SEDIS - Thesaurus
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| USE | arsenic |
| Asal Rift | |
|---|---|
| UF | Asal-Ghoubbat Rift |
| Asal-Ghoubbet Rift | |
| RT | Djibouti |
| Gulf of Tadjoura | |
| SN | Rift zone, central Djibouti and Gulf of Tadjoura. Indexed with Djibouti and/or Gulf of Tadjoura as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Asal-Ghoubbat Rift | |
|---|---|
| USE | Asal Rift |
| Asal-Ghoubbet Rift | |
|---|---|
| USE | Asal Rift |
| Asama | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Asama | |
| UF | Asama Volcano |
| Asamayama | |
| Mount Asama | |
| Mt. Asama | |
| RT | Nagano Japan |
| volcanoes | |
| Gumma Japan | |
| SN | Active volcano on W Gumma and E Nagano prefecture border, 85 miles NW of Tokyo. Also search Mount Asama. After 1993, use Asama Japan for the place in Nagano prefecture. Indexed with prefecture or prefectures as applicable. |
| Asama Volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | Asama |
| Asamayama | |
|---|---|
| USE | Asama |
| Asaphidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Arthropoda | |
| ..Trilobitomorpha | |
| ...Trilobita | |
| ....Ptychopariida | |
| .....Asaphidae | |
| SN | Family. |
| asbestos | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .asbestos | |
| RT | actinolite |
| chain silicates | |
| amphibole group | |
| amosite | |
| anthophyllite | |
| sheet silicates | |
| asbestos deposits | |
| chrysotile | |
| SN | As of 1981, use asbestos deposits for asbestos as a commodity. |
| asbestos deposits | |
|---|---|
| RT | asbestos |
| chrysotile | |
| insulation materials | |
| Thetford Mines | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| Asbian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Dinantian | |
| .....Asbian | |
| SN | Europe. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| asbolane | |
|---|---|
| USE | asbolite |
| asbolite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .asbolite | |
| UF | asbolane |
| RT | manganese oxides |
| Ascension Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean Islands |
| .Ascension Island | |
| RT | Atlantic Ocean |
| SN | British possession 700 miles NW of Saint Helena. |
| Ascension Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Ascension Parish Louisiana | |
| ascharite | |
|---|---|
| USE | szaibelyite |
| Aschersleben Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Saxony-Anhalt Germany | |
| ....Aschersleben Germany | |
| SN | City in Saxony-Anhalt, E central Germany. Before 1993, Aschersleben was used with Halle Bezirk. |
| aschynite | |
|---|---|
| USE | aeschynite |
| Ascoli Piceno Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Marches Italy | |
| ....Ascoli Piceno Italy | |
| SN | Town and province in S Marches. |
| Ascraeus Mons | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mars |
| .Ascraeus Mons | |
| RT | volcanoes |
| Tharsis | |
| Tharsis Montes | |
| SN | Shield volcano on Mars. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| ASEAN | |
|---|---|
| UF | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| RT | associations |
| international cooperation | |
| Indonesia | |
| Brunei | |
| Malaysia | |
| Philippine Islands | |
| Singapore | |
| Thailand | |
| SN | Acronym. In 1985, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine Islands, Singapore and Thailand were members. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| aseismic design | |
|---|---|
| RT | design |
| engineering geology | |
| seismic response | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| aseismic margins | |
|---|---|
| RT | continental margin |
| passive margins | |
| plate tectonics | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| aseismic ridges | |
|---|---|
| RT | microcontinents |
| mid-ocean ridges | |
| SN | Before 1978, search aseismic. |
| ash |
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| ash clouds | |
|---|---|
| UF | clouds, ash |
| dust clouds (volcanic) | |
| eruption clouds | |
| volcanic clouds | |
| RT | volcanism |
| atmosphere | |
| aircraft | |
| geologic hazards | |
| volcanic risk | |
| climate | |
| stratosphere | |
| volcanology | |
| SN | Before 1985, also search dust clouds and volcanology. |
| ash content | |
|---|---|
| RT | analysis |
| ash | |
| coal | |
| combustion | |
| energy sources | |
| incineration | |
| peat | |
| quality control | |
| SN | As of 1998, restricted to use for incombustible material. For other uses, see volcanic ash. |
| ash falls | |
|---|---|
| RT | fallout |
| pyroclastics | |
| volcanic ash | |
| volcaniclastics | |
| volcanism | |
| volcanoes | |
| volcanology | |
| Ash H |
|---|
| Ash Hollow Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Pliocene | |
| .....Ash Hollow Formation | |
| RT | Wyoming |
| Nebraska | |
| Kansas | |
| South Dakota | |
| Ogallala Formation | |
| SN | In Ogallala Formation. W Kansas, W Nebraska, South Dakota, and SE Wyoming. |
