IODP SEDIS - Thesaurus -

maria
UF	mare
RT	Moon
	highlands
	wrinkle ridges
	mascons
SN	Plural of mare.

Mariana Basin
SN	Not a valid term for GeoRef. May be used in several locations. See East Mariana Basin, Parece Vela Basin (West Mariana Basin), or for the central basin west of Mariana Trench, use Mariana Trough.

Mariana Islands
BT	Oceania
	.Micronesia
	..Mariana Islands
NT	Guam
	Saipan
UF	Marianas
	Marianas Islands
RT	Pacific Ocean
	West Pacific Ocean Islands
	Izu-Bonin Arc
	Guam earthquake 1993
SN	Group of islands 1500 miles E of Philippine Islands. The islands, not including Guam, formerly were part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The islands excluding Guam achieved commonwealth status within the U.S. as the Northern Mariana Is

Mariana Trench
BT	Pacific Ocean
	.North Pacific
	..Northwest Pacific
	...Mariana Trench
RT	Leg 60
	DSDP Site 460
	DSDP Site 461
	DSDP Site 60
	DSDP Site 61
	Leg 124E
SN	E of the Mariana Islands. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.

Mariana Trough
BT	Pacific Ocean
	.North Pacific
	..Northwest Pacific
	...Mariana Trough
RT	Leg 60
	DSDP Site 453
	DSDP Site 454
	DSDP Site 455
	DSDP Site 456
	Leg 89
	Leg 129
	Leg 124E
	ODP Site 776
	ODP Site 802
SN	Basin W of the Mariana Islands. Sometimes called the Mariana Basin. This term has multiple hierarchies. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.

Marianas
USE	Mariana Islands

Marianas Islands
USE	Mariana Islands

Marianna Limestone
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Phanerozoic
	..Cenozoic
	...Paleogene
	....Oligocene
	.....middle Oligocene
	......Marianna Limestone
RT	Mississippi
	Alabama
	Florida
	Vicksburg Group
SN	In Vicksburg Group. Consists of soft chalky limestone, locally called chimney rock; some local, hard limestone; tough to hard ledges in the chimney rock; sandy glauconitic limestone; marl; calcareous sand; and lignitic clay. S Alabama, W Florida, and S Mi

Mariano Lake
BT	United States
	.New Mexico
	..McKinley County New Mexico
	...Mariano Lake
SN	NW New Mexico. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.