Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
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| Q waves | |
|---|---|
| USE | Love waves |
| Qaidam Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Qinghai China | |
| ....Qaidam Basin | |
| UF | Chaidamu Basin |
| Tsaidam Basin | |
| SN | Qinghai, NW China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Qaraqum | |
|---|---|
| USE | Karakum |
| Qatar | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Arabian Peninsula | |
| ..Qatar | |
| NT | Nakhla Qatar |
| RT | Khuff Formation |
| Shuaiba Formation | |
| Middle East | |
| Near East | |
| Thamama Group | |
| Qazaqstan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Kazakhstan |
| Qianshan China | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Anhui China | |
| ....Qianshan China | |
| UF | Qianshan Xian China |
| SN | County and town in S Anhui, China. |
| Qianshan Xian China | |
|---|---|
| USE | Qianshan China |
| Qilian Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Qilian Mountains | |
| UF | Qilian Shan |
| Qilianshan | |
| RT | Gansu China |
| Qinghai China | |
| SN | Mountain range in Gansu and Qinghai, NW China. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Qilian Shan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Qilian Mountains |
| Qilianshan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Qilian Mountains |
| Qing Zang Gaoyuan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Qinghai-Xizang Plateau |
| Qinghai China | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Qinghai China | |
| NT | Qaidam Basin |
| UF | Ch'ing Hai China |
| Ch'ing-hai China | |
| Chinghai China | |
| Tsinghai China | |
| RT | Qilian Mountains |
| Qinghai-Xizang Plateau | |
| Kunlun Mountains | |
| Xianshuihe fault zone | |
| SN | Province, NW China. |
| Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | |
|---|---|
| USE | Qinghai-Xizang Plateau |
| Qinghai-Xizang Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Qinghai-Xizang Plateau | |
| UF | Qing Zang Gaoyuan |
| Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | |
| Tibetan Plateau | |
| Xizang Plateau | |
| RT | Xizang China |
| Haiyuan earthquake 1920 | |
| Sichuan China | |
| Lhasa Block | |
| Indus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone | |
| Kunlun Mountains | |
| Qinghai China | |
| SN | W China, between the Himalayas and the Kunlun Mountains. Covers Xizang, SW Qinghai, and W Sichuan provinces. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Qingshankou Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Qingshankou Formation | |
| RT | China |
| Songliao Basin | |
| SN | Songliao Basin of NE China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Qingzhen Meteorite | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .stony meteorites | |
| ..chondrites | |
| ...enstatite chondrites | |
| ....Qingzhen Meteorite | |
| RT | China |
| Guizhou China | |
| SN | Impact at Yongle, Qingzhen, Guizhou. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Qinling Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Qinling Mountains | |
| RT | Gansu China |
| Shaanxi China | |
| SN | Mountain range in NW China. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Qixia Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Lower Permian | |
| .....Qixia Formation | |
| UF | Chihsia Formation |
| RT | China |
| Zhejiang China | |
| Hubei China | |
| Fujian China | |
| Jiangsu China | |
| SN | Fujian, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, E and S central China. Before 1995, also search Chihsia Limestone. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Qizil Qum | |
|---|---|
| USE | Kyzylkum |
| Qomolangma Feng | |
|---|---|
| USE | Mount Everest |
| Qorqut Granite | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Archean | |
| ...upper Archean | |
| ....Qorqut Granite | |
| RT | Greenland |
| SN | S West Greenland. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Quadrilatero Ferrifero | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Brazil | |
| ..Minas Gerais Brazil | |
| ...Quadrilatero Ferrifero | |
| UF | Iron Quadrangle, Brazil |
| RT | Sao Francisco Craton |
| metallogenic provinces | |
| SN | Granite-greenstone belt area and metallogenic province in Minas Gerais, E Brazil. Before 1995, also search Iron Quadrangle and Brazil. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| qualitative analysis | |
|---|---|
| RT | analysis |
| chemical analysis | |
| quantitative analysis | |
| quality | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid general term through 1978. After 1978 use specific term, e.g. water quality. |
| quality assurance | |
|---|---|
| USE | quality control |
| quality control | |
|---|---|
| UF | quality assurance |
| RT | chemical analysis |
| accuracy | |
| precision | |
| registration | |
