Y  search
Yacoraite Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Mesozoic
 ...Cretaceous
 ....Yacoraite Formation
RTArgentina
 Jujuy Argentina
 Salta Argentina
SNIn Jujuy and Salta, Argentina.
Yadkin County North Carolina  search
BTUnited States
 .North Carolina
 ..Yadkin County North Carolina
Yahagi River  search
BTnshu
 .Yahagi River
RTAichi Japan
 Gifu Japan
SNFlows into Chita Bay on the Pacific Ocean S of Nagoya in central Honshu. Also search Yahagi.
Yakataga Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Yakataga Formation
RTPliocene
 Pleistocene
 Holocene
 Miocene
 Alaska
 Middleton Island
SNMiddleton Island, SE Alaska. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yake-Dake  search
BTnshu
 .Yake-Dake
UFYakedake
 Yakeyama
RTNagano Japan
 Gifu Japan
SNPeak NE of Kure in W Honshu. Indexed with prefecture as applicable.
Yakedake  search
USEYake-Dake
Yakeyama  search
USEYake-Dake
Yakima Basalt  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Neogene
 ....Miocene
 .....Yakima Basalt
RTIdaho
 Washington
 Oregon
 lower Pliocene
 upper Miocene
 Columbia River Basalt Group
 Grande Ronde Basalt
 Saddle Mountains Basalt
 Wanapum Basalt
SNUpper Miocene. Formerly also included in lower Pliocene? Typical plateau basalt. In E Washington; also in Oregon and Idaho. Sometimes called the Yakima Basalt Subgroup of the Columbia River Basalt Group, it has been considered to have as members, the Wana
Yakima County Washington  search
BTUnited States
 .Washington
 ..Yakima County Washington
RTRattlesnake Hills
 Mount Adams
 Yakima Indian Reservation
SNS Washington.
Yakima fold belt  search
BTUnited States
 .Yakima fold belt
RTWashington
 Oregon
 Columbia Plateau
 Columbia River Basalt Group
SNRegion of the Columbia Plateau, S-central Washington and N-central Oregon. Indexed with states and counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Yakima Indian Reservation  search
BTUnited States
 .Washington
 ..Yakima Indian Reservation
RTLewis County Washington
 Indian reservations
 Klickitat County Washington
 Yakima County Washington
SNS central Washington. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yakut A.S.S.R.  search
USEYakutia Russian Federation
Yakutat Bay  search
BTUnited States
 .Alaska
 ..Southern Alaska
 ...Yakutat Bay
RTGulf of Alaska
 Yakutat Terrane
SNSE Alaska, inlet of the Gulf of Alaska. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.
Yakutat Block  search
USEYakutat Terrane
Yakutat Terrane  search
BTUnited States
 .Alaska
 ..Yakutat Terrane
UFYakutat Block
RTSoutheastern Alaska
 Yakutat Bay
SNSE Alaska. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yakutia region  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Siberian Platform
 ...Yakutia region
RTYakutia Russian Federation
SNRegion which surrounds and includes the city of Yakutsk, extending past the Aldan River on the E and N. This term has multiple hierarchies. Indexed with oblasts or regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.
Yakutia Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yakutia Russian Federation
BTAsia
 .Yakutia Russian Federation
NTAldan Plateau
 Aldan River
 Aldan Russian Federation
 Anabar Bay
 Anabar River
 Anabar Shield
 Arbarastakh
 Bolshoy Selerikan River
 Indigirka River
 Kular Range
 Mir Pipe
 New Siberian Islands
 Olenek River
 Orulgan Mountains
 Polousnyy
 Selennyakh River
 Seligdar Russian Federation
 Sutam River
 Tas-Khayakhtakh Range
 Udachnaya Pipe
 Udachnaya Russian Federation
 Verkhoyansk Range
 Verkhoyansk Russian Federation
 Yakutsk Russian Federation
 Yana River
 Yana-Indigirka Lowland
 Zyryanka Russian Federation
UFYakut A.S.S.R.
RTAldan Shield
 Lena Basin
 Siberia
 Olekma River
 Maya River basin
 Omolon River
 Sette-Daban Range
 Kolyma River
 Kolyma River basin
 Kolyma Uplift
 Mirnyy Russian Federation
 Popigay Structure
 Sta
SNFormer Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Located in E central Siberia. Before 1993, Yakutia Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yakutsk Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yakutia Russian Federation
 ...Yakutsk Russian Federation
SNCity on the bend of the Lena River in central Yakutia in E central Siberia. Before 1993, Yakutsk Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yalobusha County Mississippi  search
BTUnited States
 .Mississippi
 ..Yalobusha County Mississippi
Yalta Ukraine  search
BTEurope
 .Ukraine
 ..Crimea Ukraine
 ...Yalta Ukraine
SNCity on the Black Sea in S Crimea. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yamagata Japan  search
BTnshu
 .Yamagata Japan
NTYonezawa Japan
RTChokai
 Tohoku
 Oguni Japan
 Zao
SNPrefecture including city in N Honshu.
