| ....Cortina D'Ampezzo Italy | |
| UF | Cortina Italy |
| SN | Town in Dolomites in N Veneto, N Italy. |
| Cortina Italy | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cortina D'Ampezzo Italy |
| Cortland County New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..Cortland County New York | |
| Cortlandt Complex | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Upper Ordovician | |
| .....Cortlandt Complex | |
| RT | New York |
| SN | E New York. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| corundum | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .corundum | |
| RT | corundum deposits |
| gems | |
| alumina | |
| aluminum oxides | |
| amethyst | |
| rubies | |
| sapphire | |
| SN | As of 1981, use corundum deposits for corundum as a commodity (abrasives). |
| corundum deposits | |
|---|---|
| RT | abrasives |
| corundum | |
| industrial minerals | |
| SN | For corundum as a gem, use corundum and gems. Commodity. See List C. For corundum as a gem, index the specific type of gem. |
| Coryell County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Coryell County Texas | |
| Corylus | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Angiospermae | |
| ...Dicotyledoneae | |
| ....Corylus | |
| RT | palynomorphs |
| SN | Genus. |
| Corynexochida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Trilobitomorpha | |
| ...Trilobita | |
| ....Corynexochida | |
| Cos | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Use Kos for the Greek island. |
| cosalite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfosalts |
| .sulfobismuthites | |
| ..cosalite | |
| coseismic |
|---|
| coseismic processes | |
|---|---|
| RT | deformation |
| earthquakes | |
| effects | |
| faults | |
| ground motion | |
| liquefaction | |
| seismic response | |
| stress drops | |
| teleseismic signals | |
| SN | Also search coseismic phenomena. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Cosenza Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Calabria Italy | |
| ....Cosenza Italy | |
| SN | Town and province in W central Calabria. |
| Coshocton County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Coshocton County Ohio | |
| SN | Central Ohio. |
| cosmic dust | |
|---|---|
| UF | interstellar dust |
| zodiacal dust | |
| RT | planetology |
| particles | |
| interplanetary space | |
| extraterrestrial geology | |
| asteroids | |
| meteoroids | |
| dust | |
| interplanetary dust | |
| cosmic-ray methods | |
|---|---|
| SN | Use cosmic rays or particle-track dating as applicable. |
| cosmic-ray tracks | |
|---|---|
| USE | particle tracks |
| cosmochemistry |
|---|
| cosmochronology | |
|---|---|
| RT | absolute age |
| cosmochemistry | |
| expanding universe theory | |
| extraterrestrial geology | |
| geochronology | |
| planetology | |
| relative age | |
| resurfacing | |
| solar system | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| cosmogenic elements | |
|---|---|
| RT | chemical elements |
| cosmic rays | |
| cosmochemistry | |
| isotopes | |
| SN | Before 1978, search cosmogenic; cosmogenic AND isotopes. |
| cosmogeny | |
|---|---|
| SN | Use cosmochronology, cosmogenic elements or cosmochemistry. |
| cosmolites | |
|---|---|
| USE | meteorites |
| cosmopolitan taxa | |
|---|---|
| UF | taxa, cosmopolitan |
| RT | ecology |
| paleoecology | |
| biogeography | |
| distribution | |
| endemic taxa | |
| global | |
| SN | Also search cosmopolitanism. Before 1978, also search cosmopolitan. |
| Coso Hot Springs | |
|---|---|
| USE | Coso Hot Springs KGRA |
| Coso Hot Springs KGRA | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Inyo County California | |
| ...Coso Hot Springs KGRA | |
| UF | Coso Hot Springs |
| KGRA, Coso Hot Springs | |
| RT | geothermal fields |
| SN | Known Geothermal Resources Area. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Coso Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Inyo County California | |
| ...Coso Range | |
| SN | S California. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| cost | |
|---|---|
| RT | Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test |
| economics | |
| price | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Costa Rica earthquake 1991 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .Costa Rica earthquake 1991 | |
| UF | Limon earthquake 1991 |
| Valle de la Estrella earthquake 1991 | |
| RT | Costa Rica |
| SN | Epicenter in Limon province area, SE Costa Rica. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Costa Rica Rift | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .East Pacific | |
