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O'Leary Peak |
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RT | Coconino County Arizona | SN | Peak in Coconino County, N central Arizona. Indexed with county or region as applicable. |
O'Sullivan Lake |
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RT | Ontario | | Quebec | SN | Lake in N Ontario. Also a lake in E Quebec. Indexed with provinces or regions as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985. |
Oak Ridge Nati |
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Oasis region |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used as large department of French Algeria. As of 1993, see Algeria for departments. |
oblique or |
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oblique orientation |
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RT | faults | | folds | | fractures | | joints | | orientation | SN | Includes use as orientation of folds relative to spatially associated macroscopic structures such as large folds, fold systems and orogenic zones. Before 1978, also search folds or faults; AND oblique. |
obliquity |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See oblique orientation; obliquity of the ecliptic. Included use as a general term and for planet obliquity. |
ocean |
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oceanic |
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SN | A valid term through 1977. See oceanic crust. |
oceanic ridges |
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SN | A valid term through 1971. After 1971, use mid-ocean ridges. |
oceanic type |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use oceanic crust. |
Oceanography (category) |
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SN | Oceanography (including marine geology), GeoRef category code 07, is one of thirty categories used to classify documents in GeoRef. Each reference in GeoRef is assigned one or more categories. Categories can be used, in addition to Terms, to refine search |
oceans |
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SN | A valid index term through 1977 used in combination with circulation (i.e. oceans, circulation). After 1977 use ocean circulation. |
OD |
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Odonatopteroida |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See Odonata. |
ODP Site 91 |
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offre |
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offsets |
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SN | Use AVO methods if applicable. |
offshore Alaska |
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SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1989, search Alaska AND offshore. For indexing purposes, use Alaska and offshore as two separate terms. |
Ohio River basin |
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BT | United States | | .Ohio River basin | RT | Kentucky | | Illinois | | Indiana | | Ohio | | Pennsylvania | | West Virginia | | Mississippi River basin | SN | E United States. Formed by confluence of Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. Chief tributaries are Beaver River, Muskingum River, Hocking River, Scioto River, Miami River, Wabash River, Kanawha River, Guyandot River, Big Sandy River, Licking River, Kentucky |
oil reserves |
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SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See petroleum; reserves. |
oil resources |
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SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. See petroleum; resources. |
oil-gas inte |
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Old Crow |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use Old Crow Basin or Old Crow Yukon Territory for the village in N Yukon Territory. |
Old Crow Basin |
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RT | Yukon Territory | SN | River basin. Indexed with Yukon Territory if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995. |
ollow Formation#Bald Mountain#Bear Mountain#Benton Formation#Bighorn Dolomite#Bl |
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Olympic Dam Deposi |
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on Uplift#Bigfork Chert#Bloyd Formation#Boggy Shale#Boone Formation#Bossier Form |
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Onondaga Limestone |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units | | .Phanerozoic | | ..Paleozoic | | ...Devonian | | ....Middle Devonian | | .....Onondaga Limestone | RT | Virginia | | Pennsylvania | | New York | | Maryland | | West Virginia | | Hamilton Group | | Tioga Bentonite | SN | Includes Springfield Center Member, Babcock Hill Member, Edgecliff Member, Nedrow Member, Moorehouse Member, Seneca Member, Needmore Shale, Selinsgrove Limestone. W Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Western Virginia, and N West Virginia. |
open-file reports |
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SN | Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1970. See report; annual report; USGS. |
ophiolite complexes |
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RT | complexes | | lithosphere | | oceanic crust | | plate tectonics | | sheeted dikes | | tectonics | SN | Sequence of rock types consisting of deep-sea sediments lying above basaltic pillow lavas, dikes, gabbro, and ultramafic peridotite. They are considered to be fragments of oceanic lithosphere that were tectonically transported to continental margins and i |
opti |
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optical |
