SEDIS - Thesaurus
Ta  | |
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| USE | tantalum |
| taaffeite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .taaffeite | |
| Taal | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Philippine Islands | |
| ...Luzon | |
| ....Taal | |
| UF | Taal Volcano |
| RT | volcanoes |
| SN | On Volcano Island in center of Lake Taal in Batangas Province in S Luzon. |
| Taal Volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taal |
| Tabasco Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Tabasco Mexico | |
| RT | Gulf Coastal Plain |
| SN | State in SE Mexico. |
| tabetisol | |
|---|---|
| USE | taliks |
| Tabianian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Pliocene | |
| .....lower Pliocene | |
| ......Tabianian | |
| SN | Europe. |
| Table Head Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Ordovician | |
| ....Middle Ordovician | |
| .....Table Head Group | |
| RT | Newfoundland Island |
| SN | W Newfoundland. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Table Mountain | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cape Province region |
| Cape Town South Africa | |
| Sierra Nevada | |
| California | |
| Tuolumne County California | |
| Western Cape Province South Africa | |
| SN | Mountain near Cape Town, South Africa. Also a mountain in Tuolumne County, California. Indexed with California or South Africa as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Table Mountain Group | |
|---|---|
| RT | Agulhas Bank |
| Devonian | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Namibia | |
| Ordovician | |
| South Africa | |
| SN | Includes Soom Member, Sardinia Bay Formation. Located in South Africa, Namibia and Agulhas Bank. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tables | |
|---|---|
| SN | Used in subfile E. |
| Tabulata | |
|---|---|
| BT | Invertebrata |
| .Coelenterata | |
| ..Anthozoa | |
| ...Zoantharia | |
| ....Tabulata | |
| NT | Chaetetidae |
| Favositidae | |
| Heliolitidae | |
| RT | Scleractinia |
| Rugosa | |
| SN | Order. |
| Tachira Venezuela | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Venezuela | |
| ..Tachira Venezuela | |
| SN | State in W Venezuela. |
| Taconian Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taconic Orogeny |
| Taconic Allochthon | |
|---|---|
| RT | Appalachians |
| Canada | |
| United States | |
| SN | In Northern Appalachians. Also search Taconic. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Taconic Orogeny | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Taconic Orogeny | |
| UF | Taconian Orogeny |
| RT | Ordovician |
| Silurian | |
| Canada | |
| United States | |
| orogeny | |
| Appalachians | |
| SN | An orogeny in the latter part of the Ordovician period, named for the Taconic Range of eastern New York State and well developed through most of the Northern Appalachians in U.S. and Canada. Before 1978, search Taconic AND orogeny; Taconian. |
| taconite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sedimentary rocks |
| .chemically precipitated rocks | |
| ..taconite | |
| RT | banded iron formations |
| iron formations | |
| TACT | |
|---|---|
| UF | Trans Alaska Crustal Transect |
| Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect | |
| RT | geophysical methods |
| geophysical surveys | |
| Alaska | |
| programs | |
| geotraverses | |
| SN | Acronym. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tactite | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphic rocks |
| .metasomatic rocks | |
| ..tactite | |
| SN | Compositional term. |
| Tadjoura | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See Gulf of Tadjoura. |
| Tadzhik Basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajik Depression |
| Tadzhik Depression | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajik Depression |
| Tadzhikhistan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajikistan |
| Tadzhikistan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajikistan |
| Tadzhikistan Depression | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajik Depression |
| Tadzhikstan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajikistan |
| Tadzhura | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See Gulf of Tadjoura. |
| taele | |
|---|---|
| USE | frozen ground |
| Taeniodonta | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chordata |
| .Vertebrata | |
| ..Tetrapoda | |
| ...Mammalia | |
| ....Theria | |
| .....Eutheria | |
| ......Taeniodonta | |
| Taeniopteris | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Pteridophyta | |
| ..Filicopsida | |
| ...Taeniopteris | |
| RT | Gymnospermae |
| Pteridospermae | |
| Cycadales | |
| Glossopteris | |
| SN | Genus. |
| taenite | |
|---|---|
| BT | alloys |
| .taenite | |
| RT | meteorites |
| kamacite | |
| plessite | |
| tetrataenite | |
| SN | Meteorite mineral. |
| Tafilalet | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tafilalt |
| Tafilalt | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Morocco | |
| ...Tafilalt | |
| UF | Tafilalet |
| Tafilelt | |
| Tafilet | |
| SN | Oasis in SE Morocco. |
| Tafilelt | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tafilalt |
| Tafilet | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tafilalt |
| TAG hydrothermal field | |
|---|---|
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .North Atlantic | |
| ..TAG hydrothermal field | |
| BT | Atlantic Ocean |
| .Mid-Atlantic Ridge | |
| ..TAG hydrothermal field | |
| RT | mid-ocean ridges |
| Leg 158 | |
| ODP Site 957 | |
| SN | Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tagil Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tagil Basin | |
| BT | Asia |
| .Tagil Basin | |
| RT | Sverdlovsk Russian Federation |
| SN | River basin in Sverdlovsk Oblast E of the Central Urals. Also search Tagil; Tagil River. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tagliamento Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Tagliamento Valley | |
| RT | Veneto Italy |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy | |
| SN | River valley extending from Carnic Alps to the head of the Gulf of Venice. Also search Tagliamento; Tagliamento River. Indexed with autonomous regions as applicable. |
| Tagus Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Tagus Basin | |
| UF | Tagus River basin |
| RT | Spain |
| Portugal | |
| Madrid Basin | |
| Tagus River | |
| SN | River basin in central Spain and S central Portugal. Also search Tagus, Tajo, Tejo. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Tagus River | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Tagus River | |
| RT | Spain |
| Portugal | |
| Tagus Basin | |
| SN | Longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. Rises in E central Spain and flows W and SW entering the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Tagus River basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tagus Basin |
| Tahiti | |
|---|---|
| BT | Oceania |
| .Polynesia | |
| ..French Polynesia | |
| ...Society Islands | |
| ....Tahiti | |
| RT | Tuamotu Islands |
| Leg 92 | |
| DSDP Site 597 | |
| DSDP Site 598 | |
| DSDP Site 599 | |
| DSDP Site 600 | |
| DSDP Site 601 | |
| DSDP Site 602 | |
