e e e e e e GeMPeT: e e The Geoscience, Minerals and Petroleum e Thesaurus e -e e e e e e - e Edited by: Jane Edinger and Tracy Barker e Charted Information Services e e e e e e GeMPeT : the geoscience, minerals and petroleum thesaurus. e Includes index. ISBN 0 9750776 0 0 1. Geology- Terminology. 2. Earth sciences- Terminology. 3. Subject headings- Geology. 4. Subject headings- Earth sciences. I. Edinger, Jane. II. Barker, Tracy Anne. e 025.49551 e e Cover illustration: North East Shaded Reduced to Pole Aeromagnetic Image of the Red October Area, Lake carey, Western Australia. e Image supplied courtesy of Sons of Gwalia. Copyright2003 e Jane Edinger and Tracy Barker Charted Information Services e 166 Whatley Crescent Maylands WA 6051 Australia e Telephone: +61 8 9272 1267 e Facsimile: +61 8 9471 8567 E-mail: [email protected] WWW: www.chartedinfo.com.au/thesaurus.html e e e e e e e e e Acknowledgements e e We would like to acknowledge our colleagues e who worked on the Australian Geoscience, Minerals and Petroleum Thesaurus. Without your previous hard work there would be no GeM PeT. e We would also like to thank our families e for their support of our vision during the creation of GeM PeT. e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Contents e e e Introduction vii e References xi e e SECTION 1: e Alphabetical Listing 1 e SECTION 2: e Hierarchical Listing 239 e e SECTION 3: e KWIC (Permuted) Listing 291 e e e e v e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Introduction e GeMPet had its genesis in the now defunct Australian Mineral Foundation's Australian e Geoscience, Minerals and Petroleum Thesaurus. The purpose of GeM PeT, providing geoscience professionals with a standardised terminology with which to index material, has not changed. The need for standardised geoscience taxonomy is more important now than ever as the expansion of online information delivery through intranets and the internet has highlighted e the necessity to utilise controlled indexing to effectively identify and organise information. GeMPeT is designed to provide geoscience organisations with a ready-made taxonomy for e this purpose. GeMPeT has three types of relationships applied to each term: • Hierarchical relationships, linking terms to other terms expressing more e general (broader) and more specific (narrower) concepts. Broader terms are indicated by the prefix BT, e Narrower terms are indicated by the prefix NT • Associative relationships, which link terms to similar terms (related terms) where the relationship between the terms is non-hierarchical. e Related terms are indicated by the prefix RT. e • Equivalence relationships, which link "non-preferred" terms to synonyms or quasi-synonyms which act as "preferred" terms. Non-preferred terms are e indicated by the prefix USE. Where necessary scope notes (SN) are included. These provide clarification and explain the meaning and application of terms. e There are three display arrangements for terms and relationships: • The main alphabetic display with relationships indicated at each term, along with e scope notes where considered appropriate • The systematic display of terms in their respective hierarchical order • The permuted, or keyword in context (KWIC), display of every word in every term. GeMPeT does not include geographical, species, product or registered trade names. A selection of mineral names are included, however the list is in no way exhaustive. Organisations using GeMPeT should include additional names of this type as necessary. vii e e e e e e e e, e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e -e e e e e ~ e References e - e Jackson, J.A., 1997. Glossary of geology. American Geological Institute, Washington, D.C. e Milstead, J.L. (Editor), 1993. Ei Thesaurus. Engineering Information, Hoboken, N.J. e Walker, P. (Editor), 1991. Chambers Science and Technology Dictionary. Chambers, Edinburgh. -e - ~ e e e e e e e ix e e e e e -e e -e e - -e - -e e e e e e e e e e e e e Section 1 -e e e Alphabetical Index e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Alphabetical Listing 20 seismic surveys Abrasion Desiccation Non-Preferred BT: Wear (materials} Fullers earth USE: Two dimensional seismic NT: Sand blasting Suppressors surveys RT: Abrasives UF: Absorbers (materials) Adsorbents 3D seismic surveys Abrasion (geological) Sorbents Non-Preferred BT: Mechanical weathering USE: Three dimensional seismic RT: Erosion Absorbers surveys UF: Corrasion BT: Absorption RT: Absorbents Abrasion resistance Air cleaners A Non-Preferred Clarifiers USE: Wear resistance Degassers A horizon UF: Absorbers (equipment) Abrasive jet drilling Absorption towers BT: Soil stratigraphy Non-Prefe"ed A type granite USE: Jet cutting Absorbers (equipment) BT: Granite