Yamaguchi Japan  search
BTnshu
 .Yamaguchi Japan
NTUbe coal field
RTChugoku
SNCity and prefecture in W Honshu.
Yamal  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Tyumen Russian Federation
 ...Yamal-Nenets Russian Federation
 ....Yamal
UFYamal Peninsula
SNPeninsula between the Kara Sea on the W and the Gulf of Ob on the E in the Yamal-Nenets National Okrug in NW Siberia. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yamal Peninsula  search
USEYamal
Yamal-Nenets Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Tyumen Russian Federation
 ...Yamal-Nenets Russian Federation
NTTaz Basin
 Urengoy Field
 Yamal
UFYamalo-Nenets Russian Federation
SNNational Okrug in N Tyumen Oblast in NW Siberia. Before 1993, Yamal-Nenets Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yamalo-Nenets Russian Federation  search
USEYamal-Nenets Russian Federation
Yamanashi Japan  search
BTnshu
 .Yamanashi Japan
RTChubu Japan
 Akaishi Mountains
 Koma-ga-take
 Chiba Japan
 Fuji River
 Fujiyama
 Tanzawa Mountains
 Kanto Mountains
 Yatsugatake
SNPrefecture W of Tokyo in central Honshu. Also a town E of Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture. Indexed with Chiba Japan if applicable.
Yamasaki Fault  search
BTnshu
 .Yamasaki Fault
RTHyogo Japan
SNHyogo Prefecture, S Honshu, SW Japan. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yamaska County Quebec  search
BTCanada
 .Eastern Canada
 ..Quebec
 ...Yamaska County Quebec
Yamato Basin  search
BTPacific Ocean
 .North Pacific
 ..Northwest Pacific
 ...Japan Sea
 ....Yamato Basin
RTLeg 31
 DSDP Site 299
 DSDP Site 302
 Leg 127
 Leg 128
 ODP Site 794
 ODP Site 797
SNSE Japan Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yamato Meteorites  search
BTmeteorites
 .Yamato Meteorites
RTCR chondrites
 Antarctica
 Victoria Land
SNDue to variants in numbering of these meteorites such as Yamato 791197, Y-791197, and Y74191, also truncate when searching. Before 1981, also search Yamato AND meteorites. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.
Yamato Mountains  search
BTAntarctica
 .Victoria Land
 ..Yamato Mountains
SNIn Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Yamato Rise  search
BTPacific Ocean
 .North Pacific
 ..Northwest Pacific
 ...Japan Sea
 ....Yamato Rise
RTLeg 127
 Leg 128
 ODP Site 799
SNCentral Japan Sea. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yamhill County Oregon  search
BTUnited States
 .Oregon
 ..Yamhill County Oregon
Yamhill Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Paleogene
 ....Eocene
 .....Yamhill Formation
RTOregon
SNComprises Mill Creek Beds, of predominantly dark-gray shale and siltstone with occasional beds of lime-cemented sandstone, and an overlying sequence of massive sandstone beds which grades upward into more argillaceous rock. In W Oregon.
Yampa River  search
BTUnited States
 .Colorado
 ..Yampa River
RTMoffat County Colorado
 Green River
 Routt County Colorado
SNTributary of the Green River, NW Colorado. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yamuna River  search
USEJumna River
Yan Shan  search
USEYanshan Range
Yana River  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yakutia Russian Federation
 ...Yana River
SNRises in the Verkhoyansk Range of N central Yakutia and flows N into the Laptev Sea. Also search Yana River region; Yana River basin; Yana. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yana-Indigirka Depression  search
USEYana-Indigirka Lowland
Yana-Indigirka Lowland  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yakutia Russian Federation
 ...Yana-Indigirka Lowland
UFYana-Indigirka Depression
SNCoastal lowland comprising the area around the lower courses and the lower interfluve of the Indigirka River and the Yana in N central Yakutia. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yancey County North Carolina  search
BTUnited States
 .North Carolina
 ..Yancey County North Carolina
Yang-tze River valley  search
USEYangtze River valley
Yangtze Plate  search
RTAsia
 China
 Japan
 plates
 plate tectonics
SNCentral and S China. Also may include parts of Japan. Includes Yangtze Platform and the S China Caledonian folded area. Indexed with geographic area and/or age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Yangtze Platform  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..China
 ...Yangtze Platform
RTAnhui China
 Yellow Sea
 Chongqing China
 Sichuan China
 Yangtze River
 Hubei China
 Eurasian Plate
 Guizhou China
 Hunan China
 Jiangsu China
 Jiangxi China
 Yunnan China
 South China Block
SNSE China. Includes nearly entire drainage basin of Yangtze River and S Yellow Sea. Rocks of Sinian, Cambrian, Silurian and Ordovician age. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Yangtze River  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..China
 ...Yangtze River
UFChang Jiang River
 Changjiang Estuary
 Changjiang River
RTYangtze Platform
 Chongqing China
 Yangtze Three Gorges
 Yangtze River valley
SNSources in SW Qinghai. Flows into East China Sea N of Shanghai. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yangtze River valley  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..China
 ...Yangtze River valley
UFYang-tze River valley
 Yangtze Valley
RTYangtze River
 Yangtze Three Gorges
SNValley of the Yangtze River, China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yangtze Three Gorges  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..China
 ...Yangtze Three Gorges
UFGorges District, Yangtze
 Sanxia (Yangtze)
 Three Gorges, Yangtze
RTChongqing China
 Sichuan China
 Yangtze River
 Hubei China
 Yangtze River valley
SNE Sichuan and W Hubei provinces, E central China. Also search Three Gorges or Sanxia or Yangtze Gorges. Indexed with Sichuan China and/or Hubei China as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995.