| ash-flow tuff | |
|---|---|
| BT | igneous rocks |
| .volcanic rocks | |
| ..pyroclastics | |
| ...ash-flow tuff | |
| RT | volcanic ash |
| tuff | |
| ash flows | |
| ignimbrite | |
| pyroclastic flows | |
| Ashe County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Ashe County North Carolina | |
| Ashe Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...lower Paleozoic | |
| ....Ashe Formation | |
| RT | Virginia |
| North Carolina | |
| Tennessee | |
| SN | NW North Carolina, E Tennessee, and SW Virginia. |
| Ashgillian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Upper Ordovician | |
| .....Ashgillian | |
| NT | Hirnantian |
| RT | Bala |
| SN | Europe. Upper Caradocian, below Llandoverian (Silurian). |
| Ashio Japan | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Ashio Japan | |
| RT | Gumma Japan |
| Tochigi Japan | |
| SN | Town on border of Tochigi and Gumma prefectures, central Honshu. |
| Ashio Mine | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Ashio Mine | |
| RT | mines |
| copper ores | |
| Gumma Japan | |
| Tochigi Japan | |
| SN | Before 1993, also search Ashio copper mines. Indexed with prefectures and commodity as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Ashkhabad Turkmenia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Turkmenia | |
| ..Ashkhabad Turkmenia | |
| NT | Cheleken Turkmenia |
| Darvaza Turkmenia | |
| SN | Oblast and city in S Turkmenia near the Iranian border. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Ashland County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Ashland County Ohio | |
| SN | N central Ohio. |
| Ashland County Wisconsin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wisconsin | |
| ..Ashland County Wisconsin | |
| SN | Extreme N Wisconsin. |
| Ashley County Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Arkansas | |
| ..Ashley County Arkansas | |
| Ashley River Fault | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Carolina | |
| ..Charleston County South Carolina | |
| ...Ashley River Fault | |
| SN | Charleston region, SE South Carolina. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Ashmore Meteorite | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .stony meteorites | |
| ..chondrites | |
| ...Ashmore Meteorite | |
| RT | Texas |
| Gaines County Texas | |
| SN | Impact in Gaines County, W Texas. Before 1981, also search Ashmore AND meteorites. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Ashtabula County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Ashtabula County Ohio | |
| SN | NE Ohio. |
| ashtonite | |
|---|---|
| USE | mordenite |
| Asia Minor | |
|---|---|
| USE | Turkey |
| Asiatic USSR | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Included the Russian Republic E of the Urals and the republics of Soviet Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (Kirghizia), Tajikistan, Turkmenia, and Uzbekistan. Before 1978, search Asiatic AND USSR. Now see |
| Askania gravimeters | |
|---|---|
| BT | gravimeters |
| .Askania gravimeters | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Aso | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Japan | |
| ...Kyushu | |
| ....Kumamoto Japan | |
| .....Aso | |
| UF | Aso Volcano |
| Aso-san | |
| RT | volcanoes |
| Aso Caldera | |
| SN | Volcanic mountain with five peaks in central Kyushu. Before 1993, also used for town in Kumamoto Prefecture. |
| Aso Caldera | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Japan | |
| ...Kyushu | |
| ....Kumamoto Japan | |
| .....Aso Caldera | |
| RT | Aso |
| SN | Aso, central Kyushu. |
| Aso Volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | Aso |
| Aso-san | |
|---|---|
| USE | Aso |
| Asotin County Washington | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Washington | |
| ..Asotin County Washington | |
| aspartic acid | |
|---|---|
| BT | organic compounds |
| .organic acids | |
| ..amino acids | |
| ...aspartic acid | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| asperities | |
|---|---|
| UF | asperity |
| RT | engineering geology |
| faults | |
| rock mechanics | |
| fractures | |
| shear tests | |
| three-dimensional models | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| asperity | |
|---|---|
| USE | asperities |
| asphalt | |
|---|---|
| BT | bitumens |
| .asphalt | |
| UF | asphaltene |
| asphaltenes | |
| RT | organic compounds |
| biomarkers | |
| asphaltene | |
|---|---|
| USE | asphalt |
| asphaltenes | |
|---|---|
| USE | asphalt |
| Assam India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Northeastern India | |
| ....Assam India | |
| RT | Garo Hills |
| Meghalaya India | |
| Shillong India | |
| Shillong Plateau | |
| SN | State NE of Bangladesh in NE India. Territory was reorganized in early 1970s. |
| Asse Mine | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Lower Saxony Germany | |
