Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
paleo  |
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| paleo-indian | |
|---|---|
| USE | paleoindian |
| paleo-oceanography | |
|---|---|
| RT | bathymetry |
| ocean basins | |
| ocean floors | |
| oceanography | |
| orbital forcing | |
| paleocirculation | |
| paleohydrology | |
| sea-floor spreading | |
| sea-level changes | |
| Southern Oscillation | |
| Paleoarchean | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Archean | |
| ...Paleoarchean | |
| paleoatmosphere | |
|---|---|
| RT | atmosphere |
| climate | |
| Earth | |
| Gaia hypothesis | |
| geochemistry | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| paleoecology | |
| paleoenvironment | |
| paleotemperature | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| paleobathymetry | |
|---|---|
| RT | bathymetry |
| ocean floors | |
| paleocirculation | |
| paleorelief | |
| sea-floor spreading | |
| paleobiochemistry | |
|---|---|
| USE | biochemistry |
| paleobiogeography | |
|---|---|
| USE | biogeography |
| paleobiology | |
|---|---|
| RT | biochemistry |
| biology | |
| fossils | |
| geomicrobiology | |
| paleontology | |
| paleobotany | |
|---|---|
| UF | botany, paleo- |
| RT | biologic evolution |
| biogeography | |
| fossils | |
| catalogs | |
| bibliography | |
| floral provinces | |
| biodiversity | |
| cladistics | |
| geomicrobiology | |
| fossilization | |
| floral studies | |
| chemosynthesis | |
| miscellanea | |
| electron microscopy | |
| flowers | |
| leaves | |
| micropaleontology | |
| fossil record | |
| holotypes | |
| mod | |
| SN | Used for general discussions of fossil Plantae and for the discipline as a whole. See names of major floral groups (list F). |
| Paleobotany (category) | |
|---|---|
| SN | Paleobotany, GeoRef category code 09 is one of thirty categories used to classify documents in GeoRef. Each reference in GeoRef is assigned one or more categories. Categories can be used, in addition to Terms, to refine searches (See List A.). |
| paleochannels | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid index term for GeoRef. See channels under sedimentary structures planar bedding structures (list K). See also buried channels. |
| paleocirculation | |
|---|---|
| RT | circulation |
| ocean circulation | |
| paleo-oceanography | |
| paleobathymetry | |
| paleoclimate maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .paleoclimate maps | |
| UF | paleoclimatologic maps |
| RT | photogeology |
| paleoclimatology | |
| climatologic maps | |
| SN | Before 1985, also search paleoclimatology AND maps. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| paleoclimatic controls | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See paleoclimatology. |
| paleoclimatic effects | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See paleoclimatology. |
| paleoclimatologic maps | |
|---|---|
| USE | paleoclimate maps |
| paleoclimatology | |
|---|---|
| UF | climatology, paleo- |
| RT | glacial geology |
| glaciation | |
| atmosphere | |
| encrustations | |
| fossils | |
| climate | |
| arctic environment | |
| arid environment | |
| cycles | |
| boreal environment | |
| C-13/C-12 | |
| general circulation models | |
| event stratigraphy | |
| climate change | |
| climatologic maps | |
| fluctuations | |
| humid environment | |
| indic | |
| SN | Used for treatments of the climate of a given period of time in the geologic past (prehistory). Indexed with also age and area when possible. |
| Paleocopida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Mandibulata | |
| ...Crustacea | |
| ....Ostracoda | |
| .....Paleocopida | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| paleocurrent maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .paleocurrent maps | |
| RT | sedimentation |
| paleogeography | |
| paleocurrents | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| paleocurrents | |
|---|---|
| RT | currents |
| ocean currents | |
| paleocurrent maps | |
| paleogeography | |
| paleohydrology | |
| paleoplacers | |
| provenance | |
| sedimentation | |
| paleoe |
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| paleoearthquakes | |
|---|---|
| USE | paleoseismicity |
| paleoecology | |
|---|---|
| RT | adaptation |
| aerobic environment | |
| anaerobic environment | |
| anaerobic taxa | |
| aquatic environment | |
| archaeology | |
| arctic environment | |
| beaches | |
| behavior | |
| benthonic taxa | |
| biodiversity | |
| biogeography | |
| biologic evolution | |
| biostratigraphy | |
| biotopes | |
| biotypes | |
| boreal environment | |
| carniv | |
