IODP SEDIS - Thesaurus -

salt
BT	sedimentary rocks
	.chemically precipitated rocks
	..evaporites
	...salt
RT	evaporite deposits
	diapirs
	paleosalinity
	salinity
	sea water
	brines
	bromine
	bromine deposits
	desalinization
	iodine deposits
	salt domes
	salt tectonics
	halite
	chlorine
	potassium chloride
	sodium chloride
	subsalt strata
SN	See List C for use as a commodity term.

Salt Creek
RT	Wyoming
SN	Central Wyoming. Also in many other locations. Indexed with counties or region as applicable.

Salt Lake Formation
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Phanerozoic
	..Cenozoic
	...Neogene
	....Salt Lake Formation
RT	Pliocene
	Miocene
	Idaho
	Utah
	Wyoming
	Nevada
SN	SE Idaho, N Nevada, N Utah and W Wyoming. Also search Salt Lake Group NOT Hawaii. For formation in Hawaii, search Salt Lake Group AND Hawaii. Indexed with ages as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

salt marshes
BT	mires
	.marshes
	..salt marshes
RT	sedimentation
	paleoecology
	geomorphology
	fluvial features
	brackish-water environment
	sebkha environment
	shore features
	lacustrine features
	wetlands
	salinity
	tidal marshes
SN	Indexed with lacustrine features or shore features as applicable.

Salt Range
BT	Asia
	.Indian Peninsula
	..Pakistan
	...Punjab Pakistan
	....Salt Range
SN	Between the Indus River and the Jhelum River.

Salt River
RT	Arizona
	Salt River valley
SN	Rises in E Arizona and flows W into Gila River W of Phoenix. Also in other locations. Indexed with counties or region as applicable.

Salt River valley
RT	Arizona
	Kentucky
	Maricopa County Arizona
	Salt River
	Salt Valley
SN	Valley of Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona. Also in N Kentucky. Indexed with states and counties or region as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

salt sheets
RT	allochthons
	salt tectonics
	subsalt strata
SN	Allochthonous salt with breadth several times greater than its maximum thickness.

salt structures
SN	Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1968. See salt tectonics; salt domes.

salt tectonics
BT	tectonics
	.salt tectonics
UF	halokinesis
RT	faults
	salt sheets
	deformation
	cap rocks
	folds
	diapirs
	emplacement
	tectonophysics
	salt
	salt domes
	diapirism
	Louann Salt
	subsalt strata
SN	Used for the study of the structure and mechanism of emplacement of salt domes.

Salt Valley
RT	Colorado Plateau
	Grand County Utah
	Salt River valley
	San Juan County Utah
	Utah
SN	SW Utah. Also used for other locations. Indexed with counties or region as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.

Salt Wash Sandstone Member
BT	Chronostratigraphic Units
	.Phanerozoic
	..Mesozoic
	...Jurassic
	....Upper Jurassic
	.....Salt Wash Sandstone Member
RT	New Mexico
	Utah
	Colorado
	Arizona
	Morrison Formation
SN	Of Morrison Formation. E Utah, NE Arizona, SW Colorado and NW New Mexico. Added to Thesaurus in 1985.

salt water intrusion
USE	salt-water intrusion

salt-water contamination
SN	Not a valid term for GeoRef. Use salt-water intrusion.

salt-water int

Salta Argentina
BT	South America
	.Argentina
	..Salta Argentina
RT	Pampean Mountains
	Yacoraite Formation
	Rio Blanco Basin
SN	Province in NNW Argentina. Before 1993, also search Salta Province AND Argentina.

Salton Sea
BT	United States
	.California
	..Salton Sea
RT	Imperial County California
	Riverside County California
	Colorado Desert
	Salton Sea geothermal field
SN	Shallow saline lake just N of Imperial Valley in S California.

Salton Sea geothermal field
BT	United States
	.California
	..Imperial County California
	...Salton Sea geothermal field
RT	geothermal fields
	Salton Sea
	Salton Trough
SN	S California. Added to Thesaurus in 1989.

Salton Trough
BT	United States
	.California
	..Salton Trough
RT	Salton Sea geothermal field
	Superstition Hills earthquake 1987
SN	Depression including from NW to SE, the Coachella Valley, the Salton Sea, and the Imperial Valley in S California.

Saltville Fault
RT	Tennessee
	Virginia
SN	SW Virginia and E Tennessee. Also search Saltville. Indexed with counties or region as applicable.