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Du Page County Illinois | |
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BT | United States |
.Illinois | |
..Du Page County Illinois |
Dubai | |
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BT | Asia |
.Arabian Peninsula | |
..United Arab Emirates | |
...Dubai | |
SN | Emirate. One of federation of 7 states at S end of Persian Gulf. |
Dublin Ireland | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..Ireland | |
...Dublin Ireland | |
SN | County and city on Irish Sea in E Ireland. |
Dubois County Indiana | |
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BT | Indiana |
.Dubois County Indiana |
Dubuque County Iowa | |
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BT | United States |
.Iowa | |
..Dubuque County Iowa |
Dubuque Format |
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Dubuque Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Ordovician | |
....Middle Ordovician | |
.....Dubuque Formation | |
RT | Iowa |
Illinois | |
Wisconsin | |
Minnesota | |
SN | NW Illinois, E Iowa, SE Minnesota and SW Wisconsin. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
Duchesne County Utah | |
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BT | United States |
.Utah | |
..Duchesne County Utah | |
SN | NE Utah. |
Duchesne River For |
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Duchesne River Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Cenozoic | |
...Paleogene | |
....Duchesne River Formation | |
RT | Eocene |
Oligocene | |
Utah | |
Colorado | |
SN | Eocene or Oligocene. Unconformably underlies Bishop Conglomerate; unconformably overlies Uinta and Uinta (?) Formation. NW Colorado and NE Utah. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
Duck North Carolina | |
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BT | United States |
.North Carolina | |
..Dare County North Carolina | |
...Duck North Carolina | |
RT | Outer Banks |
SN | Locale on Bodie Island, North Carolina's Outer Banks. Indexed with Outer Banks if applicable. |
Ducktown Tennessee | |
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BT | United States |
.Tennessee | |
..Polk County Tennessee | |
...Ducktown Tennessee | |
SN | Town in extreme SE Tennessee. |
ductile deformation | |
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BT | deformation |
.ductile deformation | |
RT | engineering geology |
rock mechanics | |
mechanical properties | |
ductility | |
fracture strength | |
SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
ductility | |
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RT | deformation |
ductile deformation | |
rock mechanics |
Dudley England | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..United Kingdom | |
...Great Britain | |
....England | |
.....Dudley England | |
RT | Midlands |
Northumberland England | |
Staffordshire England | |
SN | Town SW of Birmingham in West Midlands, W central England. Also occurs in other locations. Indexed with county as applicable. |
Duero Basin | |
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BT | Europe |
.Southern Europe | |
..Iberian Peninsula | |
...Duero Basin | |
RT | Spain |
Portugal | |
Duero River | |
SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
Duero River | |
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BT | Europe |
.Southern Europe | |
..Iberian Peninsula | |
...Duero River | |
UF | Douro River |
RT | Spain |
Portugal | |
Duero Basin | |
SN | River in Spain and Portugal. Rises in central Spain, flows W to NE Portugal, then S along border, and W to Atlantic Ocean. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
Dufek Intrusion | |
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BT | Antarctica |
.Dufek Intrusion | |
RT | Pensacola Mountains |
SN | In the Dufek Massif area of Forrestal Range in the Pensacola Mountains of Edith Ronne Land S of the Weddell Sea. |
Dufferin County Ontario | |
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BT | Canada |
.Eastern Canada | |
..Ontario | |
...Dufferin County Ontario |
dufrenoysite | |
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BT | sulfosalts |
.sulfarsenites | |
..dufrenoysite |
Dugger Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Carboniferous | |
....Pennsylvanian | |
.....Middle Pennsylvanian | |
......Dugger Formation | |
RT | Indiana |
SN | SE Indiana. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
Dukes County Massachusetts | |
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BT | United States |
.Massachusetts | |
..Dukes County Massachusetts |
Dukla Poland | |
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BT | Europe |
.Central Europe | |
..Poland | |
...Dukla Poland | |
SN | Town in Krosno Province, SE Poland. |
Duluth Complex | |
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BT | United States |
.Minnesota | |
..Duluth Complex | |
RT | Precambrian |
SN | In NE Minnesota. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
Duluth Minnesota | |
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BT | United States |
.Minnesota | |
..Saint Louis County Minnesota | |
...Duluth Minnesota | |
SN | City at extreme W end of Lake Superior in NE Minnesota. |
dumortierite | |
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BT | silicates |
.orthosilicates | |
..nesosilicates | |
...dumortierite |
Duna River | |
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USE | Danube River |
Dunai River | |
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USE | Danube River |
Dunantul | |
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USE | Transdanubia |
Dunarea River | |