| mathematical methods | |
| ash content | |
| automated analysis | |
| methods | |
| baseline studies | |
| monitoring | |
| optimization | |
| sample preparation | |
| controls | |
| laboratory studies | |
| extrapolation | |
| observations | |
| interlaboratory comparison | |
| sam | |
| SN | Also see techniques or sampling. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| quantitative analysis | |
|---|---|
| RT | analysis |
| chemical analysis | |
| flame photometry | |
| immunoassays | |
| methods | |
| neutron activation analysis | |
| polarography | |
| qualitative analysis | |
| quantitative geomorphology | |
|---|---|
| RT | geometry |
| morphometry | |
| geomorphology | |
| Quantou Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Quantou Formation | |
| RT | China |
| Songliao Basin | |
| SN | Songliao Basin of NE China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| quarries | |
|---|---|
| RT | mines |
| mining | |
| mining geology | |
| open-pit mining | |
| pits | |
| strip mining | |
| surface mining | |
| Quarternary | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Quarternary | |
| NT | Pleistocene |
| Holocene | |
| quartz | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .framework silicates | |
| ..silica minerals | |
| ...quartz | |
| NT | alpha quartz |
| RT | agate |
| chalcedony | |
| amethyst | |
| light minerals | |
| floatstone | |
| cristobalite | |
| moganite | |
| myrmekite | |
| quartz crystal | |
| smoky quartz | |
| SN | Used for the mineral. When of economic value, use quartz crystal. |
| quartz arenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .clastic rocks | |
| ..arenite | |
| ...quartz arenite | |
| UF | quartzarenite |
| RT | orthoquartzite |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| quartz crystal | |
|---|---|
| UF | berg crystal |
| crystal, quartz | |
| mountain crystal | |
| rock crystal | |
| RT | quartz |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| quartz diabase | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..diabase | |
| ...quartz diabase | |
| UF | quartz dolerite |
| RT | basalts |
| mining | |
| quartz diorites | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..diorites | |
| ...quartz diorites | |
| RT | plagiogranite |
| tonalite | |
| quartz dolerite | |
|---|---|
| USE | quartz diabase |
| quartz keratophyre | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..trachytes | |
| ...quartz keratophyre | |
| RT | keratophyre |
| quartz latite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..rhyodacites | |
| ...quartz latite | |
| RT | latite |
| quartz monzonite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..granites | |
| ...quartz monzonite | |
| quartz porphyry | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..rhyolites | |
| ...quartz porphyry | |
| RT | porphyry |
| beresite | |
| quartz sand | |
|---|---|
| BT | sediments |
| .clastic sediments | |
| ..quartz sand | |
| RT | sand |
| quartz syenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..syenites | |
| ...quartz syenite | |
| quartz veins | |
|---|---|
| BT | veins |
| .quartz veins | |
| RT | mineral deposits, genesis |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| quartz-fiber gravimeters | |
|---|---|
| BT | gravimeters |
| .quartz-fiber gravimeters | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| quartz-pebble conglomerate | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .clastic rocks | |
| ..conglomerate | |
| ...quartz-pebble conglomerate | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| quartzarenite | |
|---|---|
| USE | quartz arenite |
| quartzites | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphic rocks |
| .quartzites | |
| NT | ferruginous quartzite |
| RT | orthoquartzite |
| quartzolite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..quartzolite | |
| SN | Before 1981, search silexite. |
| Quaternary Geology (category) | |
|---|---|
| SN | Quaternary geology, GeoRef category code 24, 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.). |
| Quay County New Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Quay County New Mexico | |
| NT | Tucumcari New Mexico |
| SN | E New Mexico. |
| Quebec City Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Quebec City Quebec | |
| SN | City in S Quebec on the Saint Lawrence River near where the river widens into its estuary. |
| Quebec County Quebec | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Quebec | |
| ...Quebec County Quebec | |
| Queen Alexandra Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .Queen Alexandra Range | |
| RT | Kirkpatrick Basalt |
| SN | W of the S Ross Ice Shelf and NW of Queen Maud Range on the Pacific Ocean side. |
| Queen Alexandra Range Meteorites | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .Queen Alexandra Range Meteorites | |
| RT | Antarctica |