| SN | Island of E group of Society Islands in French Polynesia. |
| tahoochee River#Chipola Formation#Citronelle Formation#Claiborne Group#Coupon Bi |
|---|
| taiga environment | |
|---|---|
| BT | terrestrial environment |
| .taiga environment | |
| RT | sedimentation |
| ecology | |
| geomorphology | |
| depositional environment | |
| climate | |
| paleoclimatology | |
| steppes | |
| tundra | |
| SN | Before 1978, also search taiga. |
| Taigonos Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taygonos Peninsula |
| Taihang Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Taihang Mountains | |
| UF | T'ai-hang Mountains |
| Taihang Shan | |
| Taihangshan | |
| RT | Shanxi China |
| Hebei China | |
| SN | Hebei and Shanxi, N China. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Taihang Shan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taihang Mountains |
| Taihangshan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taihang Mountains |
| Taihua Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Archean | |
| ...Taihua Group | |
| RT | China |
| Henan China | |
| SN | Henan. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tailing dams | |
|---|---|
| USE | tailings dams |
| tailing ponds | |
|---|---|
| USE | tailings ponds |
| tailings | |
|---|---|
| RT | chemical waste |
| disposal barriers | |
| dredged materials | |
| dredging | |
| mining | |
| reclamation | |
| spoils | |
| tailings dams | |
| tailings ponds | |
| waste disposal | |
| tailings dams | |
|---|---|
| BT | dams |
| .tailings dams | |
| UF | tailing dams |
| tailings impoundments | |
| RT | mining geology |
| tailings | |
| tailings ponds | |
| SN | Before 1989, also included use for tailings ponds. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| tailings impoundments | |
|---|---|
| USE | tailings dams |
| tailings ponds | |
|---|---|
| UF | tailing ponds |
| RT | mining geology |
| waste disposal | |
| seepage | |
| retaining walls | |
| tailings | |
| mining | |
| spoils | |
| tailings dams | |
| SN | Before 1989, see tailings dams. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Taimyr (Peninsula) | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taymyr Peninsula |
| Taimyr Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taymyr Peninsula |
| Taimyr Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation |
| Tainan Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Tainan Taiwan | |
| SN | City on SW coast of Taiwan. |
| Taipei Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Taipei Taiwan | |
| SN | City at N end of island. |
| Taishu Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Tertiary | |
| ....lower Tertiary | |
| .....Taishu Group | |
| RT | Japan |
| Kyushu | |
| Tsushima | |
| SN | Chiefly composed of sandstone and shale in alternation, and intercalating arkose sandstone and red-coloured conglomerates. On Tsushima Island a part of Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu. |
| Taito Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taitung Taiwan |
| Taitung Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Taitung Taiwan | |
| UF | Taito Taiwan |
| SN | City on SE coast of Taiwan. |
| Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| NT | Chiayi-Hsinying area |
| Chinkuashih Mine | |
| Chinkuashih Taiwan | |
| Hengchun Peninsula | |
| Hsinchu | |
| Miaoli Taiwan | |
| Peikang Taiwan | |
| Penghu Islands | |
| Tainan Taiwan | |
| Taipei Taiwan | |
| Taitung Taiwan | |
| Taiwanese Central Range | |
| Taiwanese Coastal Range | |
| Taoyuan Taiwan | |
| Tatun Shan | |
| Tiehchenshan | |
| UF | Formosa |
| RT | SMART2 |
| Mushan Formation | |
| Tananao Schist | |
| SN | Island off Fujian Province of China. Seat of Chinese Nationalist government known as the Republic of China. |
| Taiwan Strait | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northwest Pacific | |
| ...Taiwan Strait | |
| UF | Formosa Strait |
| RT | China Sea |
| East China Sea | |
| South China Sea | |
| Mushan Formation | |
| Penghu Islands | |
| SN | Channel between Fujian China and Taiwan which connects the South China and East China seas. This term has multiple hierarchies. Indexed with East China Sea and/or South China Sea as applicable. |
| Taiwanese Central Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Taiwanese Central Range | |
| SN | Before 1989, also search Central Range AND Taiwan. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Taiwanese Coastal Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Taiwanese Coastal Range | |
| UF | Coastal Range, Taiwan |
| SN | Also search Coastal Range AND Taiwan. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Taiyuan China | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Shanxi China | |
| ....Taiyuan China | |
| SN | City in Shanxi, N China. |
| Taiyuan Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Taiyuan Formation | |
| RT | Carboniferous |
| Permian | |
| China | |
| Anhui China | |
| Henan China | |
| Shanxi China | |
| SN | In Anhui, Henan and Shanxi provinces. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tajik Basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tajik Depression |
| Tajik Depression | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Tajikistan | |
| ..Tajik Depression | |
| UF | Tadzhik Basin |
| Tadzhik Depression | |
| Tadzhikistan Depression | |
| Tajik Basin | |
| RT | Afghan-Tajik Basin |
| SN | North section of Afghan-Tajik Depression in S and SW Tajikistan. Also search Tadzhik. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Tajikistan | |
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Tajikistan | |
| NT | Altyn-Topkan Tajikistan |
| Badakhshan | |
| Darvaz | |
| Darvaza Range | |
| Dushanbe Tajikistan | |
| Garm Tajikistan | |
| Karategin Range | |
| Kulyab Tajikistan | |
| Leninabad Tajikistan | |
| Nurek Tajikistan | |
| Shugnan Tajikistan | |
| Tajik Depression | |
| Turkestan Range | |
| Vakhsh River | |
| Vanchskiy Range | |
| UF | Tadzhikhistan |
| Tadzhikistan | |
| Tadzhikstan | |
| RT | Afghan-Tajik Basin |
| Amu Darya | |
| Amu Darya Basin | |
| Hindu Kush | |
| Pamirs | |
| Turkestan | |
| Alai Range | |
| Zeravshan Range | |
| Surkhan Darya | |
| Central Asia | |
| Badakhshan Afghanistan | |
| Fergana Basin | |
| Hissar Range | |
| Karamazar | |
| Kurama Range | |
| Syr Darya | |
| Surkhan Darya basin | |
| Zeravshan River | |
| SN | Republic. Formerly the Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic in Soviet Central Asia. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Takanuki Japan | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Takanuki Japan | |
| SN | Village NE of Utsunomiya in E central Honshu. |
| Takla Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Triassic | |
| ....Takla Group | |
| RT | British Columbia |
| SN | N central British Columbia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tal Formation | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cretaceous |
| India | |
| Jurassic | |
| Precambrian | |
| Uttar Pradesh India | |
| SN | Consists of 2 members: the quartzite member and the limestone member. The formation has been considered of Jurassic-Cretaceous age, but current literature indicates an unconformity between the 2 members so that the quartzite member is Precambrian and the |
