IODP SEDIS - Thesaurus -

GEOS
UF	General Earthquake Observation System
RT	earthquakes
	geophysical methods
	geophysical surveys
	seismic methods
	seismic networks
	observations
SN	Acronym. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

Geosat
RT	altimetry
	geodesy
	geophysical methods
	geophysical surveys
	high-resolution methods
	radar methods
	remote sensing
	satellite methods
SN	Added to Thesaurus in 1993.

Geoscan
RT	bibliography
	data bases
	data processing
	information systems
	remote sensing
SN	Canadian national data base for geological information. Also a remote sensing instrument. Indexed with data bases if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

geoscience
USE	geology

GEOSECS
UF	Geochemical Ocean Sections Program
RT	geochemistry
	oceanography
	research vessels
SN	Acronym.

geostat

geostatic pressure
USE	lithostatic pressure

geostatistics
BT	statistical analysis
	.geostatistics
RT	mathematical geology
	mathematical methods
	Bayesian analysis
	crosscorrelation
	autoregression
	variance analysis
	cokriging
	kriging
	covariance analysis
	semivariograms
	outliers
	uncertainty
	numerical analysis
	interpolation
	Monte Carlo analysis
	variograms
SN	Before 1971, also search statistical measures; statistics. Added to Thesaurus in 1982.

geostrophic force
SN	Not a valid term for GeoRef. Usually out-of-scope. Used as Coriolis force with ocean circulation.

geosynclines
RT	Adelaide Geosyncline
	Alpine Geosyncline
	Andean Geosyncline
	anticlinoria
	burial metamorphism
	clastic wedges
	continental drift
	Cordilleran Geosyncline
	crust
	eugeosynclines
	folds
	geanticlines
	Hercynian Geosyncline
	magmatism
	mantle
	metallogeny
	miogeosynclines
SN	Used 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.