SEDIS - Thesaurus
Cu  | |
|---|---|
| USE | copper |
| Cuanza Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Central Africa | |
| ..Angola | |
| ...Cuanza Basin | |
| UF | Kwanza Basin |
| SN | River basin in W central Angola. |
| Cuanza-Sul Angola | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Central Africa | |
| ..Angola | |
| ...Cuanza-Sul Angola | |
| SN | District on the South Atlantic in W Angola. |
| Cuba | |
|---|---|
| BT | Caribbean region |
| .West Indies | |
| ..Antilles | |
| ...Greater Antilles | |
| ....Cuba | |
| NT | Camaguey Cuba |
| La Habana Cuba | |
| Pinar del Rio Cuba | |
| Santiago de Cuba | |
| Villa Clara Cuba | |
| RT | Lucas Formation |
| cubanite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .cubanite | |
| UF | chalmersite |
| cube spar | |
|---|---|
| USE | anhydrite |
| Cuddalore Series | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Cuddalore Series | |
| RT | Pliocene |
| India | |
| Tamil Nadu India | |
| upper Miocene | |
| Neyveli Lignite | |
| SN | Upper Miocene to Pliocene. Indexed with ages as applicable. |
| Cuddapah Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Andhra Pradesh India | |
| ....Cuddapah Basin | |
| SN | S central Andhra Pradesh. Before 1978, also search Cuddapah. |
| Cuddapah India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Andhra Pradesh India | |
| ....Cuddapah India | |
| SN | Town in SW Andhra Pradesh, S India. |
| Cuddapah System | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Cuddapah System | |
| RT | India |
| Andhra Pradesh India | |
| SN | Now included in Purana Group. Subdivided into Kistna Series, Nallamalai Series, Cheyair Series and Papaghni Series. Before 1978, also search Cuddapah. |
| Cue Australia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..Western Australia | |
| ...Cue Australia | |
| SN | Town in W central Western Australia. |
| Cuenca City Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Castilla-La Mancha Spain | |
| .....Cuenca Spain | |
| ......Cuenca City Spain | |
| SN | Refers to only the city in E central Spain. Before 1981, also search Cuenca Spain. |
| Cuenca Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Castilla-La Mancha Spain | |
| .....Cuenca Spain | |
| NT | Cuenca City Spain |
| RT | New Castile Spain |
| Serrania de Cuenca | |
| SN | Refers only to the province in east-central Spain. From 1981-1992, also search Cuenca Province and Spain. For the city, see Cuenca City Spain. |
| cuestas | |
|---|---|
| BT | erosion features |
| .cuestas | |
| RT | geomorphology |
| cliffs | |
| slopes | |
| scarps | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| Cuisian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....lower Eocene | |
| ......Cuisian | |
| SN | Europe. Above Ypresian, below Lutetian. |
| Culberson County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Culberson County Texas | |
| NT | Van Horn Texas |
| RT | Guadalupe Mountains |
| Marble Canyon | |
| SN | Extreme W Texas. |
| Culebra Dolomite Member | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Culebra Dolomite Member | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Texas | |
| Rustler Formation | |
| SN | Of Rustler Formation. SE New Mexico and W Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cullman County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Cullman County Alabama | |
| Culm | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Culm | |
| RT | Dinantian |
| Avonian | |
| SN | Provincial series, Europe. |
| Culpeper Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Culpeper Basin | |
| RT | Virginia |
| Maryland | |
| SN | N Virginia. W Maryland. Indexed with counties and states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Culpeper County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Culpeper County Virginia | |
| culture, living | |
|---|---|
| USE | living taxa |
| culverts | |
|---|---|
| RT | channels |
| drainage | |
| pipelines | |
| rivers and streams | |
| waterways | |
| SN | Indexed with pipelines OR channels and waterways if applicable. |
| Cumana Venezuela | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Venezuela | |
| ..Sucre Venezuela | |
| ...Cumana Venezuela | |
| SN | City on the Caribbean Sea in Sucre, N Venezuela. |
| Cumberland Basin | |
|---|---|
| RT | Bay of Fundy |
| Canada | |
| New Brunswick | |
| North Atlantic | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| Prince Edward Island | |
| SN | Maritime Provinces of Canada and adjacent NW Atlantic. Indexed with Canadian provinces and/or North Atlantic as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Cumberland County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Cumberland County Illinois | |
| SN | SE central Illinois. |
| Cumberland County Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Cumberland County Kentucky | |
| SN | S Kentucky. |
| Cumberland County Maine | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Maine | |
| ..Cumberland County Maine | |
| NT | Portland Maine |
| RT | Saco River |
| SN | SW Maine. |
| Cumberland County New Jersey | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Jersey | |
| ..Cumberland County New Jersey | |
| RT | Pine Barrens |
| SN | Bounded by Delaware Bay in S New Jersey. |
| Cumberland County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Cumberland County North Carolina | |
| SN | S central North Carolina. |
| Cumberland County Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Eastern Canada | |
| ..Maritime Provinces | |
| ...Nova Scotia | |
| ....Cumberland County Nova Scotia | |