| Talacasto Argentina | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Argentina | |
| ..San Juan Argentina | |
| ...Talacasto Argentina | |
| SN | Village in central Argentina. |
| Talas Ala-Tau | |
|---|---|
| USE | Talas Range |
| Talas Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Tien Shan | |
| ..Talas Range | |
| BT | Asia |
| .Kyrgyzstan | |
| ..Talas Range | |
| UF | Talas Ala-Tau |
| SN | Branch of the Tien Shan in NW Kyrgyzstan. Before 1978, also search Talas. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Talasea Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Papua New Guinea | |
| ..New Britain | |
| ...Talasea Papua New Guinea | |
| SN | Settlement on E side of Willaumez Peninsula on N coast of New Britain, Bismark Archipelago. |
| Talbot County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Talbot County Georgia | |
| SN | W Georgia. |
| Talbot County Maryland | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Maryland | |
| ..Talbot County Maryland | |
| SN | E Maryland. |
| talc | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .sheet silicates | |
| ..talc | |
| RT | cerolite |
| talc deposits | |
| soapstone | |
| steatite | |
| SN | As of 1981, use talc deposits for talc as a commodity. |
| talc deposits | |
|---|---|
| RT | Henderson Mine |
| soapstone | |
| steatite | |
| talc | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| talc rock | |
|---|---|
| BT | metamorphic rocks |
| .metasomatic rocks | |
| ..talc rock | |
| SN | Compositional term. |
| Talcher | |
|---|---|
| USE | Talchir |
| Talcher Coalfield | |
|---|---|
| USE | Talchir coal field |
| Talchir | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Orissa India | |
| ....Talchir | |
| UF | Talcher |
| SN | Region. Former princely state in Orissa States. |
| Talchir coal field | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Orissa India | |
| ....Talchir coal field | |
| UF | Talcher Coalfield |
| RT | coal fields |
| SN | E central Orissa. Also search Talchir. |
| Talchir Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Talchir Formation | |
| RT | Carboniferous |
| Permian | |
| India | |
| Upper Carboniferous | |
| SN | Upper Carboniferous to Permo-Carboniferous. Consists of boulder bed with boulders set in an ill-sorted matrix, often containing angular clastics, and is followed by greenish shales, silty shales, and sandstones. In peninsular India. |
| Talchir Series | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Carboniferous | |
| ....Upper Carboniferous | |
| .....Talchir Series | |
| RT | India |
| Orissa India | |
| SN | Upper Carboniferous. At the base is a glacial boulder bed (Talchir Boulder Bed). Overlain by Damuda Series. In Orissa. |
| Taliaferro County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Taliaferro County Georgia | |
| taliks | |
|---|---|
| UF | subgelisol |
| tabetisol | |
| RT | glacial geology |
| active layer | |
| permafrost | |
| glacial features | |
| periglacial features | |
| ice wedges | |
| thawing | |
| frozen ground | |
| ground ice | |
| palsas | |
| pingos | |
| hummocks | |
| SN | Unfrozen layer adjacent to or in permafrost. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Talimu Basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tarim Basin |
| Talin Estonia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tallinn Estonia |
| Talkeetna Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Jurassic | |
| ....Lower Jurassic | |
| .....Talkeetna Formation | |
| RT | Alaska |
| Southern Alaska | |
| Copper River basin | |
| SN | S central Alaska. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Talkeetna Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alaska | |
| ..Southern Alaska | |
| ...Talkeetna Mountains | |
| SN | S Alaska. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Talladega County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Talladega County Alabama | |
| Talladega Front | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Talladega Front | |
| UF | Talladega slate belt |
| RT | Hillabee Chlorite Schist |
| SN | E Talladega County in E central Alabama. |
| Talladega Group | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Talladega Group | |
| RT | Precambrian |
| Cambrian | |
| Ordovician | |
| Silurian | |
| Devonian | |
| Pennsylvanian | |
| Mississippi | |
| Alabama | |
| North Carolina | |
| Georgia | |
| Tennessee | |
| Hillabee Chlorite Schist | |
| SN | Talladega Formation, Precambrian (?) to Carboniferous (?). In NW Georgia, the Talladega Series has been grouped into 10 formations (ascending): Pinelog Quartzite, Hiawassee Slate, Great Smoky Formation, Natahala Schist, Tusquitee Quartzite, Brasstown Schi |
| Talladega slate belt | |
|---|---|
| USE | Talladega Front |
| Tallahatchie County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Tallahatchie County Mississippi | |
| Tallahatta Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Paleogene | |
| ....Eocene | |
| .....middle Eocene | |
| ......Tallahatta Formation | |
| RT | Mississippi |
| Alabama | |
| Georgia | |
| Claiborne Group | |
| SN | In Claiborne Group. S Alabama, W Georgia, and Mississippi. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tallapoosa County Alabama | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Alabama | |
| ..Tallapoosa County Alabama | |
| RT | Martin Lake |
| SN | E Alabama. |
| Tallin Estonia | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tallinn Estonia |
| Tallinn Estonia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Baltic region | |
| ..Estonia | |
| ...Tallinn Estonia | |
| UF | Talin Estonia |
| Tallin Estonia | |
| SN | City on the Gulf of Finland. |
| Tallulah Falls Formation | |
|---|---|
| RT | Georgia |
| lower Paleozoic | |
| North Carolina | |
| Proterozoic | |
| South Carolina | |
| SN | Proterozoic and/or lower Paleozoic. Indexed with age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| talnakhite | |
|---|---|
| BT | sulfides |
| .talnakhite | |
| Taltson magmatic zone | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Canadian Shield | |
| ..Taltson magmatic zone | |
| RT | Alberta |
| Canada | |
| Mackenzie District Northwest Territories | |
| Northwest Territories | |
| SN | Belt of Paleoproterozoic dioritic to granitic plutons and peraluminous granites between the Slave and Rae provinces, W Canadian Shield. Indexed with Northwest Territories and/or Alberta as applicable. |
| talus | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1978. Use talus slopes. |
| talus fan | |
|---|---|
| USE | alluvial fans |
| talus slopes | |
|---|---|
| BT | erosion features |
| .talus slopes | |
| UF | debris slopes |
| RT | slope stability |
| geomorphology | |
| colluvium | |
| mass movements | |
| landslides | |
| cliffs | |
| slopes | |
| soil erosion | |
| desert pavement | |
| SN | Before 1978, search talus. |
| Talysh Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Middle East | |
| ..Iran | |
| ...Talysh Mountains | |
| RT | Elburz |
| SN | NW extremity of the Elburz in NW Iran. Also search Talysh. |
| Tama County Iowa | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Iowa | |
| ..Tama County Iowa | |
| Tamagawa | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Tamagawa | |