| ....Asse Mine | |
| UF | Asse Salt Mine |
| RT | mines |
| waste disposal | |
| radioactive waste | |
| waste disposal sites | |
| SN | Salt mine and radioactive waste disposal site. Lower Saxony, N central Germany. Indexed with regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Asse Salt Mine | |
|---|---|
| USE | Asse Mine |
| Asselian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Cisuralian | |
| .....Asselian | |
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Lower Permian | |
| .....Asselian | |
| SN | Europe. Stage. Below Sakmarian. Above Stephanian of Upper Carboniferous. |
| assemblages | |
|---|---|
| UF | faunal assemblages |
| fossil assemblages | |
| RT | biotopes |
| fossils | |
| biofacies | |
| communities | |
| faunal provinces | |
| floral provinces | |
| ichnofacies | |
| index fossils | |
| SN | Restricted to assemblages of fossils. For assemblages of minerals, use mineral assemblages. |
| assessment, environmental | |
|---|---|
| SN | Use risk assessment or environmental analysis or environmental effects. |
| assimilation | |
|---|---|
| RT | anatexis |
| country rocks | |
| emplacement | |
| hybridization | |
| inclusions | |
| intrusions | |
| magma contamination | |
| magma transport | |
| magmas | |
| palingenesis | |
| SN | As of 1981, restricted to magmas. Not to be used as a general term. |
| Assiniboine River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Assiniboine River | |
| RT | Saskatchewan |
| Manitoba | |
| Assiniboine River valley | |
| SN | S Canada; 590 miles long. Rises in SE Saskatchewan, flows S and E across S Manitoba into the Red River of the North at Winnipeg. Indexed with provinces as applicable. |
| Assiniboine River valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Assiniboine River valley | |
| UF | Assiniboine Valley |
| RT | Saskatchewan |
| Manitoba | |
| Assiniboine River | |
| SN | Important wheat growing region. Indexed with provinces as applicable. |
| Assiniboine Valley | |
|---|---|
| USE | Assiniboine River valley |
| Association of South East Asian Nations | |
|---|---|
| USE | ASEAN |
| associations | |
|---|---|
| RT | AAPG |
| academic institutions | |
| AGI | |
| AGU | |
| annual report | |
| ASEAN | |
| bibliography | |
| catalogs | |
| collections | |
| current research | |
| education | |
| Euratom | |
| expeditions | |
| geology | |
| government agencies | |
| GSA | |
| IGCP | |
| INQUA | |
| institutions | |
| international cooperation | |
| International Geological Congress | |
| Int | |
| SN | Reserved for organizations not included under academic institutions, government agencies, museums or survey organizations. Before 1976, also search meetings. |
| Assumption Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Assumption Parish Louisiana | |
| Assynt | |
|---|---|
| BT | ghland region Scotland |
| .Sutherland Scotland | |
| ..Assynt | |
| UF | Assynt region |
| SN | Sutherland, N Scotland. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Assynt region | |
|---|---|
| USE | Assynt |
| Assyntian Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| USE | Assyntic Orogeny |
| Assyntic Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Assyntic Orogeny | |
| UF | Assyntian Orogeny |
| RT | Cambrian |
| orogeny | |
| tectonics | |
| Western Europe | |
| SN | Orogenic events at the end of the Precambrian. Before 1978, search Assyntian. |
| ast Range Ophiolite#Colorado River basin#Cupido Formation#Difunta Group#Eagle Fo |
|---|
| Astarte | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Bivalvia | |
| ...Astartida | |
| ....Astarte | |
| SN | Genus. |
| Astartida | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Mollusca | |
| ..Bivalvia | |
| ...Astartida | |
| NT | Astarte |
| astatine | |
|---|---|
| BT | halogens |
| .astatine | |
| UF | At |
| SN | Chemical element. |
| Asteridae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Angiospermae | |
| ...Dicotyledoneae | |
| ....Asteridae | |
| Asterocyclina | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Rotaliina | |
| ....Orbitoidacea | |
| .....Asterocyclina | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Genus. Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Asteroidea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Echinodermata | |
| ..Asterozoa | |
| ...Stelleroidea | |
| ....Asteroidea | |
| Asterozoa | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Echinodermata | |
| ..Asterozoa | |
| NT | Stelleroidea |
| asthenosphere | |
|---|---|
| UF | zone of mobility |
| RT | mantle |
| upper mantle | |
| plate tectonics | |
| magmas | |
| elastic waves | |
| Earth | |
| crust | |
| delamination | |
| isostasy | |
| lithosphere | |
| lower crust | |
| Mohorovicic discontinuity | |
| tectonophysics | |
| Asti Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Piemonte Italy | |
| ....Asti Italy | |
