SEDIS - Thesaurus
silica  | |
|---|---|
| RT | abrasives |
| glass materials | |
| Ottawa Sand | |
| sand | |
| sands | |
| silica minerals | |
| silicates | |
| siliceous composition | |
| silicic acid | |
| silicon | |
| SN | As of 1985, no longer considered a commodity term (list C). Used for silicon dioxide. |
| silica group | |
|---|---|
| USE | silica minerals |
| silicate glass | |
|---|---|
| SN | As of 1998, not a valid term for GeoRef. Use (volcanic glass or glasses) AND (silicates or siliceous composition). For natural glasses which are not volcanic, glass materials is be used. See silicate melts if applicable. |
| silicate melts | |
|---|---|
| BT | melts |
| .silicate melts | |
| RT | petrology |
| magmas | |
| geophysics | |
| phase equilibria | |
| liquid phase | |
| SN | Also search silicates and melts. |
| silicate minerals | |
|---|---|
| USE | silicates |
| silicate rocks | |
|---|---|
| RT | petrology |
| rocks | |
| siliceous composition | |
| standard materials | |
| silicates | |
|---|---|
| NT | aluminosilicates |
| asbestos | |
| barium silicates | |
| borosilicates | |
| chain silicates | |
| chlorophaeite | |
| framework silicates | |
| iron silicates | |
| magnesian silicates | |
| orthosilicates | |
| ring silicates | |
| sheet silicates | |
| UF | silicate minerals |
| RT | silica |
| minerals | |
| clay mineralogy | |
| silicon | |
| SN | In indexing, use this term only for broad treatments of the entire class of minerals; otherwise, use a narrower term, e.g. orthosilicates, ring silicates, chain silicates, etc. |
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