| RT | Akita Japan |
| Tokyo Japan | |
| SN | River flowing into Tokyo Bay between Tokyo and Yokohama in Tokyo Prefecture, Honshu. Also used for hot springs in Akita Japan. Indexed with prefecture. |
| Taman Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Krasnodar Russian Federation | |
| ...Taman Peninsula | |
| SN | Peninsula of W Krasnodar Kray jutting into Kerch Strait connecting Black Sea and Azov Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Taman Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Krasnodar Russian Federation | |
| ...Taman Russian Federation | |
| SN | Village on N shore of Taman Peninsula near Kerch Strait in W Krasnodar Kray in Northern Caucasus. Before 1993, Taman Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tamar Estuary | |
|---|---|
| UF | Tamar River |
| RT | England |
| Bass Strait | |
| Tasmania Australia | |
| Devonshire England | |
| Cornwall England | |
| SN | Cornwall and Devonshire, extreme SW England. Empties into the English Channel. Also a river in N Tasmania which empties into Bass Strait. Indexed with Tasmania Australia OR England and counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tamar River | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tamar Estuary |
| Tamar Valley | |
|---|---|
| RT | Cornwall England |
| Devonshire England | |
| England | |
| Tasmania Australia | |
| SN | River valley in Cornwall and Devonshire in SW England. Also a river valley in Tasmania. Also search Tamar Estuary. Indexed with Tasmania Australia OR England and counties as applicable. |
| Tamaulipas Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | Mexico |
| .Tamaulipas Mexico | |
| NT | Arroyo El Mimbral |
| RT | Rio Grande |
| Gulf Coastal Plain | |
| Laguna Madre | |
| San Juan River | |
| Rio Grande Valley | |
| Sierra Madre Oriental | |
| Rio Grande Depression | |
| SN | State in E Mexico. |
| Tamayo fracture zone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .North Pacific | |
| ..Northeast Pacific | |
| ...Tamayo fracture zone | |
| SN | NE Pacific, near mouth of Gulf of California. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tamba Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Tamba Plateau | |
| RT | Kyoto Japan |
| SN | In the Kyoto area. Also search Tamba. |
| Tambov Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tambov Russian Federation | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Tambov Russian Federation | |
| SN | Oblast including the city 260 miles SE of Moscow. Before 1993, Tambov Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tamdy-Tau | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tamdytau |
| Tamdytau | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Uzbekistan | |
| ..Tamdytau | |
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Kyzylkum | |
| ..Tamdytau | |
| UF | Tamdy-Tau |
| Tamdytau Range | |
| SN | Mountains in the Kyzylkum SE of the Aral Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tamdytau Range | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tamdytau |
| Tamiami Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Cenozoic | |
| ...Neogene | |
| ....Tamiami Formation | |
| RT | Pliocene |
| Miocene | |
| Florida | |
| Pinecrest Beds | |
| SN | Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tamil Nadu India | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..India | |
| ...Tamil Nadu India | |
| NT | Ariyalur India |
| Coimbatore India | |
| Kodaikanal India | |
| Kondapalli India | |
| Madras India | |
| Neyveli India | |
| North Arcot India | |
| South Arcot | |
| Tiruchirapalli India | |
| Vridhachalam India | |
| RT | Coromandel Coast |
| Cauvery Basin | |
| Cuddalore Series | |
| Neyveli Lignite | |
| Niniyur Group | |
| SN | State in extreme S and SE India. Formerly part of Madras. |
| Tampa Bay | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Tampa Bay | |
| RT | Hillsborough County Florida |
| Pinellas County Florida | |
| SN | Inlet of Gulf of Mexico on W coast of Hillsborough County in W Florida. |
| Tampere Finland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Finland | |
| ....Western Finland Province | |
| .....Tampere Finland | |
| SN | City in SW Finland. |
| Tamworth Australia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..New South Wales Australia | |
| ...Tamworth Australia | |
| SN | Town in E central New South Wales. |
| Tan-Lu Fault | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tancheng-Lujiang Fault |
| Tan-Lu fault zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone |
| Tana Fjord | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..Scandinavia | |
| ...Norway | |
| ....Finnmark Norway | |
| .....Tana Fjord | |
| SN | Inlet of Arctic Ocean which receives the Tana River on NE coast of Norway. |
| Tanana River | |
|---|---|
| BT | North America |
| .Tanana River | |
| RT | Alaska |
| Yukon Territory | |
| Delta River | |
| SN | Source in SW Yukon Territory. Joins Yukon River at Tanana, central Alaska. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tananao Schist | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Tananao Schist | |
| RT | Taiwan |
| SN | E Taiwan. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tananarive | |
|---|---|
| SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See Antananarivo Madagascar. |
| Tananarive Madagascar | |
|---|---|
| USE | Antananarivo Madagascar |
| Tancheng-Lujiang Fault | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Tancheng-Lujiang Fault | |
| UF | Tan-Lu Fault |
| Tanlu Fault | |
| RT | Anhui China |
| Shandong China | |
| Jiangsu China | |
| SN | E China. Extends from Anhui through Jiangsu to Shandong. Part of the Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone | |
|---|---|
| UF | Tan-Lu fault zone |
| Tanlu fault zone | |
| RT | Russian Federation |
| China | |
| Russian Far East | |
| Heilongjiang China | |
| Anhui China | |
| Yishu Fault | |
| Liaoning China | |
| Jilin China | |
| Shandong China | |
| Hubei China | |
| Jiangsu China | |
| Okhotsk Sea | |
| SN | Major fault zone. Extends from South-Central China to Heilongjiang. Some consider it to extend across Russian Federation Far East territory into the Okhotsk Sea. Tancheng-Lujiang Fault is a narrower concept. Indexed with provinces and/or Russian Federatio |
| Tanco Pegmatite | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Manitoba | |
| ...Tanco Pegmatite | |
| Tanega-shima | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Japan | |
| ...Kyushu | |
| ....Kagoshima Japan | |
| .....Tanega-shima | |
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Japan | |
| ...Ryukyu Islands | |
| ....Tanega-shima | |
| UF | Tanegashima Island |
| SN | Largest of the Osumi Islands off S Kyushu. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tanegashima Island | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tanega-shima |
| Taney County Missouri | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Missouri | |
| ..Taney County Missouri | |
| Tanezrouft | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .Tanezrouft | |
| RT | Algeria |
| Mali | |
| Sahara | |
| SN | Section of the Sahara primarily in Algeria. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Tanganyika | |