| SN | City and province in NW Italy. |
| Astian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Pliocene | |
| .....upper Pliocene | |
| ......Astian | |
| SN | Europe. Above the Piacenzian. |
| Astoria |
|---|
| Astoria Canyon | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northeast Pacific | |
| ...Astoria Canyon | |
| RT | Oregon |
| SN | Just off Astoria, Oregon and the mouth of the Columbia River. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Astoria Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Miocene | |
| .....Astoria Formation | |
| RT | Washington |
| Oregon | |
| SN | Lower to middle Miocene. NW Oregon and SW Washington. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Astrakhan Arch | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Astrakhan Arch | |
| RT | Russian Federation |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Astrakhan Russian Federation | |
| Caspian Depression | |
| Volga region | |
| SN | W Caspian Depression, near mouth of Volga River. Indexed with former Soviet republics as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Astrakhan Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Astrakhan Russian Federation | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Astrakhan Russian Federation | |
| RT | Astrakhan Arch |
| SN | Oblast and city on NW Caspian Sea. Before 1993, Astrakhan Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Astrapotheria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Astrapotheria | |
| SN | Order. |
| astroblemes | |
|---|---|
| BT | impact features |
| .astroblemes | |
| UF | fossil meteorite craters |
| RT | geomorphology |
| craters | |
| impact craters | |
| meteor craters | |
| astronomy | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used with astrophysics and solar physics or planetology. |
| astrophyllite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .sheet silicates | |
| ..astrophyllite | |
| astrophysics and solar physics | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used for special bibliographies. |
| Astrorhizidae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Protista | |
| ..Foraminifera | |
| ...Textulariina | |
| ....Ammodiscacea | |
| .....Astrorhizidae | |
| RT | microfossils |
| SN | Family. Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Asturian Arc | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Asturian Arc | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Asturian Massif | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Asturias Spain | |
| .....Asturian Massif | |
| SN | In NW Spain. |
| Asturian Orogenic Phase | |
|---|---|
| USE | Asturian Orogeny |
| Asturian Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Asturian Orogeny | |
| UF | Asturian Orogenic Phase |
| RT | orogeny |
| tectonics | |
| Europe | |
| Hercynian Orogeny | |
| Stephanian | |
| Westphalian | |
| SN | Before 1978, search Asturian AND orogeny. |
| Asturias Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Asturias Spain | |
| NT | Asturian Massif |
| Aviles Spain | |
| La Caridad Spain | |
| UF | Oviedo Spain |
| RT | Cantabrian Basin |
| Cantabrian Mountains | |
| SN | Region now an autonomous community and province which was an ancient kingdom in NW Spain. |
| Asturreta | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Navarra Spain | |
| .....Asturreta | |
| RT | Navarre |
| SN | Region in N Spain. |
| Asu River Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Asu River Group | |
| RT | Nigeria |
| Benue Valley | |
| SN | In the Benue Valley. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Asuka Meteorites | |
|---|---|
| BT | meteorites |
| .Asuka Meteorites | |
| RT | Antarctica |
| Queen Maud Land | |
| Sor-Rondane Mountains | |
| SN | Collected from bare icefields around Sor-Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica from 1986. Due to abbreviations for these meteorites, such as Asuka-881757 also search Asuka in combination with number. |
| Aswan Dam | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Egypt | |
| ...Aswan Dam | |
| RT | Nile River |
| SN | Includes Aswan High Dam on Nile River creating Lake Nasser in SE Egypt. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Aswan Egypt | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Egypt | |
| ...Aswan Egypt | |
| NT | Kom Ombo Egypt |
| SN | Governorate. Also a city on the Mediterranean Sea. |
| asymmetric distribution | |
|---|---|
| RT | distribution |
| statistical analysis | |
| statistical distribution | |
| symmetry | |
| SN | A type of statistical distribution. Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| asymmetric folds | |
|---|---|
| BT | folds |
| .asymmetric folds | |
| RT | symmetric folds |
| SN | Before 1978, also search folds AND asymmetric. |
| asymmetry | |
|---|---|
| USE | symmetry |
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