| lunar meteorites | |
| Transantarctic Mountains | |
| SN | S of Victoria Land in E Antarctica. Abbreviation QUE. |
| Queen Annes County Maryland | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Maryland | |
| ..Queen Annes County Maryland | |
| Queen Charlotte Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northeast Pacific | |
| ...Queen Charlotte Basin | |
| RT | British Columbia |
| Queen Charlotte Islands | |
| Queen Charlotte Sound | |
| SN | Marine basin, offshore W British Columbia. Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Islands area. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Queen Charlotte Fault | |
|---|---|
| RT | British Columbia |
| Northeast Pacific | |
| Queen Charlotte Islands | |
| Yukon Territory | |
| SN | Coastal British Columbia and adjacent Pacific Ocean. Indexed with regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Queen Charlotte Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..British Columbia | |
| ...Queen Charlotte Islands | |
| RT | East Pacific Ocean Islands |
| Coast Ranges | |
| Graham Island | |
| Karmutsen Group | |
| Kunga Group | |
| Queen Charlotte Basin | |
| Queen Charlotte Sound | |
| Queen Charlotte Fault | |
| SN | Group of islands in Pacific Ocean separated from mainland by Hecate Strait. |
| Queen Charlotte Sound | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..British Columbia | |
| ...Queen Charlotte Sound | |
| RT | Vancouver Island |
| Queen Charlotte Islands | |
| Queen Charlotte Basin | |
| SN | Off the coast of W British Columbia, between N Vancouver Island and S Queen Charlotte Islands. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Queen City Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....middle Eocene | |
| ......Queen City Formation | |
| RT | Louisiana |
| Texas | |
| Claiborne Group | |
| SN | In Claiborne Group. Includes Arp Member, Omen Glauconitic Sandstone Member, and unnamed upper sand member. NW Louisiana and E Texas. |
| Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Northwest Territories | |
| ..Franklin District Northwest Territories | |
| ...Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| NT | Amund Ringnes Island |
| Axel Heiberg Island | |
| Cornwallis Island | |
| Devon Island | |
| Ellef Ringnes Island | |
| Ellesmere Island | |
| Meighen Island | |
| Sverdrup Basin | |
| RT | Arctic region |
| Arctic Archipelago | |
| Bathurst Island | |
| Melville Island | |
| Graham Island | |
| SN | Large group in Arctic Ocean N of Parry Channel in Franklin District. Includes Parry Islands, Sverdrup Islands, Devon Island and Ellesmere Island. |
| Queen Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Guadalupian | |
| .....Queen Formation | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Texas | |
| SN | SE New Mexico and W Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Queen Maud Land | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .Queen Maud Land | |
| UF | Dronning Maud Land |
| Queen Maude Land | |
| RT | Asuka Meteorites |
| Sor-Rondane Mountains | |
| Queen Maud Range | |
| Coalsack Bluff | |
| Lutzow-Holm Bay | |
| Enderby Land | |
| Prince Olav Coast | |
| Ross Orogeny | |
| SN | Large region between Coats Land and Enderby Land in Norwegian Sector on the Atlantic Ocean side of Antarctica. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Queen Maud Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Queen Maud Range |
| Queen Maud Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Antarctica |
| .Queen Maud Range | |
| UF | Queen Maud Mountains |
| Queen Maude Range | |
| RT | Beacon Supergroup |
| Queen Maud Land | |
| Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Beardmore Glacier | |
| Fremouw Formation | |
| Shackleton Glacier | |
| SN | SSW of S tip of Ross Ice Shelf on the Pacific Ocean side of Antarctica. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Queen Maude Land | |
|---|---|
| USE | Queen Maud Land |
| Queen Maude Range | |
|---|---|
| USE | Queen Maud Range |
| Queen's County New Brunswick | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...New Brunswick | |
| ....Queen's County New Brunswick | |
| Queens County New York | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New York | |
| ..New York City New York | |
| ...Queens County New York | |
| RT | Long Island |
| SN | Coextensive with the borough of Queens in New York City on Long Island, SE New York. Indexed with Long Island. |
| Queens County Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Queens County Nova Scotia | |
| Queens County Prince Edward Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Prince Edward Island | |
| ....Queens County Prince Edward Island | |
| Queensland Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| ...Coral Sea | |
| ....Queensland Plateau | |
| RT | Leg 133 |
| Leg 21 | |
| ODP Site 811 | |