|---|---|
| SN | Not a valid index term. Former British U.N. Trust Territory which became independent in 1961. See Tanzania. |
| tangential discontinuities | |
|---|---|
| BT | discontinuities |
| .tangential discontinuities | |
| RT | mantle |
| seismology | |
| crust | |
| SN | Used for a type of interface in seismology. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tangential stress | |
|---|---|
| USE | shear stress |
| tangential tectonics | |
|---|---|
| USE | compression tectonics |
| tangential wave | |
|---|---|
| USE | S-waves |
| Tanger Morocco | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tangier Morocco |
| Tangier Morocco | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Morocco | |
| ...Tangier Morocco | |
| UF | Tanger Morocco |
| Tangiers Morocco | |
| SN | City at W end of the Strait of Gibraltar. |
| Tangiers Morocco | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tangier Morocco |
| Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Louisiana | |
| ..Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana | |
| Tangshan China | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Tangshan China | |
| RT | Anhui China |
| Hebei China | |
| Tangshan earthquake 1976 | |
| SN | Towns in Hebei and Anhui provinces, N and E China. Indexed with provinces as applicable. |
| Tangshan earthquake 1976 | |
|---|---|
| BT | earthquakes |
| .Tangshan earthquake 1976 | |
| RT | China |
| Tangshan China | |
| Hebei China | |
| SN | Epicenter near Tangshan in Hebei, NE China. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tanlu Fault | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tancheng-Lujiang Fault |
| Tanlu fault zone | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone |
| Tannu Tuva Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tuva Russian Federation |
| Tannu-Ola Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Tannu-Ola Range | |
| RT | Russian Federation |
| Mongolia | |
| SN | On the Mongolian-Tuva Aautonomous Republic border. Also search Tannu-Ola. Indexed with Mongolia and/or Russian Federation as applicable. |
| Tanquary Fiord | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Northwest Territories | |
| ..Franklin District Northwest Territories | |
| ...Queen Elizabeth Islands | |
| ....Ellesmere Island | |
| .....Tanquary Fiord | |
| SN | W central Ellesmere Island in Franklin District. |
| Tansill Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Guadalupian | |
| .....Tansill Formation | |
| RT | New Mexico |
| Texas | |
| SN | SE New Mexico and W Texas. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tantalates | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .tantalates | |
| NT | niobotantalates |
| tantalite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .niobates | |
| ..niobotantalates | |
| ...tantalite | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| tantalum | |
|---|---|
| BT | metals |
| .tantalum | |
| UF | Ta |
| RT | heavy metals |
| tantalum ores | |
| high-field-strength elements | |
| niobium | |
| SN | Chemical element. Use tantalum ores for tantalum as a commodity. |
| tantalum ores | |
|---|---|
| BT | metal ores |
| .tantalum ores | |
| RT | columbite |
| niobium ores | |
| tantalum | |
| SN | Commodity. See List C. |
| Tanzania | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .East Africa | |
| ..Tanzania | |
| NT | Kilimanjaro |
| Laetoli | |
| Oldoinyo Lengai | |
| Olduvai Gorge | |
| Zanzibar | |
| RT | East African Rift |
| Lake Tanganyika | |
| Gregory Rift | |
| Lake Malawi | |
| Lake Natron | |
| Koobi Fora Formation | |
| Mozambique Belt | |
| Shungura Formation | |
| Umba River | |
| Lake Victoria | |
| Laetoli Beds | |
| SN | Former British U.N. Trust Territory of Tanganyika, which became independent in 1961. United with the island of Zanzibar to become Tanzania in 1964. Before 1964, also search Tanganyika. |
| tanzanite | |
|---|---|
| BT | silicates |
| .orthosilicates | |
| ..sorosilicates | |
| ...epidote group | |
| ....tanzanite | |
| RT | zoisite |
| SN | Variety of zoisite. |
| Tanzawa Massif | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tanzawa Mountains |
| Tanzawa Mountainland | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tanzawa Mountains |
| Tanzawa Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | nshu |
| .Tanzawa Mountains | |
| UF | Tanzawa Massif |
| Tanzawa Mountainland | |
| RT | Yamanashi Japan |
| Kanagawa Japan | |
| SN | Between Fujiyama and Yokohama. Also search Tanzawa. |
| Taos County New Mexico | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Taos County New Mexico | |
| NT | Questa Caldera |
| Questa Mine | |
| RT | San Luis Valley |
| Taos Plateau | |
| SN | N New Mexico. |
| Taos Plateau | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Taos Plateau | |
| RT | Colorado Plateau |
| Rio Grande Rift | |
| Rio Arriba County New Mexico | |
| Taos County New Mexico | |
| SN | N New Mexico. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Taoudeni | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taoudenni |
| Taoudeni Basin | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taoudenni Basin |
| Taoudenni | |
|---|---|
| UF | Taoudeni |
| RT | Mali |
| Sahara | |
| SN | An oasis in the Sahara in NW Mali. Before 1995, also used for the large Saharan basin. Now see Taoudenni Basin. Search in combination with Mali. Indexed with Mali if applicable. |
| Taoudenni Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .West Africa | |
| ..Taoudenni Basin | |
| UF | Taoudeni Basin |
| RT | Mauritania |
| Mali | |
| Sahara | |
| Burkina Faso | |
| SN | Large basin in W Africa. Also search Taoudenni or Taoudeni. Indexed with countries as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Taourirt Algeria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Algeria | |
| ...Taourirt Algeria | |
| SN | Village in W central Algeria. |
| Taourirt Morocco | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Morocco | |
| ...Taourirt Morocco | |
| SN | Town in NE Morocco. |
| Taoyuan Taiwan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Taoyuan Taiwan | |
| SN | Town in N Taiwan. |
| Tapeats Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Cambrian | |
| ....Tapeats Sandstone | |
| RT | California |
| Nevada | |
| Arizona | |
| SN | In Tonto Group. Lower and Middle Cambrian. Central and N Arizona, SE California and S Nevada. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| taphocenoses | |
|---|---|
| USE | thanatocenoses |
| taphocoenosis | |
|---|---|
| USE | thanatocenoses |
| taphonomy | |
|---|---|
| RT | biomineralization |
| fossilization | |
| Lagerstatten | |
| paleoecology | |
| paleopathology | |
| preservation | |
| soft parts | |
| thanatocenoses | |
| taphrogeny | |
|---|---|
| RT | orogeny |
| plate tectonics | |
| rifting | |
| tectonics | |
| tesserae | |
| SN | Implies rifting. |
| tapiolite | |
|---|---|
| BT | oxides |
| .niobates | |
| ..niobotantalates | |
| ...tapiolite | |
| SN | This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tapley Hill Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Tapley Hill Formation | |
| RT | South Australia |
| Australia | |
| SN | S Australia. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| tar sands | |