| ..Costa Rica Rift | |
| RT | Equatorial Pacific |
| Leg 148 | |
| SN | E Equatorial Pacific, off Colombia. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Costilla County Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Costilla County Colorado | |
| Cote d'Or France | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cote-d'Or France |
| Cote-d'Or France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Cote-d'Or France | |
| NT | Dijon France |
| Pouilly-en-Auxois France | |
| UF | Cote d'Or France |
| RT | Morvan |
| SN | Department in E central France. |
| Cotentin Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Manche France | |
| ....Cotentin Peninsula | |
| SN | Peninsula in Normandy jutting into the English Channel in N Manche, NW France. |
| Cotes-du-Nord France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Cotes-du-Nord France | |
| RT | Brittany |
| SN | Department on the English Channel in N Brittany. |
| Cotswold Hills | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Cotswold Hills | |
| UF | Cotswolds |
| RT | Avon England |
| Gloucestershire England | |
| Worcestershire England | |
| SN | Range of hills in Gloucestershire, Avon, and Hereford and Worcester in W central England. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
| Cotswolds | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cotswold Hills |
| Cott |
|---|
| Cottageville Field | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .West Virginia | |
| ..Jackson County West Virginia | |
| ...Cottageville Field | |
| RT | oil and gas fields |
| SN | W West Virginia. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Cottbus Bezirk | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. District in SE East Germany. Before 1981, search Cottbus. As of 1993, see Saxony Germany and Upper Lusatia. |
| Cottbus Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Brandenburg Germany | |
| ....Cottbus Germany | |
| SN | City in Brandenburg, E Germany. From 1981-1992, Cottbus was used for this city. Before 1981, Cottbus also included the East German district. |
| Cottian Alps | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Cottian Alps | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Alps | |
| ..Western Alps | |
| ...Cottian Alps | |
| NT | Dora Maira Massif |
| RT | Italy |
| France | |
| Dauphine Alps | |
| Piedmont Alps | |
| SN | Division of Western Alps. This term has multiple hierarchies. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Cottle County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Cottle County Texas | |
| Cotton County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Cotton County Oklahoma | |
| SN | SW Oklahoma. |
| Cotton Valley Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Jurassic | |
| ....Upper Jurassic | |
| .....Cotton Valley Group | |
| RT | Louisiana |
| Mississippi | |
| Texas | |
| Arkansas | |
| Bossier Formation | |
| Schuler Formation | |
| SN | Includes Schuler Formation, and Bossier Formation. S Arkansas, N Louisiana, W Mississippi, and E Texas. |
| Cottonwood County Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Minnesota | |
| ..Cottonwood County Minnesota | |
| Cottonwood Limestone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Cottonwood Limestone | |
| RT | Oklahoma |
| Nebraska | |
| Kansas | |
| Council Grove Group | |
| SN | In Council Grove Group. E Kansas, SE Nebraska, and central northern Oklahoma. |
| Cotylosauria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Reptilia | |
| ....Anapsida | |
| .....Cotylosauria | |
| NT | Captorhinomorpha |
| Pareiasauria | |
| SN | Order. |
| Coulomb's modulus | |
|---|---|
| USE | shear modulus |
| Council Gro |
|---|
| Council Grove Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Council Grove Group | |
| RT | Oklahoma |
| Colorado | |
| Nebraska | |
| Kansas | |
| Cottonwood Limestone | |
| Eskridge Shale | |
| Red Eagle Limestone | |
| Roca Formation | |
| Stearns Shale | |
| SN | Lower Permian. E Kansas, SE Nebraska, N Oklahoma, Colorado. In Kansas includes (ascending) Foraker Limestone, Johnson Shale, Red Eagle Limestone, Roca Formation, Grenola Limestone, Eskridge Shale, Beattie Limestone, Stearns Shale, Bader Limestone, Easly C |
| country rocks | |
|---|---|
| RT | assimilation |
| aureoles | |
| contact metamorphism | |
| host rocks | |
| hybridization | |
| igneous rocks | |
| inclusions | |
| intrusions | |
| magma contamination | |
| magmas | |