| SN | Used for the study of the relationships between organisms and their environments, the death of organisms, and their burial and postburial history in the geologic past (prehistoric), based on fossil fauna and flora and their stratigraphic position. For his |
| paleoenvironment | |
|---|---|
| RT | biotopes |
| historical geology | |
| paleoatmosphere | |
| paleoecology | |
| paleogeography | |
| paleotemperature | |
| sedimentation | |
| SN | Distinguish from paleoecology. |
| paleofloods | |
|---|---|
| RT | floods |
| paleoecology | |
| paleohydrology | |
| SN | Not to be used for modern floods. Before 1993, also search paleohydrology AND floods. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Paleogene | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Tertiary | |
| ....Paleogene | |
| NT | Paleocene |
| Eocene | |
| Oligocene | |
| Barail Group | |
| Bracklesham Beds | |
| Chadron Formation | |
| Claron Formation | |
| Duchesne River Formation | |
| Ewekoro Formation | |
| Flagstaff Formation | |
| Ghost Rocks Formation | |
| Hanna Formation | |
| Huber Formation | |
| Ilerdian | |
| Imo Shale | |
| Kenai Group | |
| lower Paleogene | |
| Orca Group | |
| Renova Formation | |
| Santa Susana Formation | |
| Sespe Formation | |
| Sinjar Formation | |
| Tyonek Formation | |
| upper Paleogene | |
| Wasatch Formation | |
| White River Group | |
| UF | Tertiary |
| Eogene | |
| RT | lower Tertiary |
| San Lorenzo Formation | |
| SN | An interval of geologic time incorporating the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene of the Tertiary; the lower Tertiary. |
| paleogeographic controls | |
|---|---|
| RT | controls |
| mineral deposits, genesis | |
| paleogeography | |
| paleoplacers | |
| SN | As of 1993, restricted to economic studies. |
| paleogeographic maps | |
|---|---|
| BT | maps |
| .paleogeographic maps | |
| RT | paleogeography |
| geotectonic maps | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search maps AND paleogeographic. |
| paleogeography | |
|---|---|
| RT | alluvial plains |
| basins | |
| biogeography | |
| buried channels | |
| buried valleys | |
| Cathaysia | |
| continental drift | |
| exhumation | |
| geography | |
| geosynclines | |
| geotectonic maps | |
| lake-level changes | |
| land bridges | |
| Mesogaea | |
| ocean basins | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| paleocurrent maps | |
| paleocurrents | |
| paleoe | |
| SN | Used for the study and description of the physical geography of the geologic past before the Holocene. For the geographic distribution of fossil and modern organisms, use biogeography. |
| paleohydrology | |
|---|---|
| RT | hydrology |
| paleo-oceanography | |
| paleocurrents | |
| paleofloods | |
| paleogeography | |
| paleolimnology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| paleoi |
|---|
| paleoindian | |
|---|---|
| UF | paleo-indian |
| RT | biologic evolution |
| biogeography | |
| anthropology | |
| ontogeny | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| paleokarst | |
|---|---|
| RT | buried features |
| hydrology | |
| karst | |
| karst hydrology | |
| geomorphology | |
| solution features | |
| SN | Indexed with solution features for geomorphologic studies. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| paleolatitude | |
|---|---|
| UF | latitude, paleo- |
| RT | paleomagnetism |
| latitude | |
| apparent polar wandering | |
| polar wandering | |
| paleolimnology | |
|---|---|
| RT | glacial lakes |
| limnology | |
| paleohydrology | |
| Paleolithic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Stone Age | |
| ....Paleolithic | |
| NT | Acheulian |
| Aurignacian | |
| Levalloisian | |
| Magdalenian | |
| Mousterian | |
| upper Paleolithic | |
| UF | Old Stone Age |
| RT | Tertiary |
| Pleistocene | |
| archaeology | |
| Quaternary | |
| SN | Archaeological classification. |
| paleomagnetism | |
|---|---|
| UF | magnetism, paleo- |
| RT | adiabatic demagnetization |
| demagnetization | |
| alternating field demagnetization | |
| anhysteretic remanent magnetization | |
| apparent polar wandering | |
| continental drift | |
| crust | |
| Brunhes Chron | |
| chemical demagnetization | |
| chemical remanent magnetization | |
| coercivity | |
| Curie point | |
| SN | Used for the study of natural remanent magnetization. Always include rock type and age as index terms, if possible. |
| paleontolo |
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| paleontologic record | |
|---|---|
| USE | fossil record |
| paleontology | |
|---|---|
| RT | adaptation |
| adaptive radiation | |
| anatomy | |
| bibliography | |