|---|---|
| USE | oil sands |
| Taranaki Basin | |
|---|---|
| RT | New Zealand |
| North Island | |
| South Island | |
| Southwest Pacific | |
| SN | Back-arc basin in SW Pacific which extends onshore in N South Island and the Taranaki Peninsula of SW North Island, New Zealand. Includes Taranaki Graben complex and Western Platform areas. Contains petroleum resources. Indexed with New Zealand with (Nort |
| Taranaki New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Taranaki New Zealand | |
| NT | Mokoia New Zealand |
| Mount Egmont | |
| RT | North Island |
| Wanganui Basin | |
| SN | Provincial district in W North Island. Also index North Island. |
| Taranaki, Mount | |
|---|---|
| USE | Mount Egmont |
| Taranto Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Apulia Italy | |
| ....Taranto Italy | |
| SN | City on N Gulf of Taranto on heel of Italian boot. |
| Tarapaca Chile | |
|---|---|
| BT | South America |
| .Chile | |
| ..Tarapaca Chile | |
| SN | Province in N Chile. |
| Taratash Complex | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Precambrian | |
| ..Proterozoic | |
| ...Neoproterozoic | |
| ....Riphean | |
| .....Taratash Complex | |
| RT | Southern Urals |
| SN | S Urals. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Tarawera volcanic complex | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Tarawera volcanic complex | |
| RT | North Island |
| SN | N central North Island. Also index North Island. |
| Tarbagatai Range | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tarbagatay Range |
| Tarbagatay Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Tarbagatay Range | |
| UF | Tarbagatai Range |
| RT | Kazakhstan |
| Tien Shan | |
| Xinjiang China | |
| SN | Northern outlier of the Tien Shan. Also search Tarbagatay. Indexed with Kazakhstan and/or Xinjiang China as applicable. |
| Tarbert Formation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Jurassic | |
| ....Middle Jurassic | |
| .....Bajocian | |
| ......Tarbert Formation | |
| RT | Brent Group |
| North Sea | |
| SN | In Brent Group. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Tardigrada | |
|---|---|
| RT | Arthropoda |
| Edentata | |
| Xenarthra | |
| SN | Search in combination with either Endentata or Arthropoda. Indexed with Edentata or Arthropoda as applicable. |
| Tarentaise | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Savoie France | |
| ....Tarentaise | |
| RT | Savoy Alps |
| Isere Valley | |
| SN | Alpine valley of upper Isere River in Savoy Alps. |
| Tareya Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation | |
| ...Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation | |
| ....Tareya Russian Federation | |
| SN | Village in NE Taymyr National Okrug in NW Siberia. Before 1993, Tareya Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tarfaia Morocco | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tarfaya Morocco |
| Tarfaya Morocco | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Morocco | |
| ...Tarfaya Morocco | |
| UF | Tarfaia Morocco |
| SN | Town in extreme SW Morocco. A former Spanish enclave. |
| Tarim Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Xinjiang China | |
| ....Tarim Basin | |
| UF | Talimu Basin |
| SN | Largest inland basin in China. SE Xinjiang. Added to Thesaurus in 1989. |
| Tarim Block | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tarim Platform |
| Tarim Plate | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tarim Platform |
| Tarim Platform | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..China | |
| ...Tarim Platform | |
| UF | Tarim Block |
| Tarim Plate | |
| RT | plates |
| SN | NE China, includes the Tarim Basin. Indexed with Chinese provinces if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1998. |
| Tarkhankut Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Ukraine | |
| ..Crimea Ukraine | |
| ...Tarkhankut Peninsula | |
| SN | In extreme W Crimea jutting into Black Sea. Also search Tarkhankut. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tarn France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Tarn France | |
| NT | Sidobre Massif |
| RT | Montagne Noire |
| Rodez Trough | |
| SN | Department in S France. |
| Tarn-et-Garonne France | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..France | |
| ...Tarn-et-Garonne France | |
| RT | Rouergue |
| Quercy | |
| Orgueil Meteorite | |
| SN | Department in SW France. |
| Tarnobrzeg Poland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Tarnobrzeg Poland | |
| NT | Sandomierz Poland |
| SN | Province and town in SE Poland. |
| Tarnow Poland | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Poland | |
| ...Tarnow Poland | |
| NT | Bochnia Poland |
| SN | Province and city in S Poland. |
| Taro Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Emilia-Romagna Italy | |
| ....Taro Valley | |
| SN | River valley extending in a SW-NE direction from the N Apennines to the Po River. Also search Taro. |
| Tarragona Spain | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Iberian Peninsula | |
| ...Spain | |
| ....Catalonia Spain | |
| .....Tarragona Spain | |
| SN | Province in Catalonia in NE Spain. |
| Tarrant County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Tarrant County Texas | |
| SN | N Texas. |
| Tartary | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tataria |
| Tartu Estonia | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Baltic region | |
| ..Estonia | |
| ...Tartu Estonia | |
| UF | Dorpat Estonia |
| SN | City on Ema River W of Lake Peipus in E Estonia. |
| Tarumae | |
|---|---|
| BT | kkaido |
| .Tarumae | |
| UF | Tarumae Volcano |
| RT | volcanoes |
| Shikotsu | |
| SN | Active volcano. South of Sapporo in S Hokkaido. |
| Tarumae Volcano | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tarumae |
| Tarvisio Italy | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Southern Europe | |
| ..Italy | |
| ...Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy | |
| ....Tarvisio Italy | |
| SN | Town near Austrian and Slovenian borders. |
| Tary Ekan Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tary-Ekam Tajikistan |
| Tary-Ekam Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Tajikistan | |
| ..Leninabad Tajikistan | |
| ...Tary-Ekam Tajikistan | |
| UF | Tary Ekan Tajikistan |
| Tary-Ekan Tajikistan | |
| SN | Village in Leninabad Oblast in N Tajikistan. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tary-Ekan Tajikistan | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tary-Ekam Tajikistan |
| Tas-Khayakhtakh Range | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Yakutia Russian Federation | |
| ...Tas-Khayakhtakh Range | |
| SN | Northern section of Cherski Range N of Okhotsk Sea in NE Yakutia. Also search Tas-Khayakhtakh. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tashkent Uzbekistan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Uzbekistan | |
| ..Tashkent Uzbekistan | |
| NT | Angren Uzbekistan |
| Chirchik Uzbekistan | |
| SN | Oblast and city in NE Uzbekistan. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tasman |
|---|
| Tasman Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| ...Tasman Basin | |
| UF | Tasman-Becken |