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SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use optical spectroscopy, optical spectra, optical properties, optical mineralogy or (as of 1981) optical dispersion or optical extinction as applicable. |
optical methods |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See microscope methods. |
optimal filters |
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RT | filters | SN | Added to Thesaurus in 1981. |
Or |
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Oran |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Valid 1978-1981. As of 1982, see Oran region for the department of French Algeria. As of 1993, see Oran Algeria for the department. |
Oran region |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Used as large department of French Algeria. As of 1993, see Algeria for departments. |
orange material |
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RT | Moon |
ore deposits |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Before 1981, included use for all papers on metal commodities. Was sometimes used in combination with origin (i.e. ore deposits, origin). Now use metal ores; mineral deposits, genesis; mineral resources or sp |
ore finding |
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SN | Not a valid index term for GeoRef. See mineral exploration. |
ore sources |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See mineral deposits, genesis. |
ore transport |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1995, see mineral deposits, genesis for specific natural processes and controls involved, e.g. epigene processes, ore-forming fluids. Before 1978, ore deposits AND transport was used. |
Oread Limestone |
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BT | Chronostratigraphic Units | | .Phanerozoic | | ..Paleozoic | | ...Carboniferous | | ....Pennsylvanian | | .....Upper Pennsylvanian | | ......Virgilian | | .......Oread Limestone | RT | Iowa | | Missouri | | Oklahoma | | Nebraska | | Kansas | | Shawnee Group | | Plattsmouth Limestone Member | SN | In Shawnee Group. Includes Toronto Limestone, Snyderville Shale, Leavenworth Limestone, Heebner Shale, Plattsmouth Limestone, Heumader Shale, Kereford Limestone members. SW Iowa, E Kansas, NW Missouri, SE Nebraska, and N Oklahoma. |
ores |
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SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. Use specific commodity terms (see list C) or mineral resources or mineral deposits, genesis. |
ores in sedimentary rocks |
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SN | A valid term through 1973. Use sedimentary rocks or sedimentation in conjunction with the individual ore (list C). |
organic |
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SN | A valid term through 1977. As of 1998, use organic compounds if applicable. |
organic materials |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. Was used for discussions of naturally occurring organic materials before 1998. Now use organic compounds. For economic deposits, use petroleum, coal or other appropriate commodity terms in list C. For minerals, search or |
organic residues |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1998, see sediments or sedimentary rocks. From 1978-1997, this term was used in hierarchies with both sediments and sedimentary rocks. From 1981-1992, macerals was used as a narrower term. Before 1981, organic sedi |
organic sediments |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use sediments. Term was introduced in 1976. |
Oriente |
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SN | No longer a valid term for GeoRef. See Santiago de Cuba. |
origin |
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SN | A valid index term through 1977 used in combination with life. Before 1971, was used sometimes used alone or in combination with ore deposits or mineral deposits (i.e. ore deposits, origin; mineral deposits, origin). Also see provenance or genesis or pedo |
Orin |
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Otago |
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Ottawa Sand |
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RT | New York | | Ontario | | sand | | silica | SN | Silica sand material used for engineering studies. From New York and Ontario. Indexed with age if applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1993. |
outbursts |
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SN | Not a valid term for GeoRef. As of 1993, see blowouts, borehole breakouts, jokulhlaups, or rock bursts. |
Outer Ban |
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outwas |
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overland flow |
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SN | As of 1993, use runoff if appropriate. |
overthrust |
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SN | A valid term through 1977. After 1977, use overthrust faults. |
Overthrust Belt |
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SN | As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. See Western Overthrust Belt; Eastern Overthrust Belt. |
overturned folds |
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BT | folds | | .overturned folds | RT | orientation | SN | Includes use as folds defined on the basis of orientation in relation to the geographic horizontal plane. Before 1978, also search folds AND overturned. |
overwash |
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SN | A valid index term from 1977-1980. |
oxidation-reduction potential |
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USE | Eh |
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