Non-Preferred Abrasiveness USE: Absorbers Abandoned channel BT: Physical properties RT: Abrasives Absorbers (materials) Non-Preferred Non-Prefe"ed USE: Palaeochannel Abrasives USE: Absorbents BT: Wear (materials) Abandoned mines RT: Abrasion Absorption BT: Mines RT: Mine rehabilitation Abrasiveness BT: Sorption Aluminium oxides NT: Absorbents Ceramics Absorbers Abandoned wells Non-Preferred Corundum Degassers Diamonds RT: Activated carbon USE: Well abandonment Gamet Chromatography Abandonment Grit Desorption Industrial minerals Water treatment Non-Preferred Pumice UF: Adsorption USE: Well abandonment Silicon carbide Absorption spectra Ablation Absite BT: Spectra Non-Preferred USE: Wind erosion Non-Preferred RT: Atomic spectra USE: Brannerite Absorption spectroscopy Abney level Non-Preferred Non-Preferred Absolute age BT: Geological age USE: Spectroscopy USE: Levelling instruments NT: Hybrid age Aboriginal land rights Overprinted age Absorption towers RT: Age determination methods Non-Preferred BT: Aboriginals UF: Absolute age USE: Absorbers Land rights NT: Native title determination Age Abstracting RT: Land use planning Non-Preferred National parks Absolute age determination USE: Abstracts Non-Preferred Aboriginal relics USE: Absolute age Abstracts BT: Aboriginals RT: Artefacts BT: Documentation Absolute gravity UF: Abstracting Non-Preferred Aboriginal sacred sites BT: Aboriginals USE: Gravity Abyssal rocks Non-Preferred Absolute gravity instruments USE: Plutonic rocks Aboriginal site surveys BT: Surveys Non-Prefe"ed USE: Gravimeters Abyssal zone RT: Anthropology BT: Oceanic zones Aboriginals Absolute pressure NT: Deep water Non-Preferred Ocean deeps BT: Indigenous people USE: Pressure RT: Pelagic zone NT: Aboriginal land rights Sea floor Aboriginal relics Absorbents Submarine trenches Aboriginal sacred sites BT: Absorption RT: Anthropology RT: Absorbers Acanthodii Activated clay BT: Pisces Bentonite GeMPeT: The Geoscience, Minerals and Petroleum Thesaurus Accelerated tests Pegmatite Acoustic arrays BT: Materials tests Perlite Non-Preferred Pumice USE: Seismic spread Accelerometers Rhyodacite BT: Instruments Rhyolite Acoustic detection RT: Seismometers Trondhjemite Non-Preferred RT: Monzonite USE: Sonic detection Accessory minerals Syenite BT: Minerals Trachyte Acoustic drilling Rock forming minerals UF: Acid rocks Non-Preferred RT: Petrology Felsic igneous rocks USE: Sonic drilling Accident prevention Acid leaching Acoustic emission BT: Accidents BT: Leaching BT: Acoustic properties Safety RT: Heap leaching Acoustics RT: Gasd~ectors RT: Microseisms Safety devices Acid mine drainage Safety engineering BT: Mine drainage Acoustic logging Warning systems Non-Preferred Acid mine waters USE: Velocity logging Accidents BT: Mine waters BT: Safety RT: Effluents Acoustic logs NT: Accident prevention Non-Preferred Acid openhearth process USE: Velocity logs Accounting Non-Preferred BT: Financing USE: Openhearth process Acoustic properties NT: Cash flow BT: Acoustics Insolvency Acid rain NT: Acoustic emission Revenue BT: Air pollution RT: Rock geophysics RT: Capital costs RT: Pollution Rock properties Cost analysis Seismicity Inventory control Acid refractories UF: Sonic properties Return on investment Non-Preferred Royalties USE: Refractory materials Acoustic wave Taxation Non-Preferred UF: Amortization Acid rocks USE: Sonic waves Auditing Non-Preferred Audits USE: Acid igneous rocks Acoustic waves Book keeping BT: Acoustics Budgeting Acid sulphate soils RT: Radiation Cost accounting BT: Soils Cost control RT: Soil chemistry Acoustics Depreciation BT: Physical properties Acid treatment NT: Acoustic emission Accreditation BT: Chemical processes Acoustic properties BT: Quality assurance RT: Acidification Acoustic waves UF: Sonics Accreting plate boundary Acid volcanic rocks BT: Plate tectonics BT: Volcanic rocks Acquisitions UF: Divergent plate boundary UF: Felsic volcanic rocks BT: Companies Licences Acetylene Acidification NT: Due diligence BT: Alkenes BT: Chemical processes UF: Takeovers RT: Acid treatment Achondrite pH control Acritarchs Non-Preferred BT: Microfossils USE: Meteorites Acidity RT: Algal structures BT: Chemical properties Palynology Acid igneous rocks RT: pH control BT: Igneous rocks pH value Actinide series NT: Adamellite BT: Non ferrous metals Albitite Acidity control NT: Actinium Aplite Non-Preferred Americium Chamockite USE: pH control Berkelium Felsite Californium Granite Acids Curium Granitic rock BT: Chemical compounds Einsteinium Granodiorite NT: Industrial acids Fermium Granophyre Inorganic acids Lawrencium Keratophyre Organic acids Mendelevium 2 BT=Broader term; NT=Narrower term; RT=Related term; UF=Use for Alphabetical Listing Neptunium Active margin Aeolian sediments Nobelium BT: