GEOS  search
UFGeneral Earthquake Observation System
RTearthquakes
 geophysical methods
 geophysical surveys
 seismic methods
 seismic networks
 observations
SNAcronym. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Geosat  search
RTaltimetry
 geodesy
 geophysical methods
 geophysical surveys
 high-resolution methods
 radar methods
 remote sensing
 satellite methods
SNAdded to Thesaurus in 1993.
Geoscan  search
RTbibliography
 data bases
 data processing
 information systems
 remote sensing
SNCanadian national data base for geological information. Also a remote sensing instrument. Indexed with data bases if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
geoscience  search
USEgeology
GEOSECS  search
UFGeochemical Ocean Sections Program
RTgeochemistry
 oceanography
 research vessels
SNAcronym.
geostat  search
geostatic pressure  search
USElithostatic pressure
geostatistics  search
BTstatistical analysis
 .geostatistics
RTmathematical geology
 mathematical methods
 Bayesian analysis
 crosscorrelation
 autoregression
 variance analysis
 cokriging
 kriging
 covariance analysis
 semivariograms
 outliers
 uncertainty
 numerical analysis
 interpolation
 Monte Carlo analysis
 variograms
SNBefore 1971, also search statistical measures; statistics. Added to Thesaurus in 1982.
geostrophic force  search
SNNot a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used as Coriolis force with ocean circulation.
geosynclines  search
RTAdelaide Geosyncline
 Alpine Geosyncline
 Andean Geosyncline
 anticlinoria
 burial metamorphism
 clastic wedges
 continental drift
 Cordilleran Geosyncline
 crust
 eugeosynclines
 folds
 geanticlines
 Hercynian Geosyncline
 magmatism
 mantle
 metallogeny
 miogeosynclines
SNUsed for large, mobile downwarping of the crust, which subsides as rocks and sediments accumulate to thicknesses of thousands of meters. Indexed with with specific geosyncline where available.