| SN | Extends S of Tasman Sea proper between South Tasmanian Rise and Macquarie Ridge SW of New Zealand. Also search Tasman. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tasman fold belt | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tasman orogenic zone |
| Tasman Geosyncline | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..Tasman Geosyncline | |
| RT | Queensland Australia |
| geosynclines | |
| New South Wales Australia | |
| Tasmania Australia | |
| Victoria Australia | |
| SN | Also search Tasman AND geosynclines. Indexed with states as applicable. |
| Tasman oro |
|---|
| Tasman orogenic zone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Tasman orogenic zone | |
| UF | Tasman fold belt |
| RT | Queensland Australia |
| South Australia | |
| New Zealand | |
| New South Wales Australia | |
| Tasmania Australia | |
| Victoria Australia | |
| SN | Also search Tasman. Indexed with Australian states and/or New Zealand as applicable. |
| Tasman Sea | |
|---|---|
| BT | Pacific Ocean |
| .South Pacific | |
| ..Southwest Pacific | |
| ...Tasman Sea | |
| NT | Challenger Plateau |
| Dampier Ridge | |
| RT | Bass Strait |
| Leg 21 | |
| DSDP Site 207 | |
| DSDP Site 283 | |
| DSDP Site 284 | |
| SN | Between SE Australia and Tasmania on W and New Zealand on the E. Also search Tasman. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tasman-Becken | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tasman Basin |
| Tasmania Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .Australia | |
| ..Tasmania Australia | |
| ...Tasmania Basin | |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Tasmanites | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .algae | |
| ..Chlorophyta | |
| ...Tasmanites | |
| RT | microfossils |
| palynomorphs | |
| SN | Indexed with microfossils if applicable. |
| Tassili des Adjer | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tassili n'Ajjer |
| Tassili n'Ajjer | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Algeria | |
| ...Tassili n'Ajjer | |
| UF | Tassili des Adjer |
| RT | Ahaggar |
| SN | An arid plateau region which is a NE extension of the Ahaggar Mountains in SE Algeria. Also search Tassili. |
| Tatar Arch | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tatar Arch | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Tatar Arch | |
| RT | Tatar Russian Federation |
| SN | E central European Russian Federation centering on former Tatar A.S.S.R. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tatar Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tatar Russian Federation | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Tatar Russian Federation | |
| NT | Kazan Russian Federation |
| UF | Tatarstan Russian Federation |
| RT | Kainsaz Meteorite |
| Tatar Arch | |
| Tataria | |
| SN | The former Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In area around great bend of Volga River where it heads S at Kazan. Before 1993, Tatar Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tatar Strait | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tatar Strait | |
| BT | Asia |
| .Tatar Strait | |
| RT | Russian Far East |
| Primorye Russian Federation | |
| Japan Sea | |
| Sakhalin | |
| Okhotsk Sea | |
| SN | Between E coast of Primorye Kray and W coast of Sakhalin Island at the N end of Japan Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tataria | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tataria | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Tataria | |
| UF | Tartary |
| Tatary | |
| RT | Tatar Russian Federation |
| SN | Originally applied to area of Mongol Empire at its height. Now, since displacement of Crimean Tatars, it can be applied to the Tartar A.S.S.R and surrounding areas inhabited by Tatars. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Tatarian | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Paleozoic | |
| ...Permian | |
| ....Upper Permian | |
| .....Tatarian | |
| SN | Europe. Above Kazanian, below Scythian (Triassic). |
| Tatarstan Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tatar Russian Federation |
| Tatary | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tataria |
| Tate County Mississippi | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Mississippi | |
| ..Tate County Mississippi | |
| Tatra Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Tatra Mountains | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Carpathians | |
| ..Tatra Mountains | |
| UF | High Tatra |
| High Tatra Mountains | |
| High Tatras | |
| Tatras | |
| RT | Poland |
| Slovakia | |
| Slovakian Carpathians | |
| Krizna Nappe | |
| Low Tatra Mountains | |
| SN | Chief mountain group of central Carpathians. This term has multiple hierarchies. Indexed with countries as applicable. |
| Tatras | |
|---|---|
| USE | Tatra Mountains |
| Tattnall County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Tattnall County Georgia | |
| Tatum Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .New Mexico | |
| ..Tatum Basin | |
| SN | SE New Mexico. |
| Tatun Shan | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Far East | |
| ..Taiwan | |
| ...Tatun Shan | |
| SN | Mountain 9 miles N of Taipei. Also search Tatun. |
| Taubach Germany | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Thuringia Germany | |
| ....Taubach Germany | |
| SN | Town in Thuringia, E central Germany. |
| Tauern Tunnel | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Austria | |
| ...Tauern Tunnel | |
| RT | Hohe Tauern |
| SN | Railroad tunnel through the Hohe Tauern in SW Austria. Also search Tauern. |
| Tauern Window | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Tauern Window | |
| RT | Italy |
| Tyrol Austria | |
| Trentino-Alto Adige Italy | |
| Eastern Alps | |
| Hohe Tauern | |
| SN | SW Austria and NW Italy. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
| Taunus | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Rhenish Schiefergebirge | |
| ..Taunus | |
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Germany | |
| ...Hesse Germany | |
| ....Taunus | |
| UF | Taunus Mountains |
| SN | Mountain range E of the Rhine River and N of the lower Main River. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Taunus Mountains | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taunus |
| Taupo New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Taupo New Zealand | |
| RT | North Island |
| SN | Town on Lake Taupo in central North Island. Also index North Island. |
| Taupo volcanic zone | |
|---|---|
| BT | Australasia |
| .New Zealand | |
| ..Taupo volcanic zone | |
| RT | North Island |
| Broadlands | |
| Tongariro | |
| Waimangu Field | |
| SN | Mountain region surrounding Lake Taupo in central North Island. Also index North Island. |
| Taurus Littrow | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taurus-Littrow |
| Taurus Mountains | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Middle East | |
| ..Turkey | |
| ...Taurus Mountains | |
| RT | Antalya Turkey |
| SN | Mountain chain on Mediterranean coast of Turkey. |
| Taurus-Littrow | |
|---|---|
| BT | Moon |
| .Taurus-Littrow | |
| UF | Taurus Littrow |
| Taurus-Littrow Valley | |
| Tranquillity Base | |
| Taurus-Littrow Valley | |