Yangtze Valley  search
USEYangtze River valley
Yankton County South Dakota  search
BTUnited States
 .South Dakota
 ..Yankton County South Dakota
Yanshan Range  search
BTbei China
 .Yanshan Range
UFYan Shan
SNMountain range in Hebei, N China. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yanshanian  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Mesozoic
 ...Yanshanian
UFYanshanian Orogeny
 Yenshan
 Yenshanian
 Yenshanian Orogeny
RTJurassic
 Cretaceous
 China
SNChina. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yanshanian Orogeny  search
USEYanshanian
Yaquina Bay  search
BTUnited States
 .Oregon
 ..Lincoln County Oregon
 ...Yaquina Bay
UFYaquina Estuary
SNInlet of the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Yaquina River in W Oregon.
Yaquina Estuary  search
USEYaquina Bay
Yaracuy Venezuela  search
BTSouth America
 .Venezuela
 ..Yaracuy Venezuela
SNState in NW Venezuela.
yardangs  search
RTarid environment
 deserts
 eolian features
 erosion features
 wind erosion
 wind transport
 geomorphology
SNAdded to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yarlung Zangbo suture zone  search
USEIndus-Yarlung Zangbo suture zone
Yarmouth County Nova Scotia  search
BTCanada
 .Eastern Canada
 ..Maritime Provinces
 ...Nova Scotia
 ....Yarmouth County Nova Scotia
NTYarmouth Nova Scotia
SNW Nova Scotia.
Yarmouth Nova Scotia  search
BTCanada
 .Eastern Canada
 ..Maritime Provinces
 ...Nova Scotia
 ....Yarmouth County Nova Scotia
 .....Yarmouth Nova Scotia
SNTown on the Atlantic Ocean in SW Nova Scotia.
Yaroslavl Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yaroslavl Russian Federation
BTEurope
 .Yaroslavl Russian Federation
SNOblast including the city NE of Moscow on the Volga River. Before 1993, Yaroslavl Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yarrol Basin  search
BTAustralasia
 .Australia
 ..Queensland Australia
 ...Yarrol Basin
SNQueensland.
Yass Basin  search
BTAustralasia
 .Australia
 ..New South Wales Australia
 ...Yass Basin
SNRiver basin in SE New South Wales. Also search Yass.
Yates County New York  search
BTUnited States
 .New York
 ..Yates County New York
RTSeneca Lake
SNW central New York.
Yates Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Paleozoic
 ...Permian
 ....Yates Formation
RTNew Mexico
 Texas
SNIn Artesia Group. A 50-foot sandstone that is subsurface in Texas, and subsurface and surface in New Mexico.
Yatsudake Mountain  search
USEYatsugatake
Yatsugatake  search
BTnshu
 .Yatsugatake
UFYatsudake Mountain
RTNagano Japan
 Yamanashi Japan
 volcanoes
SNMountain peak NW of Tokyo in central Honshu.
Yavapai County Arizona  search
BTUnited States
 .Arizona
 ..Yavapai County Arizona
NTJerome Arizona
RTDate Creek basin
SNW Central Arizona.
Yazoo Clay  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Paleogene
 ....Eocene
 .....upper Eocene
 ......Yazoo Clay
RTLouisiana
 Mississippi
 Alabama
 Jackson Group
 Shubuta Member
SNIn Jackson Group. Divided into (ascending) North Creek Clay, Cocoa Sand, Pachuta Clay, and Shubuta Clay members. SW Alabama, central N Louisiana and Mississippi.
Yazoo County Mississippi  search
BTUnited States
 .Mississippi
 ..Yazoo County Mississippi
Yb  search
USEytterbium
Ybbs Meteorite  search
USEYbbsitz Meteorite
Ybbsitz Meteorite  search
BTmeteorites
 .stony meteorites
 ..chondrites
 ...Ybbsitz Meteorite
UFYbbs Meteorite
RTLower Austria
SNFound in SW Lower Austria. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H4). Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Yeddo  search
SNNot a valid term for GeoRef. See Tokyo Japan.
Yefremovka Meteorite  search
USEEfremovka Meteorite
Yegua Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Paleogene
 ....Eocene
 .....middle Eocene
 ......Yegua Formation
RTLouisiana
 Mississippi
 Texas
 Claiborne Group
SNIn Claiborne Group. E and S Texas, NW Louisiana, and W and S Mississippi. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yekaterinburg Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Sverdlovsk Russian Federation
 ...Yekaterinburg Russian Federation
UFEkaterinburg Russian Federation
SNCity in Sverdlovsk oblast, foothills of the Central Urals in W Siberia. Renamed after 1990. Before 1993, search Sverdlovsk Russian Republic. Indexed with Central Urals, Europe, or Asia if applicable.
Yelizavetgrad  search
SNNot a valid term for GeoRef. See Kirovograd Ukraine.
Yell County Arkansas  search
BTUnited States
 .Arkansas
 ..Yell County Arkansas
yellow arsenic  search
USEorpiment
Yellow Aster Complex  search
RTPaleozoic
 Proterozoic
 Washington
SNProterozoic or Paleozoic?. Indexed with age as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yellow Medicine County Minnesota  search
BTUnited States
 .Minnesota
 ..Yellow Medicine County Minnesota
Yellow River, China  search
USEHuang He
Yellow Sea  search
BTPacific Ocean
 .North Pacific
 ..Northwest Pacific
 ...Yellow Sea
NTBohai Bay
UFHuang Hai
 Huanghai Sea
 Hwang Hae
 Hwang Hai
RTYangtze Platform
 Shandong Peninsula
SNBetween NE China and the Korean Peninsula. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yellowjacket Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Precambrian
 ..Yellowjacket Formation
RTIdaho
 Belt Supergroup
SNS central Idaho. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yellowknife Group  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Precambrian
 ..Archean
 ...Yellowknife Group
RTNorthwest Territories
SNComposed of quartzite, conglomerate, graywacke, meta-basalt, meta-andesite, dacite, rhyolite, tuff, agglomerate; undifferentiated gabbro. In Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories.
Yellowknife Northwest Territories  search
BTCanada
 .Western Canada
 ..Mackenzie District Northwest Territories
 ...Yellowknife Northwest Territories
SNTown on NW shore of Great Slave Lake at the mouth of the Yellowknife River in S Mackenzie District. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yellowstone County Montana  search
BTUnited States
 .Montana
 ..Yellowstone County Montana
NTBillings Montana
RTBighorn River
SNS Montana.
Yellowstone Hot Spot  search
UFYellowstone Hotspot
RTNorth America
 Western U.S.
 mantle plumes
 hot spots
SNAdded to Thesaurus in 1998.
Yellowstone Hotspot  search
USEYellowstone Hot Spot
Yellowstone National Park  search
BTUnited States
 .Yellowstone National Park
UFYellowstone Park
RTIdaho
 Wyoming
 Montana
 national parks
 Old Faithful Geyser
 Fremont County Idaho
 Gallatin Range
 Park County Wyoming
 Teton County Wyoming
 Yellowstone River
SNLargest and oldest of U. S. national parks primarily in extreme NW Wyoming. Also search Yellowstone. Indexed with states and counties as applicable.
Yellowstone National Park County Montana  search
BTUnited States
 .Montana
 ..Yellowstone National Park County Montana
Yellowstone Park  search
USEYellowstone National Park
Yellowstone River  search
BTUnited States
 .Yellowstone River
RTWyoming
 Montana
 North Dakota
 Rocky Mountains
 Yellowstone National Park
 Great Plains
 Tongue River
SNSource is Yellowstone Lake, NW Wyoming. Joins Missouri River at Montana-North Dakota border. Indexed with counties or regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yemen  search
BTAsia
 .Arabian Peninsula
 ..Yemen
NTAden Yemen
UFPeoples Democratic Republic of Yemen
 South Arabia
 Southern Yemen
RTMiddle East
 Red Sea Rift
 Arabian Shield
 Kaidun Meteorite
 Near East
 Red Sea Basin
SNAfter 1992, refers to Republic of Yemen which includes the former Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (Southern Yemen) which were united in 1990. Before 1993, used for Arab Republic of Yemen.
Yen Bai Vietnam  search
USEYenbay Vietnam
Yen Bay Vietnam  search
USEYenbay Vietnam
Yenbay Vietnam  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..Vietnam
 ...Yenbay Vietnam
UFYen Bai Vietnam
 Yen Bay Vietnam
SNTown on the Red River NW of Hanoi in N Vietnam.
Yenisei  search
SNNot a valid term for GeoRef. Use Yenisei Basin, Yenisei River, or Yenisei Ridge.
Yenisei Basin  search
BTAsia
 .Yenisei Basin
RTRussian Federation
 Mongolia
 Yenisei-Khatanga basin
SNRiver basin which extends into N Mongolia in the S and drains the mountain areas W of Lake Baikal and much of the Central Siberian Plateau. Also search Yenisei. Indexed with Mongolia and/or Russian Federation as applicable.
Yenisei Range  search
USEYenisei Ridge
Yenisei Ridge  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Siberian Platform
 ...Yenisei Ridge
UFEnisei Range
 Yenisei Range
 Yenisey Ridge
SNUpland which extends N-S for 400 miles along the right bank of the Yenisei River between the Trans-Siberian R.R. and the Stony Tunguska River. A major gold-mining region. Also search Yenisei, Yenisey. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yenisei River  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yenisei River
BTAsia
 .Yenisei River
UFEnisei River
 Yenisey River
SNRises in the E Sayan Mountains of E Tuva Autonomous Republic; it flows W for a short distance and then N across central Siberia into the Kara Sea via Yenisei Bay and Yenisei Gulf. Also search Yenisei. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yenisei-Khatanga basin  search
BTAsia
 .Yenisei-Khatanga basin
RTRussian Federation
 Mongolia
 Khatanga Basin
 Yenisei Basin
SNCombined drainage basin of the Khatanga River and the Yenisei River. The Khatanga Basin drains much of the northern Siberian Platform S of the Taymyr Peninsula. Indexed with Mongolia and/or Russian Federation as applicable.
Yenisey Ridge  search
USEYenisei Ridge
Yenisey River  search
USEYenisei River
Yenshan  search
USEYanshanian
Yenshanian  search
USEYanshanian
Yenshanian Orogeny  search
USEYanshanian
Yeoval Australia  search
BTAustralasia
 .Australia
 ..New South Wales Australia
 ...Yeoval Australia
SNVillage NW of Sydney in E central New South Wales.
Yerevan Armenia  search
BTEurope
 .Armenia
 ..Yerevan Armenia
UFErevan Armenia
 Erivan Armenia
SNCity on the Razdan River in W Armenia. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yerington Nevada  search
BTUnited States
 .Nevada
 ..Lyon County Nevada
 ...Yerington Nevada
SNCity on the Walker River in W Nevada.
Yermak Plateau  search
BTArctic Ocean
 .Yermak Plateau
RTLeg 151
 ODP Site 910
 ODP Site 911
 ODP Site 912
 Norwegian Sea
SNNW of Svalbard, Extending N from N Norwegian Sea.
Yeso Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Paleozoic
 ...Permian
 ....Yeso Formation
RTNew Mexico
 Texas
SNAdded to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yessei Russian Federation  search
USEYessey Russian Federation
Yessey Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation
 ...Yessey Russian Federation
UFEssei Russian Federation
 Yessei Russian Federation
SNVillage N of the Arctic Circle in N Evenk National Okrug in N central Siberia. Before 1993, Yessey Russian Republic was also used. This term has multiple hierarchies.
Yetropole Bulgaria  search
BTEurope
 .Southern Europe
 ..Bulgaria
 ...Sofia Bulgaria
 ....Yetropole Bulgaria
SNTown ENE of Sofia in W central Bulgaria.
yield  search
USEyields
yield strength  search
RTcompression
 deformation
 elastic limit
 elasticity
 fracture strength
 mechanical properties
 strength
 stress
 tension
yields  search
UFyield
RTsoils
 fertilizers
 forests
 water yield
 fruits
 sediment yield
 tillage
Yilgarn  search
BTAustralasia
 .Australia
 ..Western Australia
 ...Yilgarn
UFYilgarn goldfield
RTgold ores
SNGold field ENE of Perth in SW central Western Australia.
Yilgarn Block  search
BTAustralasia
 .Australia
 ..Western Australia
 ...Yilgarn Block
UFYilgarn Shield
RTEastern Goldfields
SNWestern Australia.
Yilgarn goldfield  search
USEYilgarn
Yilgarn Shield  search
USEYilgarn Block
Yishu Fault  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..China
 ...Yishu Fault
RTAnhui China
 Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone
 Jilin China
 Shandong China
SNMiddle part of Tancheng-Lujiang fault zone, E and NE China. Indexed with provinces as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Ylojarvi Finland  search
BTEurope
 .Western Europe
 ..Scandinavia
 ...Finland
 ....Western Finland Province
 .....Ylojarvi Finland
SNVillage NW of Tampere in SW Finland. Copper and wolfram mines in area.
Yoakum County Texas  search
BTUnited States
 .Texas
 ..Yoakum County Texas
SNW Texas.
Yokohama Japan  search
BTnshu
 .Kanagawa Japan
 ..Yokohama Japan
SNCity on W shore of Tokyo Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture in SE Honshu.
Yoldia Sea  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Quaternary
 ....upper Quaternary
 .....Yoldia Sea
RTFinland
 Baltic Sea
 Kola Peninsula
 Sweden
 Baltic Glaciation
 Baltic region
 Norway
SNUpper Pleistocene to lower Holocene. Stage of Baltic Glaciation. Covered E Norway, Sweden, Baltic Sea, Finland, and parts of Kola Peninsula. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Yolla Bolly Terrane  search
BTUnited States
 .California
 ..Yolla Bolly Terrane
RTKlamath Mountains
SNTectonostratigraphic terrane in the Klamath Mountains of N California. Indexed with counties as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yolo County California  search
BTUnited States
 .California
 ..Yolo County California
RTSan Francisco Bay region
SNCentral California.