| ODP Site 812 | |
| ODP Site 813 | |
| ODP Site 814 | |
| ODP Site 817 | |
| ODP Site 818 | |
| ODP Site 824 | |
| DSDP Site 209 | |
| SN | Coral Sea off NE Australia, E of Queensland Trough. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Queenston Shale | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Upper Ordovician | |
| .....Queenston Shale | |
| RT | Ontario |
| Ohio | |
| Pennsylvania | |
| New York | |
| Richmond Group | |
| SN | In Richmond Group. W New York, NE Ohio, NW Pennsylvania and S Ontario. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| queenstownite | |
|---|---|
| USE | Darwin glass |
| Quercus | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Angiospermae | |
| ...Dicotyledoneae | |
| ....Quercus | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Quercy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Quercy | |
| RT | Lot France |
| Tarn-et-Garonne France | |
| SN | Region in SW France. Indexed with departments as applicable. |
| Querigut Massif | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Pyrenees | |
| ..Querigut Massif | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Ariege France | |
| ....Querigut Massif | |
| UF | Querigut Mountains |
| RT | French Pyrenees |
| SN | In the eastern Pyrenees. Also search Querigut. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Querigut Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Querigut Massif |
| Quesnel Lake | |
|---|---|
| RT | British Columbia |
| Manitoba | |
| SN | SE British Columbia. Also in Manitoba. Indexed with province or region as applicable. |
| Quesnellia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Quesnellia Terrane |
| Quesnellia Terrane | |
|---|---|
| UF | Quesnellia |
| RT | Idaho |
| Washington | |
| British Columbia | |
| SN | Indexed with provinces and/or states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Questa Caldera | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Taos County New Mexico | |
| ...Questa Caldera | |
| RT | Questa Mine |
| Sangre de Cristo Mountains | |
| SN | N New Mexico. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Questa Mine | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Taos County New Mexico | |
| ...Questa Mine | |
| RT | mines |
| molybdenum ores | |
| Questa Caldera | |
| SN | N New Mexico. Also search Questa AND New Mexico. |
| Quetico Belt | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Canadian Shield | |
| ..Superior Province | |
| ...Quetico Belt | |
| UF | Quetico Subprovince |
| RT | Ontario |
| SN | Subprovince of the Superior Province, Canadian Shield. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Quetico Subprovince | |
|---|---|
| USE | Quetico Belt |
| quick clay | |
|---|---|
| UF | quickclays |
| RT | engineering geology |
| clay | |
| soil mechanics | |
| clays | |
| quicksand | |
| quickclays | |
|---|---|
| USE | quick clay |
| quicksand | |
|---|---|
| RT | engineering geology |
| geologic hazards | |
| quick clay | |
| sand | |
| soil mechanics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| quicksilver | |
|---|---|
| USE | mercury |
| quiescence, seismic | |
|---|---|
| USE | seismic quiescence |
| quiet zones | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See seismic gaps or seismic quiescence if applicable. |
| Quillan France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Aude France | |
| ....Quillan France | |
| SN | Town in Aude, S France. |
| Quinault Canyon | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northeast Pacific | |
| ...Quinault Canyon | |
| RT | submarine canyons |
| SN | Submarine canyon off the coast of Washington, NE Pacific at approximately 47#DGN 125#DGW. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| quinoline | |
|---|---|
| RT | pollutants |
| toxic materials | |
| Quinqueloculina | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Miliolina | |
| ....Miliolacea | |
| .....Quinqueloculina | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Genus. Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Quintana Roo Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Quintana Roo Mexico | |
| RT | Gulf Coastal Plain |
| Yucatan Peninsula | |
| SN | State on the Caribbean Sea on E Yucatan Peninsula. |
| Quirke Lake | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Ontario | |
| ...Algoma District Ontario | |
| ....Quirke Lake | |
| SN | N of Lake Huron. |
| Quitman County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Quitman County Georgia | |
| Quitman County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Quitman County Mississippi | |
| Quitman Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | dspeth County Texas |
| .Quitman Mountains | |
| RT | Basin and Range Province |
| SN | W Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Quseir Egypt | |
|---|---|
| USE | Kosseir Egypt |