| biocenoses | |
| biochronology | |
| biodiversity | |
| biogeographic maps | |
| biogeography | |
| biologic evolution | |
| biometry | |
| biostratigraphy | |
| bipedalism | |
| bones | |
| casts | |
| catalogs | |
| chemical fossils | |
| cladistics | |
| collecting | |
| collections | |
| contine | |
| SN | Used for discipline as a whole. Indexed with as a general term for studies of general paleontological principles. |
| Paleontology (category) | |
|---|---|
| SN | Paleontology, GeoRef category codes 08-11, are a group of the thirty categories used to classify documents in GeoRef. Each reference in GeoRef is assigned one or more categories. Categories can be used, in addition to Terms, to refine searches (See List A |
| paleopathology | |
|---|---|
| RT | archaeology |
| bones | |
| jaws | |
| morphology | |
| paleontology | |
| shells | |
| skeletons | |
| skulls | |
| taphonomy | |
| teeth | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| paleoplacers | |
|---|---|
| RT | alluvium |
| diagenesis | |
| diamonds | |
| gold ores | |
| heavy mineral deposits | |
| mineral exploration | |
| paleocurrents | |
| paleogeographic controls | |
| placers | |
| sedimentation | |
| uranium ores | |
| weathering | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. Also index type of placer [e.g. diamonds, gold ores, heavy mineral deposits, platinum ores, tin ores]. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| paleoproductivity | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1995, not a valid term for GeoRef. Use productivity or biomass or growth rates; AND paleoecology. |
| Paleoproterozoic | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Paleoproterozoic | |
| NT | Siderian |
| Rhyacian | |
| Orosian | |
| Statherian | |
| Aphebian | |
| Birrimian | |
| Carpentarian | |
| Cobalt Group | |
| Hemlock Formation | |
| Karelian | |
| Marquette Range Supergroup | |
| Mazatzal Orogeny | |
| Michigamme Formation | |
| Svecofennian | |
| Svecofennian Orogeny | |
| Thomson Formation | |
| Torngat Orogeny | |
| Transamazonian Orogeny | |
| Virginia Formation | |
| Willyama Complex | |
| Wollaston Group | |
| UF | lower Proterozoic |
| Palaeoproterozoic | |
| RT | Tyler Formation |
| Ventersdorp Supergroup | |
| Fortescue Group | |
| Harney Peak Granite | |
| Levack Gneiss | |
| Little Falls Formation | |
| Rocknest Formation | |
| Twilight Gneiss | |
| Wopmay Orogeny | |
| SN | IUGS approved (1990) chronometric era with ages from 2500 Ma to 1600 Ma. |
| paleorelief | |
|---|---|
| UF | paleotopography |
| RT | geomorphology |
| paleobathymetry | |
| landform evolution | |
| buried features | |
| exhumation | |
| buried channels | |
| buried valleys | |
| relief | |
| paleosalinity | |
|---|---|
| RT | brackish water |
| fluid inclusions | |
| geochemistry | |
| salinity | |
| salt | |
| sea water | |
| paleoseismicity | |
|---|---|
| UF | paleoearthquakes |
| paleoseismology | |
| RT | seismology |
| earthquakes | |
| archaeology | |
| geologic hazards | |
| seismicity | |
| seismites | |
| seismotectonics | |
| SN | Study of past, pre-instrumental earthquakes traceable by structural, geomorphologial or sedimentological features or by geophysical properties in rocks and sediments. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| paleoseismology | |
|---|---|
| USE | paleoseismicity |
| paleoshorelines | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. For geomorphology, use shorelines; for stratigraphy, use sea-level changes or lake-level changes. Also see transgression or regression; or highstands or lowstands. |
| Paleosols | |
|---|---|
| UF | fossil soils |
| RT | soils |
| soil group | |
| buried features | |
| SN | Indexed with soils if applicable. |
| paleotectonics | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1975. After 1975, see tectonics and paleogeography. See also neotectonics. |
| paleotemperature | |
|---|---|
| RT | geologic thermometry |
| lithogeochemistry | |
| P-T conditions | |
| P-T-t paths | |
| paleoatmosphere | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| paleoecology | |
| paleoenvironment | |
| geochemistry | |
| temperature | |
| thermal history | |
| SN | Term reintroduced in 1982. Before 1982, also search temperature; paleotemperatures. Term was valid through 1973. From 1974-1981, temperature was used under paleoclimatology. See geologic thermometry. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| paleotemperatures | |
|---|---|
| SN | Use temperature or geologic thermometry, paleotemperature, or paleoclimatology. |
| paleotopography | |
|---|---|
| USE | paleorelief |