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USE | Danube River |
Dunau River | |
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USE | Danube River |
Dunbarton |
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Dunbarton Basin | |
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BT | United States |
.Dunbarton Basin | |
RT | South Carolina |
Savannah River Plant | |
Georgia | |
Atlantic Coastal Plain | |
Savannah River | |
SN | Buried Triassic basin, Savannah River valley, Georgia and South Carolina. Indexed with counties as applicable. |
Dundas County Ontario | |
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BT | Canada |
.Eastern Canada | |
..Ontario | |
...Dundas County Ontario |
Dundee Limestone | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Devonian | |
....Middle Devonian | |
.....Dundee Limestone | |
RT | Ontario |
Ohio | |
Michigan | |
SN | S Michigan, N Ohio and S Ontario. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
Dundee Scotland | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..United Kingdom | |
...Great Britain | |
....Scotland | |
.....Dundee Scotland | |
RT | Angus Scotland |
SN | City in Angus County, Tayside region, on Firth of Tay on North Sea. |
Dunderberg Shale | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Cambrian | |
....Upper Cambrian | |
.....Dunderberg Shale | |
RT | Utah |
California | |
Nevada | |
Nopah Formation | |
SN | In Nopah Formation. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
Dundy County Nebraska | |
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BT | United States |
.Nebraska | |
..Dundy County Nebraska |
dune rock | |
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USE | eolianite |
dune structures | |
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BT | sedimentary structures |
.bedding plane irregularities | |
..dune structures | |
RT | dunes |
SN | Before 1984, search dunes AND sedimentary structures. Added to Thesaurus in 1984. |
Dunedin New Zealand | |
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BT | Australasia |
.New Zealand | |
..Otago New Zealand | |
...Dunedin New Zealand | |
RT | South Island |
SN | City on Pacific Ocean in SE South Island. Also index South Island. |
dunes | |
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NT | barchans |
coastal dunes | |
continental dunes | |
foredunes | |
submarine dunes | |
UF | sand dunes |
RT | geomorphology |
eluvium | |
antidunes | |
bedding plane irregularities | |
sand waves | |
eolian features | |
shore features | |
sand ridges | |
blowouts | |
ergs | |
sand seas | |
sand sheets | |
dune structures | |
SN | As of 1984, use dune structures for the sedimentary structure. |
Dunham Dolomite | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Cambrian | |
....Lower Cambrian | |
.....Dunham Dolomite | |
RT | Quebec |
Vermont | |
SN | S Quebec; NW and W central Vermont. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
dunite | |
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BT | igneous rocks |
.plutonic rocks | |
..ultramafics | |
...peridotites | |
....dunite |
Dunkard Basin | |
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BT | United States |
.Dunkard Basin | |
RT | Ohio |
Pennsylvania | |
West Virginia | |
SN | In West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Structural basin. Indexed with states as applicable. |
Dunkard Group | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Dunkard Group | |
RT | Permian |
Pennsylvanian | |
Ohio | |
Pennsylvania | |
Maryland | |
West Virginia | |
SN | Pennsylvanian and Permian. Includes Washington and Greene formations. W Maryland, E Ohio, SW Pennsylvania, and N West Virginia. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
Dunkerque France | |
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USE | Dunkirk France |
Dunkirk France | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..France | |
...Nord France | |
....Dunkirk France | |
UF | Dunkerque France |
SN | City at S end of North Sea. |
Dunklin County Missouri | |
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BT | United States |
.Missouri | |
..Dunklin County Missouri |
Dunlin Group | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Mesozoic | |
...Jurassic | |
....Lower Jurassic | |
.....Dunlin Group | |
RT | North Sea |
SN | Includes Drake Formation, Cook Formation, Burton Formation, and Amundsen Formation. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
Dunn County North Dakota | |
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BT | United States |
.North Dakota | |
..Dunn County North Dakota | |
SN | W central North Dakota. |
Dunn County Wisconsin | |
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BT | United States |
.Wisconsin | |
..Dunn County Wisconsin | |
SN | W Wisconsin. |
Dunnage Melange | |
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RT | Dunnage Zone |
Eastern Canada | |
Newfoundland | |
SN | North-central Newfoundland. Before 1998, this was often used for the larger area of the Dunnage Zone. Indexed with Canadian provinces or regions as applicable. |
Dunnage Terrane | |
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USE | Dunnage Zone |
Dunnage Zone | |
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UF | Dunnage Terrane |
RT | Quebec |
Appalachians | |
Eastern Canada | |
Maine | |
Scotland | |
Ireland | |
Newfoundland | |
New England | |
Caledonides | |
Dunnage Melange | |
Iapetus | |
SN | Or 'terrane', Appalachian Orogen. Tectonostratigraphic zone including the Dunnage Melange of north-central Newfoundland, it is now sometimes extended to the New England Appalachians, and the Caledonides of N Ireland, and Scotland. Remains of the Iapetus O |