|---|---|
| USE | Taurus-Littrow |
| Tavetsch | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Central Europe | |
| ..Switzerland | |
| ...Graubunden Switzerland | |
| ....Tavetsch | |
| RT | Alps |
| Swiss Alps | |
| SN | Valley of the upper Vorderrhein River. Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| tavistockite | |
|---|---|
| USE | carbonate apatite |
| Tavua Fiji | |
|---|---|
| BT | Oceania |
| .Melanesia | |
| ..Fiji | |
| ...Viti Levu | |
| ....Tavua Fiji | |
| SN | Town on Tauva Bay, Fiji. |
| Tawi Valley | |
|---|---|
| BT | Asia |
| .Indian Peninsula | |
| ..Jammu and Kashmir | |
| ...Tawi Valley | |
| RT | India |
| Pakistan | |
| SN | River valley in SW Jammu and Kashmir, disputed territory between India and Pakistan. Also search Tawi River. Before 1993, India was a broader term. Indexed with India and/or Pakistan as applicable. |
| taxa, ahermatypic | |
|---|---|
| USE | ahermatypic taxa |
| taxa, anaerobic | |
|---|---|
| USE | anaerobic taxa |
| taxa, benthonic | |
|---|---|
| USE | benthonic taxa |
| taxa, colonial | |
|---|---|
| USE | colonial taxa |
| taxa, cosmopolitan | |
|---|---|
| USE | cosmopolitan taxa |
| taxa, endemic | |
|---|---|
| USE | endemic taxa |
| taxa, extinct | |
|---|---|
| USE | extinct taxa |
| taxa, hermatypic | |
|---|---|
| USE | hermatypic taxa |
| taxa, heteromorphic | |
|---|---|
| USE | heteromorphic taxa |
| taxa, living | |
|---|---|
| USE | living taxa |
| taxa, new | |
|---|---|
| USE | new taxa |
| taxa, planktonic | |
|---|---|
| USE | planktonic taxa |
| taxes | |
|---|---|
| RT | economics |
| SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
| Taxodiaceae | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Coniferales | |
| ....Taxodiaceae | |
| NT | Sequoia |
| RT | Pinaceae |
| Taxodium | |
| SN | Family. |
| Taxodium | |
|---|---|
| BT | Plantae |
| .Spermatophyta | |
| ..Gymnospermae | |
| ...Coniferales | |
| ....Taxodium | |
| RT | Taxodiaceae |
| taxonomy | |
|---|---|
| RT | cladistics |
| classification | |
| extinct taxa | |
| heteromorphic taxa | |
| holotypes | |
| homonymy | |
| miscellanea | |
| new names | |
| new taxa | |
| paleontology | |
| paratypes | |
| phenotypes | |
| range | |
| revision | |
| synonymy | |
| type specimens | |
| taxonomy review | |
|---|---|
| SN | A valid term through 1973. Use taxonomy. |
| Tay Estuary | |
|---|---|
| BT | Europe |
| .Western Europe | |
| ..United Kingdom | |
| ...Great Britain | |
| ....Scotland | |
| .....Tay Estuary | |
| UF | Firth of Tay |
| RT | Fife region Scotland |
| SN | N of the Firth of Forth on the North Sea. |
| Taygonos Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Magadan Russian Federation | |
| ...Taygonos Peninsula | |
| UF | Taigonos Peninsula |
| SN | On N Okhotsk Sea between Gizhiga and Penzhina bays. Also search Taygonos. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Taylor County Florida | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Florida | |
| ..Taylor County Florida | |
| SN | On the Gulf of Mexico in N Florida. |
| Taylor County Georgia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Georgia | |
| ..Taylor County Georgia | |
| SN | W central Georgia. |
| Taylor County Iowa | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Iowa | |
| ..Taylor County Iowa | |
| SN | SW Iowa. |
| Taylor County Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Kentucky | |
| ..Taylor County Kentucky | |
| SN | Central Kentucky. |
| Taylor County Texas | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Texas | |
| ..Taylor County Texas | |
| NT | Abilene Texas |
| RT | Silo Field |
| SN | W central Texas. |
| Taylor County West Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .West Virginia | |
| ..Taylor County West Virginia | |
| SN | N West Virginia. |
| Taylor County Wisconsin | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Wisconsin | |
| ..Taylor County Wisconsin | |
| SN | N central Wisconsin. |
| Taylor Glacier | |
|---|---|
| RT | Antarctica |
| Taylor Valley | |
| SN | In the McMurdo Sound area in S Victoria Land just NW of Ross Ice Shelf. May occur in other locations. Also search Taylor AND appropriate area. Indexed with Antarctica or location as applicable. |
| Taylor Group | |
|---|---|
| RT | Antarctica |
| Beacon Supergroup | |
| Devonian | |
| Taylor Marl | |
| SN | In Beacon Supergroup. Devonian. In Ross Dependency, Antarctica. For the Gulfian unit in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, use Taylor Marl if applicable. Indexed with age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
| Taylor Marl | |
|---|---|
| BT | Chronostratigraphic Units |
| .Phanerozoic | |
| ..Mesozoic | |
| ...Cretaceous | |
| ....Upper Cretaceous | |
| .....Gulfian | |
| ......Taylor Marl | |
| RT | Louisiana |
| Texas | |
| Taylor Group | |
| SN | Gulfian. Central and E Texas, Louisiana. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
| Taylor Valley | |
|---|---|
| RT | Antarctica |
| Lake Bonney | |
| McMurdo Sound | |
| Taylor Glacier | |
| Victoria Land | |
| SN | At McMurdo Sound in S Victoria Land in the Taylor Glacier area NW of Ross Ice Shelf. Also search Taylor AND Antarctica. Indexed with Antarctica or region as applicable. |
| Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation | |
| ...Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation | |
| NT | Khatanga Russian Federation |
| Norilsk region | |
| Norilsk Russian Federation | |
| Tareya Russian Federation | |
| Taymyr Peninsula | |
| Ust-Yenisei Basin | |
| UF | Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation |
| Taimyr Russian Federation | |
| RT | Russian Arctic |
| Khatanga Basin | |
| Kotuy River | |
| Khatanga River | |
| Kheta River | |
| Maymecha River | |
| Popigay Structure | |
| SN | Autonomous Okrug in Arctic Krasnoyarsk Kray. Includes the Taymyr Peninsula. Before 1993, Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Taymyr Peninsula | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation | |
| ...Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation | |
| ....Taymyr Peninsula | |
| UF | Taimyr (Peninsula) |
| Taimyr Peninsula | |
| SN | Between the Yenisei River and the Khatanga River in the Taymyr National Okrug in northernmost Siberia. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Taz Basin | |
|---|---|
| BT | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| .Russian Federation | |
| ..Tyumen Russian Federation | |
| ...Yamal-Nenets Russian Federation | |
| ....Taz Basin | |
| SN | River basin in E and NE Yamal Nenets National Okrug in NW Siberia. Also search Taz. This term has multiple hierarchies. |
| Taza Morocco | |
|---|---|
| BT | Africa |
| .North Africa | |
| ..Morocco | |
| ...Taza Morocco | |
| SN | Town E of Fez in N Morocco. |
| Tazewell County Illinois | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Illinois | |
| ..Tazewell County Illinois | |
| SN | Central Illinois. |
| Tazewell County Virginia | |
|---|---|
| BT | United States |
| .Virginia | |
| ..Tazewell County Virginia | |
| SN | SW Virginia. |
| Tazin Lake | |
|---|---|
| BT | Canada |
| .Western Canada | |
| ..Saskatchewan | |
| ...Tazin Lake | |
| SN | Extreme NW Saskatchewan. |
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