| Cumberland County Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Pennsylvania | |
| ..Cumberland County Pennsylvania | |
| SN | S Pennsylvania. |
| Cumberland County Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Tennessee | |
| ..Cumberland County Tennessee | |
| SN | E central Tennessee. |
| Cumberland County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Cumberland County Virginia | |
| NT | Cumberland Virginia |
| SN | Central Virginia. |
| Cumberland England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Cumbria England | |
| ......Cumberland England | |
| NT | Bewcastle England |
| RT | Lake District |
| SN | Former county in NW England. In 1974, became part of Cumbria. |
| Cumberland Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Pennsylvanian | |
| .....Cumberland Group | |
| RT | New Brunswick |
| Nova Scotia | |
| SN | E New Brunswick and N Nova Scotia. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cumberland Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | rlan County Kentucky |
| .Cumberland Kentucky | |
| SN | City in SE Kentucky. |
| Cumberland Maryland | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Maryland | |
| ..Allegany County Maryland | |
| ...Cumberland Maryland | |
| SN | City in W Maryland. |
| Cumberland Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Cumberland Plateau |
| Cumberland Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| RT | Baffin Island |
| Franklin District Northwest Territories | |
| SN | On easternmost Baffin Island on Davis Strait. May also occur in other locations. Also search Cumberland AND peninsula. Indexed with Baffin Island or region as applicable. |
| Cumberland Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Appalachians | |
| ..Cumberland Plateau | |
| UF | Cumberland Mountains |
| RT | United States |
| Virginia | |
| Kentucky | |
| Alabama | |
| Appalachian Plateau | |
| West Virginia | |
| Tennessee | |
| Pine Mountain Window | |
| Eastern Kentucky coal field | |
| SN | Southwesternmost division of the Appalachians. Also search Cumberland AND plateau. Indexed with counties or states as applicable. |
| Cumberland Rhode Island | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Rhode Island | |
| ..Providence County Rhode Island | |
| ...Cumberland Rhode Island | |
| SN | Town in NE Rhode Island. |
| Cumberland Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Cumberland County Virginia | |
| ...Cumberland Virginia | |
| SN | Village in central Virginia. |
| Cumbria England | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....England | |
| .....Cumbria England | |
| NT | Alston Block |
| Cumberland England | |
| Sellafield England | |
| Westmorland England | |
| RT | Lake District |
| Howgill Fells | |
| Morecambe Bay | |
| Skiddaw Slates | |
| SN | County in NW England. Formed in 1974 from Cumberland and Westmorland counties. |
| Cuming County Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nebraska | |
| ..Cuming County Nebraska | |
| cummingtonite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .chain silicates | |
| ..amphibole group | |
| ...clinoamphibole | |
| ....cummingtonite | |
| RT | anthophyllite |
| cumulates | |
|---|---|
| RT | igneous rocks |
| magmas | |
| Cupido Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Cupido Formation | |
| RT | Mexico |
| Texas | |
| SN | N Mexico and S Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Cupressaceae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Coniferales | |
| ....Cupressaceae | |
| SN | Family. |
| cuprite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .cuprite | |
| RT | copper ores |
| copper minerals | |
| Curaca River basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Brazil | |
| ..Bahia Brazil | |
| ...Curaca River basin | |
| SN | Just S of the Sao Francisco River in NE Bahia, E Brazil. |
| Curacao | |
|---|---|
| BT | Caribbean region |
| .West Indies | |
| ..Antilles | |
| ...Lesser Antilles | |
| ....Netherlands Antilles | |
| .....Curacao | |
| SN | Island in the Netherlands Antilles just N of W Venezuela. |
| curation | |
|---|---|
| RT | collecting |
| collections | |
| conservation | |
| museums | |
| practice | |
| preservation | |
| sample preparation | |
| sampling | |
| storage | |
| SN | Also search curating. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Curie point | |
|---|---|
| UF | Curie temperature |
| RT | paleomagnetism |
| magnetic susceptibility | |
| heat flow | |
| magnetic properties | |
| thermoremanent magnetization | |
| Curie temperature | |
|---|---|
| USE | Curie point |
| curium | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .actinides | |
| ..curium | |
| UF | Cm |
| current directions | |
|---|---|
| UF | directions, current |
| RT | sedimentation |
| ocean circulation | |
| currents | |
| current lineations | |
|---|---|
| USE | parting lineation |
| current markings | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary structures |
| .bedding plane irregularities | |
| ..current markings | |
| UF | markings, current |
| RT | flute casts |
| scour marks | |
| tool marks | |
| current partings | |
|---|---|
| USE | parting lineation |
| current research | |
|---|---|
| RT | annual report |
| associations | |
| geology | |
| news | |
| progress report | |
| report | |
| research | |
| survey organizations | |
| current transport | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used in subfile T. See marine transport; stream transport; currents; paleocurrents. |
| currents | |
|---|---|
| NT | bottom currents |
