ocean  search
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RTabyssal plains
 age
 basins
 continental drift
 crust
 Deep Sea Drilling Project
 geosynclines
 marginal basins
 marine geology
 Ocean Drilling Program
 ocean floors
 oceanization
 oceanography
 paleo-oceanography
 paleogeography
 plate tectonics
 sea-floor spreading
 tec
SNUsed for studies on the major ocean basins, their origin, evolution and present configuration. For basins found within the oceans and for sedimentation studies, see ocean floors.
ocean bottom seismographs  search
BTseismographs
 .ocean bottom seismographs
UFocean-bottom seismometers
RThydrophones
 seismic methods
ocean circulation  search
RTAntarctic Bottom Water
 bottom currents
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 climate-induced circulation
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 HEBBLE
 longshore currents
 marine geology
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SNPrimarily used for special indexes.
Ocean County New Jersey  search
BTUnited States
 .New Jersey
 ..Ocean County New Jersey
RTGreat Bay
 Pine Barrens
SNOn the Atlantic Ocean in E New Jersey.
ocean crust  search
USEoceanic crust
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BTcurrents
 .ocean currents
NTlongshore currents
RTcontinental shelf
 ocean circulation
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 paleocurrents
 fluvial currents
 tidal currents
SNBefore 1985, also search currents AND ocean circulation. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Ocean Drilling Program  search
NTLeg 100
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UFODP
RTocean basins
 ocean floors
 oceanography
 marine geology
 research vessels
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 JOIDES
 IPOD
SNA continuation of DSDP and IPOD, beginning with Leg 100. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
ocean floors  search
UFsea floors
RTbottom features
 abyssal plains
 continental rise
 continental margin
 continental shelf
 continental slope
 bathymetric maps
 bathymetry
 hardground
 black smokers
 furrows
 dredging
 Deep Sea Drilling Project
 Exclusive Economic Zone
 fracture zones
 hydrothermal vent
SNUsed for discussions of features of ocean floors, as well as processes taking place there. For very large scale, perhaps hemispheric, oceanic features and activity, see ocean basins.
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BTMoon
 .Ocean of Storms
UFOceanus Procellarum
RTAristarchus
ocean ridges  search
USEmid-ocean ridges
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NTbreaking waves
 catastrophic waves
 ideal waves
RTcirculation
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 internal waves
 littoral erosion
 longshore currents
 marine geology
 ocean circulation
 oceanography
 propagation
 seiches
 shoaling
 shorelines
 surges
 transformations
 tsunamis
 waves
SNUsed for special indexes or for papers relating physical oceanography to marine geology.
ocean, world  search
USEworld ocean
ocean-bottom seismometers  search
USEocean bottom seismographs
ocean-floor spreading  search
USEsea-floor spreading
ocean-island basalts  search
BTigneous rocks
 .volcanic rocks
 ..basalts
 ...ocean-island basalts
UFOIB
RTalkali basalts
 nephelinite
 tholeiite
SNTholeiites, alkali basalts and nephelinites found on submarine volcanoes which form ocean islands away from ocean ridges. Chemically distinct from mid-ocean ridge basalts.
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BTUnited States
 .Michigan
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NTKiribati
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UFOceanica
RTAustralia
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 Pacific Ocean
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 Australasia
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SNCollective name for the islands and island groups of the central and south Pacific Ocean. Before 1981, Pacific Ocean was a broader term. See East Pacific Ocean Islands, West Pacific Ocean Islands, and Malay Archipelago for other Pacific islands which coul
oceanic  search
SNA valid term through 1977. See oceanic crust.
oceanic crust  search
BTcrust
 .oceanic crust
UFocean crust
 oceanic genesis
RTtransition zones
 plate tectonics
 underplating
 ophiolite complexes
 sheeted dikes
 oceanization
 Iceland Research Drilling Project
 Rivera Ocean Seismic Experiment
SNAlso search (oceanic type OR oceanic) AND crust; (oceanic AND genesis).
oceanic genesis  search
USEoceanic crust
oceanic ridges  search
SNA valid term through 1971. After 1971, use mid-ocean ridges.
oceanic trench  search
USEtrenches
oceanic type  search
SNAs of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use oceanic crust.
Oceanica  search
USEOceania
oceanite  search
BTigneous rocks
 .volcanic rocks
 ..basalts
 ...oceanite
oceanization  search
RTcontinental crust
 ocean basins
 oceanic crust
 rifting
 plate tectonics
SNProcess in which oceanic crust is formed from continental crust. Added to Thesaurus in 1995.
Oceanographer fracture zone  search
BTAtlantic Ocean
 .North Atlantic
 ..Oceanographer fracture zone
RTMid-Atlantic Ridge
 Leg 82
SNN Atlantic, across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Indexed with Mid-Atlantic Ridge as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
oceanography  search
UFoceanology
RTbottom features
 abyssal plains
 convection
 air-sea interface
 Alvin
 AMCOR
 continental shelf
 continental slope
 bottom water
 catalogs
 bibliography
 Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test
 bathymetry
 boundary layer
 carbonate compensation depth
 CYANA
 Deep Sea Dr
SNUsed for special indexes and the discipline as a whole.
Oceanography (category)  search
SNOceanography (including marine geology), GeoRef category code 07, 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 search
oceanology  search
USEoceanography
oceans  search
SNA valid index term through 1977 used in combination with circulation (i.e. oceans, circulation). After 1977 use ocean circulation.
Oceanus Procellarum  search
USEOcean of Storms