| rocks | |
| wall rocks | |
| wall-rock alteration | |
| counts | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used in subfile N. See granulometry; statistical analysis. |
| County Cork Ireland | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cork Ireland |
| coupled processes | |
|---|---|
| USE | coupling |
| coupling | |
|---|---|
| UF | coupled processes |
| RT | geochemistry |
| torque | |
| chemical reactions | |
| core-mantle boundary | |
| Earth-Moon couple | |
| induced polarization | |
| inductively coupled plasma methods | |
| seismicity | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Coupon Bight | |
|---|---|
| RT | Big Pine Key |
| Florida | |
| Florida Keys | |
| SN | Florida Keys area. Indexed with counties or regions as applicable. |
| Courland Spit | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Baltic region | |
| ..Courland Spit | |
| UF | Kurland Spit |
| RT | Lithuania |
| Kaliningrad Russian Federation | |
| SN | Narrow sandspit on the Baltic Sea in both Kaliningrad Oblast and Lithuania. |
| Couvinian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Middle Devonian | |
| .....Couvinian | |
| RT | Eifelian |
| SN | Europe. Above Emsian, below Givetian. |
| Couy-Sancerre Borehole | |
|---|---|
| USE | Sancerre-Couy Borehole |
| covariance analysis | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .covariance analysis | |
| RT | analysis |
| geostatistics | |
| variance analysis | |
| semivariograms | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Covasna Romania | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Romania | |
| ...Transylvania | |
| ....Covasna Romania | |
| SN | County in SE Transylvania. |
| covelline | |
|---|---|
| USE | covellite |
| covellite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .covellite | |
| UF | covelline |
| RT | copper ores |
| copper minerals | |
| copper sulfides | |
| cover tectonics | |
|---|---|
| BT | tectonics |
| .cover tectonics | |
| RT | sedimentary cover |
| neotectonics | |
| overburden | |
| SN | Before 1998, also search (overburden OR sedimentary cover) AND (tectonics). Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| cover, sedimentary | |
|---|---|
| USE | sedimentary cover |
| Covington County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Covington County Alabama | |
| Covington County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Covington County Mississippi | |
| Cow Head Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cow Head Group | |
| RT | Cambrian |
| Ordovician | |
| Newfoundland Island | |
| SN | W Newfoundland. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Coweta County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Coweta County Georgia | |
| Cowley County Kansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kansas | |
| ..Cowley County Kansas | |
| NT | Arkansas City Kansas |
| SN | S Kansas. |
| Cowlitz County Washington | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Cowlitz County Washington | |
| RT | Cowlitz River |
| Toutle River | |
| SN | On the Columbia River in SW Washington. |
| Cowlitz Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....upper Eocene | |
| ......Cowlitz Formation | |
| RT | Washington |
| Oregon | |
| SN | SW Washington and NW Oregon. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Cowlitz River | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Cowlitz River | |
| RT | Columbia River |
| Cowlitz County Washington | |
| Toutle River | |
| Lewis County Washington | |
| SN | Tributary of the Columbia River in SW Washington. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Coyote Creek Fault | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Coyote Creek Fault | |
| SN | W California. |
| Coyote Lake | |
|---|---|
| RT | Mojave Desert |
| San Bernardino County California | |
| SN | SE California. Indexed with county or regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Coyote Lake earthquake 1979 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .Coyote Lake earthquake 1979 | |
| RT | California |
| Santa Clara County California | |
| SN | Epicenter at Coyote Lake, Santa Clara County, Central California. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cozy Dell Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....Cozy Dell Formation | |
| RT | California |
| upper Eocene | |
| middle Eocene | |
| Tejon Formation | |
| SN | Sometimes a member of Tejon Formation. SW California. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |