Search SEDIS
| Data sets | Publications | Expeditions | Thesaurus |
water  | |
|---|---|
| RT | air-water interface |
| aqueous solutions | |
| artesian waters | |
| atmospheric precipitation | |
| bottling | |
| bottom water | |
| brackish water | |
| Clean Water Act | |
| clouds | |
| connate waters | |
| decontamination | |
| drainage | |
| drinking water | |
| droplets | |
| environmental geology | |
| fossil waters | |
| fresh water | |
| gas | |
| SN | Use ground water, sea water, or surface water if applicable. |
| water analysis | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. For methodology, use specific type of water (e.g. ground water) AND specific analytical method. For data, use specific type of water AND specific element or chemical composition, if applicable. |
| water bala |
|---|
| water biscuits | |
|---|---|
| USE | algal biscuits |
| water budget | |
|---|---|
| USE | water balance |
| water content | |
|---|---|
| RT | composition |
| low water | |
| moisture | |
| pore water | |
| soil mechanics | |
| soil-water balance | |
| water | |
| soils | |
| SN | Before 1998, also search moisture. Indexed with material. |
| water crop | |
|---|---|
| USE | water yield |
| water cycle | |
|---|---|
| USE | hydrologic cycle |
| Water Erosion Prediction Project | |
|---|---|
| UF | WEPP |
| RT | erosion |
| programs | |
| soil erosion | |
| water erosion | |
| water falls | |
|---|---|
| USE | waterfalls |
| water flooding | |
|---|---|
| USE | waterflooding |
| water hardness | |
|---|---|
| RT | hardness |
| hydrochemistry | |
| surface water | |
| water | |
| ground water | |
| water management | |
| water quality | |
| water resources | |
| SN | Before 1981, also search hardness AND water. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| water harnessing | |
|---|---|
| RT | hydroelectric energy |
| water resources | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| water management | |
|---|---|
| RT | basin management |
| conservation | |
| decontamination | |
| desalinization | |
| polluted water | |
| pollution | |
| potability | |
| reclamation | |
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | |
| salinization | |
| stormwater | |
| surface water | |
| water | |
| water hardness | |
| ground water | |
| water quality | |
| water resources | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| water of crystallization | |
|---|---|
| RT | crystallization |
| lithogeochemistry | |
| minerals | |
| geochemistry | |
| water of dehydration | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| water of dehydration | |
|---|---|
| RT | dehydration |
| lithogeochemistry | |
| minerals | |
| water of crystallization | |
| geochemistry | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| water opal | |
|---|---|
| USE | hyalite |
| water power | |
|---|---|
| USE | hydroelectric energy |
| water pressure | |
|---|---|
| RT | fluid pressure |
| hydraulic head | |
| hydraulic pressure | |
| pressure | |
| soil mechanics | |
| water | |
| water qualit |
|---|
| water recovery | |
|---|---|
| RT | discharge |
| pumping | |
| recovery | |
| slug tests | |
| ground water | |
| water wells | |
| SN | Use for recovery in relation to ground water. Before 1978 search recovery AND ground water. |
| water repellants | |
|---|---|
| USE | hydrophobic materials |
| water resources | |
|---|---|
| RT | aquifer vulnerability |
| aquifers | |
| artesian waters | |
| basin management | |
| bottling | |
| decontamination | |
| desalinization | |
| drinking water | |
| drought | |
| economic geology | |
| energy sources | |
| environmental geology | |
| fresh water | |
| ground-water provinces | |
| hydroelectric energy | |
| hydrogeology | |
| hydro | |
| SN | Used for economically oriented discussions of water. Commodity. See List C. |
| water rights | |
|---|---|
| RT | legislation |
| surface water | |
| water management | |
| water quality | |
| water resources | |
| ground water | |
| water supply | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| water storage | |
|---|---|
| RT | dams |
| reservoirs | |
| storage | |
| water | |
| water resources | |
| engineering geology | |
| water supply | |
| water table | |
|---|---|
| RT | capillary water |
| DRAINMOD | |
| hydrogeology | |
| hydrology | |
| levels | |