| convection currents | |
| density currents | |
| fluvial currents | |
| ocean currents | |
| turbidity currents | |
| RT | continental shelf |
| current directions | |
| eddy flow | |
| flowmeters | |
| magnetic field | |
| paleocurrents | |
| upwelling | |
| SN | Now use ocean currents if applicable. |
| curricula | |
|---|---|
| RT | education |
| educational resources | |
| Currituck County North Carolina | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .North Carolina | |
| ..Currituck County North Carolina | |
| Curry County New Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Curry County New Mexico | |
| SN | E New Mexico. |
| Curry County Oregon | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oregon | |
| ..Curry County Oregon | |
| NT | Sixes River |
| SN | SW Oregon. |
| curved seismic interface | |
|---|---|
| RT | discontinuities |
| inclined seismic interface | |
| seismology | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| curves, traveltime | |
|---|---|
| USE | traveltime curves |
| Cusiana Field | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Colombia | |
| ..Cusiana Field | |
| RT | oil and gas fields |
| SN | Llanos foothills, Casanare state, E Colombia. |
| CUSMAP | |
|---|---|
| UF | Conterminous United States Mineral Assessment Program |
| RT | United States |
| U. S. Geological Survey | |
| mineral exploration | |
| programs | |
| SN | Acronym. U. S. Geological Survey mineral resource exploration and mapping project. Part of a data base. Indexed with states as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Custer County Colorado | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Colorado | |
| ..Custer County Colorado | |
| RT | Wet Mountains |
| SN | S central Colorado. |
| Custer County Idaho | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Idaho | |
| ..Custer County Idaho | |
| NT | Borah Peak |
| Challis Idaho | |
| Chilly Buttes | |
| Mackay Idaho | |
| RT | Pioneer Mountains |
| Sawtooth Range | |
| Lost River Range | |
| Borah Peak earthquake 1983 | |
| Lost River Fault | |
| SN | Central Idaho. |
| Custer County Montana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Montana | |
| ..Custer County Montana | |
| SN | SE Montana. |
| Custer County Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Nebraska | |
| ..Custer County Nebraska | |
| SN | Central Nebraska. |
| Custer County Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Oklahoma | |
| ..Custer County Oklahoma | |
| SN | W Oklahoma. |
| Custer County South Dakota | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .South Dakota | |
| ..Custer County South Dakota | |
| RT | Black Hills |
| SN | SW South Dakota. |
| customs duty | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| SN | Usually out-of-scope for GeoRef. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| cut and fill | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary structures |
| .planar bedding structures | |
| ..cut and fill | |
| cut and fill mining | |
|---|---|
| USE | cut-and-fill mining |
| cut-and-fill mining | |
|---|---|
| BT | mining |
| .cut-and-fill mining | |
| UF | cut and fill mining |
| mining, cut-and-fill | |
| RT | mines |
| mining geology | |
| backfill | |
| surface mining | |
| underground mining | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Cutch India | |
|---|---|
| USE | Kutch India |
| cuticles | |
|---|---|
| RT | Arthropoda |
| chitin | |
| morphology | |
| Plantae | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| cutinite | |
|---|---|
| BT | macerals |
| .exinite | |
| ..cutinite | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Cutler Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Cutler Formation | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Utah | |
| Colorado | |
| Arizona | |
| SN | Includes Halgaito Tongue, Cedar Mesa Sandstone Tongue, Organ Rock Tongue, White Rim Sandstone Member, DeChelly Sandstone Member, Hoskinnini Tongue, White River Sandstone, Rico transition facies. NE Arizona, SW Colorado, NW New Mexico, and SE Utah. |
| cutoff grade | |
|---|---|
| RT | economic geology |
| economics | |
| feasibility studies | |
| grade | |
| ore grade | |
| profitability | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1982. |
| cutoff rigidities | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1993, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used with interplanetary space and magnetosphere. |
| Cuttack India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Orissa India | |
| ....Cuttack India | |
| SN | City in E Orissa, E India. |
| cuttings | |
|---|---|
| UF | drill cuttings |
| RT | well-logging |
| cores | |
| boreholes | |
| Cuvier abyssal plain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Indian Ocean |
| .Cuvier abyssal plain | |
| RT | DSDP Site 263 |
| SN | Off Western Australia. Also search Cuvier. |
| Cuyahoga County Ohio | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Ohio | |
| ..Cuyahoga County Ohio | |
| NT | Cleveland Ohio |
| SN | N Ohio. |
| Cuyahoga Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Mississippian | |
| .....Lower Mississippian | |
| ......Cuyahoga Formation | |
| RT | Ohio |
| Pennsylvania | |
| New York | |
| SN | Lower Mississippian. Ohio and W Pennsylvania, New York. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Cuyama Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .California | |
| ..Cuyama Basin | |
| SN | S California. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
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