Yonezawa Japan  search
BTnshu
 .Yamagata Japan
 ..Yonezawa Japan
SNCity in Yamagata Prefecture in N Honshu.
Yongyang South Korea  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..Korea
 ...South Korea
 ....Yongyang South Korea
SNVillage N of Taegu in E central South Korea. North Kyongsang.
Yonne France  search
BTEurope
 .Western Europe
 ..France
 ...Yonne France
NTAuxerre France
 Avallon France
 Tonnerre France
RTMorvan
 Yonne Valley
SNDepartment in NE central France.
Yonne River valley  search
USEYonne Valley
Yonne Valley  search
BTEurope
 .Western Europe
 ..France
 ...Yonne Valley
UFYonne River valley
RTYonne France
 Seine-et-Marne France
 Nievre France
SNRiver valley in central France. Indexed with departments as applicable.
York County Maine  search
BTUnited States
 .Maine
 ..York County Maine
RTGreat Bay
 Saco River
SNSouthernmost county in Maine.
York County Nebraska  search
BTUnited States
 .Nebraska
 ..York County Nebraska
RTBig Blue River
SNSE Nebraska.
York County New Brunswick  search
BTCanada
 .Eastern Canada
 ..Maritime Provinces
 ...New Brunswick
 ....York County New Brunswick
York County Pennsylvania  search
BTUnited States
 .Pennsylvania
 ..York County Pennsylvania
NTYork Pennsylvania
SNS Pennsylvania.
York County South Carolina  search
BTUnited States
 .South Carolina
 ..York County South Carolina
SNN South Carolina.
York County Virginia  search
BTUnited States
 .Virginia
 ..York County Virginia
SNSE Virginia. Also search Poquoson Virginia and/or Williamsburg Virginia if applicable.
York England  search
BTEurope
 .Western Europe
 ..United Kingdom
 ...Great Britain
 ....England
 .....Yorkshire England
 ......North Yorkshire England
 .......York England
SNCity in North Yorkshire in N England.
York Pennsylvania  search
BTUnited States
 .Pennsylvania
 ..York County Pennsylvania
 ...York Pennsylvania
SNCity in S Pennsylvania.
York River  search
RTVirginia
SNAn estuary receiving the Pamunkey River and the Mattaponi River at West Point and flowing SE to Chesapeake Bay. Also in other location. Indexed with counties or region as applicable.
York River Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Paleozoic
 ...Devonian
 ....Lower Devonian
 .....York River Formation
RTQuebec
SNGaspe Peninsula. Overlies Gaspe Limestone; overlain by Battery Point Formation. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.
Yorke Peninsula  search
BTAustralasia
 .Australia
 ..South Australia
 ...Yorke Peninsula
SNBetween Spencer Gulf on W and Gulf of Saint Vincent on E in SE South Australia. Indexed with state or region as applicable.
Yorkshire England  search
BTEurope
 .Western Europe
 ..United Kingdom
 ...Great Britain
 ....England
 .....Yorkshire England
NTNorth Yorkshire England
 Sheffield England
RTHolderness
 Humberside England
SNFormer county in N England. In 1974, it was split to form North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and parts of Cleveland and Humberside counties.
Yorktown Formation  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Neogene
 ....Pliocene
 .....Yorktown Formation
RTSouth Carolina
 Virginia
 North Carolina
 Maryland
 Chesapeake Group
SNIn Chesapeake Group. Divisible into 2 major zones. Zone 1 (at base) corresponds to beds exposed at Raysor Bridge, South Carolina; Zone 2 (upper) includes: Uppermost Yorktown beds at Suffolk, Virginia, the beds at Yorktown, Virginia, and the Chama-bearing
Yosemite National Park  search
BTUnited States
 .California
 ..Yosemite National Park
UFYosemite Park
RTnational parks
 Madera County California
 Mariposa County California
 Tuolumne County California
SNOn W slope of the Sierra Madre in E central California. Also search Yosemite. Indexed with counties as applicable.
Yosemite Park  search
USEYosemite National Park
Yoshino River  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..Japan
 ...Shikoku
 ....Yoshino River
RTKochi Japan
 Tokushima Japan
SNRises in mountains of NW and flows E to Kii Channel at Tokushima. Also search Yoshino.
Young County Texas  search
BTUnited States
 .Texas
 ..Young County Texas
Young's modulus  search
BTelastic constants
 .Young's modulus
UFstretch modulus
RTelasticity
Younger Dryas  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Quarternary
 ....Pleistocene
 .....Upper Pleistocene
 ......Weichselian
 .......upper Weichselian
 ........Younger Dryas
RTDryas
SNTerm used primarily in Europe for an interval of late-glacial time following the Allerod and preceding the Preboreal. Before 1978, search Dryas.
Younger Granites  search
RTEgypt
 India
 Jurassic
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Precambrian
 Sudan
 West Africa
SNJurassic of S Niger and N Nigeria. Also used informally with Precambrian plutons in E Egypt, Sudan, and in S India. Search in combination with area. Indexed with age as applicable.
Younginiformes  search
USEEosuchia
Ypresian  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Paleogene
 ....Eocene
 .....Ypresian
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Cenozoic
 ...Paleogene
 ....Eocene
 .....lower Eocene
 ......Ypresian
NTLondon Clay
SNEurope. Above Thanetian (Paleocene), below Cuisian.
ytterbium  search
BTmetals
 .rare earths
 ..ytterbium
UFYb
yttrialite  search
BTsilicates
 .orthosilicates
 ..sorosilicates
 ...yttrialite
yttrium  search
BTmetals
 .rare earths
 ..yttrium
Yuba County California  search
BTUnited States
 .California
 ..Yuba County California
RTFeather River
SNN central California.
Yucatan Basin  search
BTAtlantic Ocean
 .North Atlantic
 ..Caribbean Sea
 ...Yucatan Basin
SNUndersea feature between the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize on the W and S Cuba on the NE and E.
Yucatan Channel  search
BTAtlantic Ocean
 .North Atlantic
 ..Yucatan Channel
RTGulf of Mexico
 Caribbean Sea
SNStrait between W tip of Cuba and NE Yucatan Peninsula connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Indexed with Caribbean Sea and/or Gulf of Mexico as applicable.
Yucatan Mexico  search
BTMexico
 .Yucatan Mexico
NTMerida Mexico
RTGulf Coastal Plain
 Yucatan Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula  search
RTBelize
 Campeche Mexico
 Caribbean region
 Chicxulub Crater
 Guatemala
 Mexico
 Quintana Roo Mexico
 Yucatan Mexico
SNSeparates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea in SE Mexico, Belize, and N Guatemala. Indexed with countries as applicable.
Yucatan Shelf  search
BTAtlantic Ocean
 .North Atlantic
 ..Gulf of Mexico
 ...Yucatan Shelf
RTCampeche Bank
SNN and W of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Yucca Flat  search
BTUnited States
 .Nevada
 ..Yucca Flat
RTYucca Mountain
 Nye County Nevada
 Nevada Test Site
SNNNW of Frenchman Flat in the Nellis Air Force Range and AEC Nuclear Testing Site. Indexed with counties as applicable.
Yucca Mountain  search
BTUnited States
 .Nevada
 ..Nye County Nevada
 ...Yucca Mountain
RTwaste disposal
 Apache Leap Tuff
 Basin and Range Province
 waste disposal sites
 Little Skull Mountain earthquake 1992
 Nevada Test Site
 Yucca Flat
SNS Nevada. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
Yudoma  search
SNNo longer a valid term for GeoRef. See Yudoma River or Yudoma Series or Yudomian as applicable.
Yudoma River  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yudoma River
BTAsia
 .Yudoma River
RTKhabarovsk Russian Federation
SNRises in extreme N Khabarovsk Kray in East Siberia and flows S and SW into the Maya River. Also search Yudoma. This term has multiple hierarchies. Indexed with Khabarovsk Russian Federation if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995.
Yudoma Series  search
BTChronostratigraphic Units
 .Phanerozoic
 ..Paleozoic
 ...Cambrian
 ....Lower Cambrian
 .....Yudoma Series
RTRussian Federation
 Siberia
SNHomogeneous bed of gray dolomite and of dolomite limestone. In N Khabarovsk Kray and S Yakutia in E Siberia.
Yudomian  search
RTAldan Shield
 Cambrian
 Eocambrian
 Lower Cambrian
 Neoproterozoic
 Precambrian
 Proterozoic
 Russian Federation
 upper Precambrian
SNAldan Shield area, Russian Federation. Used most often to apply to Lower Cambrian, but some have used it to refer to Neoproterozoic. Indexed with additional age terms as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.
yugawaralite  search
BTsilicates
 .framework silicates
 ..zeolite group
 ...yugawaralite
Yugos  search
Yugoslav Macedonia  search
BTEurope
 .Southern Europe
 ..Macedonia
 ...Yugoslav Macedonia
NTSkopje Yugoslav Macedonia
RTYugoslavia
 Mediterranean region
 Balkan Peninsula
 Vardar Zone
 Serbo-Macedonian Massif
 Vardar River
SNSW Balkan Peninsula. Before 1995, Yugoslavia was a broader term. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.