| potentiometric surface | |
| saturated zone | |
| shallow aquifers | |
| shallow depth | |
| surficial aquifers | |
| unconfined aquifers | |
| unsaturated zone | |
| ground water | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| water treatmen |
|---|
| water treatment | |
|---|---|
| RT | bioreclamation |
| bioremediation | |
| dechlorination | |
| decontamination | |
| desalinization | |
| dilution | |
| impurities | |
| petroleum products | |
| polluted water | |
| pollution | |
| potability | |
| pump-and-treat | |
| purification | |
| reclamation | |
| remediation | |
| salinity | |
| stormwater | |
| surface water | |
| waste water | |
| water | |
| SN | Before 1985, search treatment AND water. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| water use | |
|---|---|
| RT | consumption |
| depletion | |
| drawdown | |
| pumping | |
| utilization | |
| water management | |
| water resources | |
| water supply | |
| SN | Generally out of scope for GeoRef. Also see water supply, water management, pumping or drawdown if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| water vapor | |
|---|---|
| UF | steam |
| vapor, water | |
| RT | geochemistry |
| water | |
| moisture | |
| evaporation | |
| humidity | |
| water yield | |
|---|---|
| UF | runout |
| water crop | |
| RT | water |
| aquifers | |
| water resources | |
| drainage basins | |
| runoff | |
| yields | |
| water, ground and surface | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1969. See ground water; surface water; water; hydrogeology; hydrology. |
| water, waste | |
|---|---|
| USE | waste water |
| water-air interface | |
|---|---|
| USE | air-water interface |
| water-break | |
|---|---|
| USE | breakwaters |
| water-gas interface | |
|---|---|
| USE | gas-water interface |
| water-mineral interface | |
|---|---|
| USE | mineral-water interface |
| water-oil interface | |
|---|---|
| USE | oil-water interface |
| water-rock interaction | |
|---|---|
| UF | rock-water interaction |
| rock-water interface | |
| water-rock interface | |
| RT | interfaces |
| marine geology | |
| halmyrolysis | |
| mineral-water interface | |
| sediment-water interface | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| water-rock interface | |
|---|---|
| USE | water-rock interaction |
| water-soil balance | |
|---|---|
| USE | soil-water balance |
| Waterberg System | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Waterberg System | |
| RT | Mpumalanga South Africa |
| South Africa | |
| Transvaal region | |
| Guateng South Africa | |
| Northern Province South Africa | |
| SN | Composed primarily of sedimentary rocks. NE South Africa. |
| waterfalls | |
|---|---|
| BT | fluvial features |
| .waterfalls | |
| UF | water falls |
| RT | geomorphology |
| rivers | |
| cascades | |
| rapids | |
| waterflooding | |
|---|---|
| UF | water flooding |
| RT | petroleum engineering |
| fluid injection | |
| enhanced recovery | |
| steam injection | |
| secondary recovery | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| waterlogging | |
|---|---|
| RT | hydrology |
| infiltration | |
| soils | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Waterloo Island | |
|---|---|
| USE | King George Island |
| watersheds | |
|---|---|
| RT | drainage basins |
| floods | |
| hydrology | |
| lakes | |
| rainfall | |
| rivers | |
| runoff | |
| streams | |
| surface water | |
| tributaries | |
| waterways | |
| Waterville Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Silurian | |
| ....Waterville Formation | |
| RT | Maine |
| SN | Waterville Shale, Silurian. A series of shales, fine grained sandstones, and impure limestones; often pyritiferous. In S central Maine. |
| waterways | |
|---|---|
| RT | avulsion |
| canals | |
| channelization | |
| channels | |
| controls | |
| culverts | |
| design | |
| dredging | |
| environmental geology | |
| erosion | |
| estuaries | |
| floods | |
| geomembranes | |
| geometry | |
| geotextiles | |
| gorges | |
| harbors | |
| hydraulics | |
| hydroelectric energy | |
| hydrographic maps | |
| hydrology | |
| irrigation | |
| levees | |
| marine | |
| SN | Used for geological studies on man-made or man-modified water channels. |
| Waterways Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Devonian | |
| ....Waterways Formation | |
| RT | Alberta |