Dunvegan Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Mesozoic | |
...Cretaceous | |
....Upper Cretaceous | |
.....Cenomanian | |
......Dunvegan Formation | |
RT | Alberta |
British Columbia | |
Yukon Territory | |
Northwest Territories | |
SN | W Canada. At one time referred to as Fort Nelson Formation in the Liard River region. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
Duperow Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Paleozoic | |
...Devonian | |
....Upper Devonian | |
.....Duperow Formation | |
RT | Saskatchewan |
Montana | |
North Dakota | |
Manitoba | |
South Dakota | |
Jefferson Group | |
SN | In Jefferson Group. North Dakota, NE Montana, NW South Dakota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
duplexes | |
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RT | bedding faults |
decollement | |
en echelon faults | |
fault zones | |
faults | |
imbricate tectonics | |
klippen | |
thrust faults | |
SN | Before 1993, also search duplex fault zones and duplex structures if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
Duplin County North Carolina | |
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BT | United States |
.North Carolina | |
..Duplin County North Carolina |
Duplin Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Cenozoic | |
...Neogene | |
....Miocene | |
.....upper Miocene | |
......Duplin Formation | |
RT | South Carolina |
Florida | |
North Carolina | |
Georgia | |
SN | Base of Duplin is an unconformity. Florida, E Georgia, E North Carolina, and E South Carolina. |
durability | |
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RT | degradation |
engineering properties | |
mechanical properties | |
rock mechanics | |
soil mechanics | |
SN | Used in engineering studies. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
durain | |
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BT | macerals |
.durain | |
BT | lithotypes |
.durain | |
SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
Durance Basin | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..France | |
...Durance Basin | |
SN | River basin in SE France. |
Durance France | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..France | |
...Lot-et-Garonne France | |
....Durance France | |
SN | Village in SW France. |
Durango Mexico | |
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BT | Mexico |
.Durango Mexico | |
NT | Mapimi Mexico |
RT | Guerrero Terrane |
Sierra Madre Occidental | |
SN | State in W central Mexico. Also a city. |
Durban South Africa | |
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BT | Africa |
.Southern Africa | |
..South Africa | |
...KwaZulu-Natal South Africa | |
....Durban South Africa | |
SN | City on the Indian Ocean. |
Durham County North Carolina | |
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BT | United States |
.North Carolina | |
..Durham County North Carolina | |
SN | N central North Carolina. |
Durham England | |
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BT | Europe |
.Western Europe | |
..United Kingdom | |
...Great Britain | |
....England | |
.....Durham England | |
RT | Ingleton England |
SN | County in NE England. In 1974, parts of Durham went to form Cleveland County and Tyne and Wear County. |
duricrust | |
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BT | sedimentary rocks |
.chemically precipitated rocks | |
..duricrust | |
RT | soils |
weathering | |
calcrete | |
caliche | |
weathering crust | |
ferricrete | |
silcrete |
Dushambe Tajikistan | |
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USE | Dushanbe Tajikistan |
Dushanbe Tajikistan | |
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BT | Asia |
.Tajikistan | |
..Dushanbe Tajikistan | |
UF | Dushambe Tajikistan |
Stalinabad Tajikistan | |
RT | Nurek Tajikistan |
SN | City in W Tajikistan. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
dust | |
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BT | sediments |
.clastic sediments | |
..dust | |
RT | atmospheric transport |
volcanic ash | |
terrigenous materials | |
cosmic dust | |
dust storms | |
deflation | |
interplanetary dust |
dust clouds | |
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SN | Use dust storms or planetesimals or ash clouds if applicable. |
dust clouds (volcanic) | |
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USE | ash clouds |
dust storms | |
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RT | atmospheric transport |
dust | |
storms | |
SN | Also search dust clouds NOT extraterrestrial geology if applicable. |
Dutch East Indies | |
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USE | Indonesia |
Dutch Guiana | |
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USE | Surinam |
Dutch New Guinea | |
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USE | Irian Jaya Indonesia |
Dutch West Indies | |
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USE | Netherlands Antilles |
Dutchess County New York | |
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BT | United States |
.New York | |
..Dutchess County New York | |
SN | SE New York. |
Duval County Florida | |
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BT | United States |
.Florida | |
..Duval County Florida | |
SN | On the Atlantic Ocean in NE Florida. |
Duval County Texas | |
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BT | United States |
.Texas | |
..Duval County Texas | |
SN | S Texas. |
Duwi Formation | |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
.Phanerozoic | |
..Mesozoic | |
...Cretaceous | |
....Upper Cretaceous | |
.....Duwi Formation | |
RT | Egypt |
SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |