IODP SEDIS - Thesaurus -

French
RT	catalogs
	dictionaries
	glossaries
	lexicons
SN	Used for studies about the language.

French Alps
BT	Europe
	.Western Europe
	..France
	...French Alps
BT	Europe
	.Alps
	..French Alps
RT	Aiguilles Rouges
	Graian Alps
SN	This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.

French Coast
BT	Europe
	.Western Europe
	..France
	...French Coast
SN	Along British Channel and Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic Ocean side and the Mediterranean Sea on the S.

French colonial possessions
SN	Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1968. The variant form French territories was also used.

French Equatorial Africa
SN	Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1959. Now index countries (Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Gabon) as applicable.

French Guiana
BT	South America
	.French Guiana
RT	Guiana Basin
	Guyana Shield
	Guianas
SN	Republic on NE South American coast.

French Indochina
USE	Indochina

French Mid-Ocean Undersea Study
USE	FAMOUS

French Polynesia
BT	Oceania
	.Polynesia
	..French Polynesia
NT	Austral Islands
	Marquesas Islands
	Society Islands
	Tuamotu Islands
RT	East Pacific Ocean Islands
	Pacific Ocean
SN	French overseas territory in S Pacific Ocean. Includes Marquesas, Society, Gambier, Tubuai, and Tuamotu islands.

French Pyrenees
BT	Europe
	.Western Europe
	..France
	...French Pyrenees
BT	Europe
	.Pyrenees
	..French Pyrenees
RT	Castillon Massif
	Corbieres
	North Pyrenean Fault
	Querigut Massif
SN	This term has multiple hierarchies.

French Somaliland
USE	Djibouti

French West Africa
SN	Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1959. Now index countries (Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal) as applicable.

Frenchman Springs Member
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Phanerozoic
	..Cenozoic
	...Neogene
	....Miocene
	.....Frenchman Springs Member
RT	Washington
	Oregon
	Columbia River Basalt Group
	Wanapum Basalt
SN	Of Wanapum Basalt, which is part of the Columbia River Basalt Group. S and central Washington and NW Oregon. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.