SEDIS - Thesaurus
Au  | |
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| USE | gold |
| Aube France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Aube France | |
| SN | Department in N central France. |
| Aubrac | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Aubrac | |
| SN | Mountain range in S central France. |
| aubrite | |
|---|---|
| USE | chladnite |
| Auckland Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | West Pacific Ocean Islands |
| .Auckland Islands | |
| SN | 200 miles south of New Zealand. |
| Auckland New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Auckland New Zealand | |
| RT | North Island |
| SN | City in N North Island. Also Index North Island. |
| Aude France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Aude France | |
| NT | Corbieres |
| Mouthoumet Massif | |
| Narbonne France | |
| Portel France | |
| Quillan France | |
| Salsigne Mine | |
| RT | Montagne Noire |
| audio-magnetotelluric methods | |
|---|---|
| USE | audiomagnetotelluric methods |
| audiomagnetotelluric methods | |
|---|---|
| NT | CSAMT methods |
| UF | audio-magnetotelluric methods |
| RT | geophysical methods |
| geophysical surveys | |
| magnetic methods | |
| Earth-current methods | |
| magnetotelluric methods | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Audrain County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Audrain County Missouri | |
| Audubon County Iowa | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Iowa | |
| ..Audubon County Iowa | |
| augen gneiss | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphic rocks |
| .gneisses | |
| ..augen gneiss | |
| Auger effect | |
|---|---|
| USE | Auger spectroscopy |
| Auger spectroscopy | |
|---|---|
| BT | spectroscopy |
| .Auger spectroscopy | |
| UF | Auger effect |
| autoionization | |
| RT | chemical analysis |
| analysis | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| augite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .chain silicates | |
| ..pyroxene group | |
| ...clinopyroxene | |
| ....augite | |
| RT | basalts |
| fassaite | |
| omphacite | |
| titanaugite | |
| augitite | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .plutonic rocks | |
| ..ultramafics | |
| ...augitite | |
| Auglaize County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Auglaize County Ohio | |
| Augusta County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Augusta County Virginia | |
| RT | Waynesboro Virginia |
| SN | NW Virginia. Also search Staunton Virginia and/or Waynesboro Virginia if applicable. |
| Augusta Maine | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Maine | |
| ..Kennebec County Maine | |
| ...Augusta Maine | |
| SN | City in S Maine. |
| Augustine | |
|---|---|
| UF | Augustine Volcano |
| RT | volcanoes |
| Southwestern Alaska | |
| Cook Inlet | |
| SN | Volcano on Augustine Island in Kamishak Bay at mouth of Cook Inlet in S Alaska. Indexed with Southwestern Alaska if applicable. |
| Augustine Volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | Augustine |
| Augustow Poland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Suwalki Poland | |
| ....Augustow Poland | |
| SN | Town in NE Suwalki, NE Poland. |
| aulacogens | |
|---|---|
| RT | grabens |
| tectonics | |
| troughs | |
| Aures | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Algeria | |
| ...Aures | |
| SN | Mountain massif in NE Algeria. |
| Aurignacian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Stone Age | |
| ....Paleolithic | |
| .....Aurignacian | |
| RT | Pleistocene |
| archaeology | |
| Quaternary | |
| SN | Archaeological classification. Europe and N Africa. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| aurora | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. |
| Aurora County South Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Dakota | |
| ..Aurora County South Dakota | |
| auroral oval | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term. Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. |
| auroral zone | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term. Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Before 1993, included auroral oval. |
| Austin Chalk | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Gulfian | |
| ......Austin Chalk | |
| RT | Louisiana |
| Texas | |
| Austin Group | |
| SN | Member of the Austin Group. E Texas and S Louisiana. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Austin County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Austin County Texas | |
| Austin Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Gulfian | |
| ......Austin Group | |
| RT | Texas |
| Austin Chalk | |
| SN | Comprises Ector Tongue, Bonham Clay, Blossom Sand, Brownstone Marl, Gober Tongue, Austin Chalk, and Burditt Marl. E Texas. Also search Austin Chalk. |
| Austin Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Travis County Texas | |
| ...Austin Texas | |
| SN | City in central Texas. |
| austinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | arsenates |
| .austinite | |
| Austral Islands | |
|---|---|
| BT | Oceania |
| .Polynesia | |
| ..French Polynesia | |
| ...Austral Islands | |
| UF | Tubuai Islands |
| RT | East Pacific Ocean Islands |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| SN | Group in French Oceania 330 miles S of Society Islands. Also search Austral. |
| Australasia | |
|---|---|
| NT | Australia |
| New Zealand | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Tasman orogenic zone | |
| RT | Malay Archipelago |
| New Guinea | |
| Oceania | |
| Solomon Islands | |
| SN | Islands of the South Pacific including Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. Before 1981, New Guinea was included as a narrower term. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Australia-Antarctica discordance | |
|---|---|
| USE | Australian-Antarctic discordance |
| Australian Capital Territory | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New South Wales Australia | |
| ...Australian Capital Territory | |