Yugoslavia  search
BTEurope
 .Southern Europe
 ..Yugoslavia
NTMontenegro
 Serbia
UFFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
RTAdriatic region
 Croatia
 Dalmatia
 Mediterranean region
 Alps
 Balkan Peninsula
 Dinaric Alps
 Montenegro earthquake 1979
 Banat
 Danube River
 Danube Valley
 Eastern Alps
 Pannonia
 Bosnia-Herzegovina
 Neretva Valley
 Istria
 Karst region
 Serbo-Macedonian Massif
 Sloven
SNPreviously this term was also used as a broader term for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Yugoslav Macedonia, and Slovenia which were part of a larger Yugoslavia. Since 1998, it is more often used with Serbia and Montenegro, which were left after the other re
Yukon  search
USEYukon Territory
Yukon River  search
BTNorth America
 .Yukon River
RTAlaska
 Yukon Territory
 Yukon-Koyukuk Basin
SNFormed by confluence of Lewes and Pelly rivers in SW Yukon Territory. It flows NW into Alaska and then SE into Bering Sea S of Norton Sound. Indexed with Alaska and/or Yukon Territory as applicable.
Yukon Territory  search
BTCanada
 .Western Canada
 ..Yukon Territory
NTBlow River
 Dawson Yukon Territory
 Donjek Glacier
 Donjek River
 Hess Mountains
 Kaskawulsh Glacier
 Keno Hill Yukon Territory
 Klondike
 Kluane Lake
 Mount Wood
 Ogilvie Mountains
 Royal Creek
 Selwyn Basin
 Steele Glacier
 Wernecke Mountains
 Whitehorse Yukon Territory
UFYukon
RTAlexander Terrane
 Cache Creek Terrane
 Coast Mountains
 Beaver River
 Cache Creek
 Cassiar Mountains
 Chitistone Pass
 Indian River
 Denali Fault
 Earn Group
 Dunvegan Formation
 Eagle River
 Kayak Shale
 Intermontane Belt
 Liard River
 Mackenzie Mountains
 Michelle For
SNNW Canada. Before 1971, also search Arctic America.
Yukon-Koyukuk Basin  search
BTUnited States
 .Alaska
 ..Yukon-Koyukuk Basin
UFKoyukuk Basin
 Yukon-Koyukuk Province
RTSouthwestern Alaska
 Southern Alaska
 Northern Alaska
 Kaltag Fault
 East-Central Alaska
 West-Central Alaska
 Yukon River
SNW Alaska. Extends from the Yukon Delta to the Brooks Range. Wedge-shaped expanse of Jurassic and Cretaceous sedimentary and igneous rocks. Indexed with Northern Alaska, West-Central Alaska, East-Central and/or Southern Alaska as applicable. Added to Thesa
Yukon-Koyukuk Province  search
USEYukon-Koyukuk Basin
Yukon-T  search
Yukon-Tanana Terrane  search
BTNorth America
 .Yukon-Tanana Terrane
RTAlaska
 British Columbia
 Yukon Territory
 Tintina Fault
SNIn North American Cordillera. Chiefly in Alaska and and Yukon Territory. Indexed with provinces and Alaska as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.
Yukon-Tanana Upland  search
BTUnited States
 .Alaska
 ..Yukon-Tanana Upland
RTSouthern Alaska
 East-Central Alaska
SNMountainous area between Yukon River and Tanana River in SE central Alaska. Indexed with East-Central Alaska or Southern Alaska as applicable.
Yule Marble  search
RTLeadville Formation
 Mississippian
 Colorado
SNTrade name for marble quarried from Leadville Limestone (Mississippian) in Gunnison County, Colorado. Used for geophysical studies.
Yuma Arizona  search
BTUnited States
 .Arizona
 ..Yuma County Arizona
 ...Yuma Arizona
SNCity on the Colorado River in extereme SW Arizona.
Yuma County Arizona  search
BTUnited States
 .Arizona
 ..Yuma County Arizona
NTYuma Arizona
RTBuckskin Mountains
 La Paz County Arizona
 Chocolate Mountains
 Date Creek basin
SNSW Arizona. In 1983, N part became La Paz County.
Yuma County Colorado  search
BTUnited States
 .Colorado
 ..Yuma County Colorado
SNNE Colorado.
Yunnan China  search
BTAsia
 .Far East
 ..China
 ...Yunnan China
NTJinning China
 Kunming China
 Lufeng China
 Tengchong
RTYangtze Platform
 Luoquan Formation
 Kunyang Group
 Lancang-Gengma earthquake 1988
 Red River Fault
 Sanjiang
 Tonghai earthquake 1970
SNProvince in SW China.
Yuryuzan Russian Federation  search
BTCommonwealth of Independent States
 .Russian Federation
 ..Yuryuzan Russian Federation
RTBashkortostan Russian Federation
 Chelyabinsk Russian Federation
SNCity on the Yuryuzan River in W Chelyabinsk Oblast in the Southern Urals. Also a town in Bashkortostan. Before 1993, Yuryuzan Russian Republic was also used. Indexed with oblast or autonomous republic as applicable.
Yvelines France  search
BTEurope
 .Western Europe
 ..France
 ...Yvelines France
NTVersailles France
SNDepartment in N France.