| NT | Canberra Australia |
| SN | SE Australia, within state of New South Wales. Formerly called Federal Capital Territory. |
| Australian Plate | |
|---|---|
| RT | Australia |
| Australian-Antarctic discordance | |
| Indo-Australian Plate | |
| New Guinea | |
| New Zealand | |
| plate tectonics | |
| plates | |
| SN | May pre-date the more modern Indo-Australian Plate. Some may consider this the modern plate. Before 1993, also search Indian Plate and Australia. Indexed with geographic area and/or age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Australian Shield | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..Australian Shield | |
| SN | SW and central Australia. |
| Australian-Antarctic discor |
|---|
| Australian-Antarctic discordance | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indian Ocean |
| .Mid-Indian Ridge | |
| ..Southeast Indian Ridge | |
| ...Australian-Antarctic discordance | |
| UF | Australia-Antarctica discordance |
| RT | plate tectonics |
| plates | |
| Antarctic Plate | |
| mid-ocean ridges | |
| Australian Plate | |
| Indo-Australian Plate | |
| SN | An anomalously deep and rough segment of the Southeast Indian Ridge, 120-128#DGE. Before 1998, also search (Antarctic Plate or Australian Plate) AND Southeast Indian Ridge. |
| australite | |
|---|---|
| BT | tektites |
| .australite | |
| RT | meteorites |
| Australopithecinae | |
|---|---|
| BT | minidae |
| .Australopithecinae | |
| NT | Australopithecus |
| SN | Subfamily. |
| Australopithecus | |
|---|---|
| BT | minidae |
| .Australopithecinae | |
| ..Australopithecus | |
| NT | Australopithecus afarensis |
| Australopithecus africanus | |
| Australopithecus boisei | |
| Australopithecus robustus | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Australopithecus afarensis | |
|---|---|
| BT | minidae |
| .Australopithecinae | |
| ..Australopithecus | |
| ...Australopithecus afarensis | |
| SN | Species. |
| Australopithecus africanus | |
|---|---|
| BT | minidae |
| .Australopithecinae | |
| ..Australopithecus | |
| ...Australopithecus africanus | |
| SN | Species. |
| Australopithecus boisei | |
|---|---|
| BT | minidae |
| .Australopithecinae | |
| ..Australopithecus | |
| ...Australopithecus boisei | |
| SN | Species. |
| Australopithecus robustus | |
|---|---|
| BT | minidae |
| .Australopithecinae | |
| ..Australopithecus | |
| ...Australopithecus robustus | |
| SN | Species. |
| Austrian Vienna Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Austria | |
| ...Austrian Vienna Basin | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Vienna Basin | |
| ...Austrian Vienna Basin | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Autauga County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Autauga County Alabama | |
| authigenesis | |
|---|---|
| RT | authigenic minerals |
| diagenesis | |
| minerals | |
| recrystallization | |
| sedimentary rocks | |
| authigenetic minerals | |
|---|---|
| USE | authigenic minerals |
| authigenic minerals | |
|---|---|
| UF | authigenetic minerals |
| RT | minerals |
| authigenesis | |
| SN | Also search authigenic AND minerals. |
| authors | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used in subfile N. See bibliography; biography; geologists. |
| autochthons | |
|---|---|
| RT | allochthons |
| overthrust faults | |
| tectonics | |
| windows | |
| autocorrelation | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .autocorrelation | |
| RT | mathematical geology |
| crosscorrelation | |
| autoionization | |
|---|---|
| USE | Auger spectroscopy |
| automated analysis | |
|---|---|
| RT | analysis |
| chemical analysis | |
| data processing | |
| geochemical methods | |
| geophysical methods | |
| geophysical surveys | |
| quality control | |
| remote sensing | |
| SN | For chemical analysis and geophysical surveys in which data acquisition and analysis are computerized. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| automatic cartography | |
|---|---|
| USE | digital cartography |
| automatic data processing | |
|---|---|
| USE | data processing |
| autometamorphism | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphism |
| .autometamorphism | |
| UF | autometasomatism |
| RT | igneous rocks |
| processes | |
| albitization | |
| alteration | |
| hydrothermal alteration | |
| mineral assemblages | |
| autometasomatism | |
|---|---|
| USE | autometamorphism |
| autoradiography | |
|---|---|
| BT | radiography |
| .autoradiography | |
| RT | geophysical methods |
| analysis | |
| radioactivity | |
| X-ray radiography | |
| SN | Before 2000, sometimes used for radiography. |
| autoregression | |
|---|---|
| BT | statistical analysis |
| .regression analysis | |
| ..autoregression | |
| RT | mathematical geology |
| geostatistics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Autun France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Saone-et-Loire France | |
| ....Autun France | |
| SN | Town in E central part of country. |
| Autunian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Lower Permian | |
| .....Autunian | |
| RT | Rotliegendes |
| SN | Europe. Above Stephanian, below Saxonian. |
| autunite | |
|---|---|
| BT | phosphates |
| .autunite | |
| RT | uranium ores |
| Auvergne | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Auvergne | |
| SN | Historical region in S central France. |
| Auversian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....upper Eocene | |
| ......Auversian | |
| RT | Priabonian |
| SN | Europe. Above Lutetian, below Bartonian. |
| Aux Vases Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Mississippian | |
| .....Upper Mississippian | |
| ......Chesterian | |
| .......Aux Vases Sandstone | |
| RT | Missouri |
| Illinois | |
| Indiana | |
| Illinois Basin | |
| SN | SW Illinois, S Indiana and E Missouri. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Auxerre France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Yonne France | |
| ....Auxerre France | |
| SN | City in NE central France. |
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