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[TERRESTRIAL AREAS AND LANDFORMS]
landform
geological structures
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geological structures
Broader Terms
BT
↑
landform
More specific terms
NT7
↓
accreting plate boundary
NT7
↓
accretionary wedge
NT7
↓
active margin
NT7
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allochthon
NT7
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anticlinoria
NT7
↓
antidune
NT7
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antiform
NT7
↓
apophysis
NT7
↓
aseismic margin
NT7
↓
asthenosphere
NT7
↓
aulacogen
NT7
↓
aureole
NT7
↓
autochthon
NT7
↓
back-arc basin
NT7
↓
basalt plateau
NT7
↓
base surge
NT7
↓
basement
NT7
↓
batholiths
NT7
↓
bedding
NT7
↓
bedrock
NT7
↓
Benioff zone
NT7
↓
black smokers
NT7
↓
breccia pipe
NT7
↓
cap rock
NT7
↓
carbonate platform
NT7
↓
clastic dike
NT7
↓
cleavage
NT7
↓
closed fracture
NT7
↓
columnar joint
NT7
↓
concretion
NT7
↓
continental borderland
NT7
↓
continental margin
NT7
↓
continental rise
NT7
↓
continental shelves
NT7
↓
continental slope
NT7
↓
continents
NT7
↓
country rock
NT7
↓
craton
NT7
↓
cross-stratification
NT7
↓
crustal block
NT7
↓
cyclothem
NT7
↓
depositional basin
NT7
↓
diapir
NT7
↓
diatreme
NT7
↓
dike swarm
NT7
↓
discontinuity
NT7
↓
Earth core
►
▼
NT8
↓
inner core
NT8
↓
outer core
NT7
↓
earth crust
►
▼
NT8
↓
continental crust
NT8
↓
lower crust
NT8
↓
oceanic crust
NT8
↓
upper crust
NT7
↓
eolian deposit
NT7
↓
erosion surface
NT7
↓
eugeosyncline
NT7
↓
extrusion
NT7
↓
facies
►
▼
NT8
↓
biofacies
NT8
↓
lithofacies
NT7
↓
fan
NT7
↓
fault
►
▼
NT8
↓
active fault
NT8
↓
en echelon fault
NT8
↓
extension fault
NT8
↓
growth fault
NT8
↓
listric fault
NT8
↓
normal fault
NT8
↓
overthrust fault
NT8
↓
parallel fault
NT8
↓
radial fault
NT8
↓
reverse fault
NT8
↓
step fault
NT8
↓
strike-slip fault
NT8
↓
transcurrent fault
NT8
↓
transform fault
NT8
↓
wrench fault
NT7
↓
fault plane
NT7
↓
fault scarp
NT7
↓
feeder
NT7
↓
flexure
NT7
↓
flute cast
NT7
↓
fold
►
▼
NT8
↓
anteclise
NT8
↓
anticline
NT8
↓
asymmetric fold
NT8
↓
concentric fold
NT8
↓
cylindrical fold
NT8
↓
disjunctive fold
NT8
↓
en echelon fold
NT8
↓
overturned fold
NT8
↓
recumbent fold
NT8
↓
symmetric fold
NT8
↓
syncline
NT7
↓
fold and thrust belt
NT7
↓
fold belt
NT7
↓
foot wall
NT7
↓
fore-arc basin
NT7
↓
foredeep
NT7
↓
foreland
NT7
↓
foreland basin
NT7
↓
fracture
NT7
↓
fracture zone
NT7
↓
geoanticline
NT7
↓
geological barrier
NT7
↓
geological formation
NT7
↓
geosyncline
NT7
↓
geothermal field
NT7
↓
geothermal reservoir
NT7
↓
graben
NT7
↓
groove cast
NT7
↓
gru
NT7
↓
hardground
NT7
↓
horst
NT7
↓
hot spot
NT7
↓
hydrothermal chimney
NT7
↓
intercalation
NT7
↓
intracratonic basin
NT7
↓
intrusion
NT7
↓
joint
NT7
↓
karst filling
NT7
↓
klippen
NT7
↓
lacustrine deposit
NT7
↓
lamination
►
▼
NT8
↓
cross-lamination
NT7
↓
lava field
NT7
↓
lens
NT7
↓
lineament
NT7
↓
lineation
NT7
↓
lithosphere
NT7
↓
lithotopes
NT7
↓
maar
NT7
↓
magma chamber
NT7
↓
magmatic province
NT7
↓
mainland
NT7
↓
mantle
►
▼
NT8
↓
lower mantle
NT8
↓
upper mantle
NT7
↓
marginal basin
NT7
↓
massive bedding
NT7
↓
melange
NT7
↓
mineral deposit
►
▼
NT8
↓
deep sea deposit
NT8
↓
offshore oil deposit
NT7
↓
mineral reserve
NT7
↓
monocline
NT7
↓
moraine complex
NT7
↓
mud bank
NT7
↓
nappe
NT7
↓
ocean basin
NT7
↓
oceanic trenches
NT7
↓
olistolith
NT7
↓
olistostrome
NT7
↓
open fracture
NT7
↓
orogenic belt
NT7
↓
outcrop
NT7
↓
overthrust
NT7
↓
paleolandslide
NT7
↓
passive margin
NT7
↓
piggyback basin
NT7
↓
placer
NT7
↓
plate
NT7
↓
plate boundary
NT7
↓
plume
NT7
↓
pluton
NT7
↓
primary dispersion
NT7
↓
pull-apart basin
NT7
↓
reservoir rock
NT7
↓
rhythmic bedding
NT7
↓
ridge
►
▼
NT8
↓
aseismic ridge
NT8
↓
ocean ridge
NT7
↓
rift
NT7
↓
ripples
NT7
↓
salt dome
NT7
↓
salt layer
NT7
↓
sand boil
NT7
↓
sedimentary basin
NT7
↓
sedimentary cover
NT7
↓
sedimentary structures
NT7
↓
seismic source
NT7
↓
shrinkage crack
NT7
↓
slickenside
NT7
↓
stalactite
NT7
↓
stalagmite
NT7
↓
stratigraphic trap
NT7
↓
stratotype
NT7
↓
structural basin
NT7
↓
structural trap
NT7
↓
subduction zone
NT7
↓
synclinoria
NT7
↓
talus breccia
NT7
↓
tectonic window
NT7
↓
terrane
NT7
↓
thrust fault
NT7
↓
thrust sheet
NT7
↓
trap
NT7
↓
turbidity current
NT7
↓
twinning plane
NT7
↓
varve
NT7
↓
vein system
NT7
↓
veins
NT7
↓
vent
NT7
↓
volcanic arc
NT7
↓
volcanic dome
NT7
↓
volcanic field
NT7
↓
volcanic pipe
NT7
↓
volcano-tectonic depression
NT7
↓
volcanoes
►
▼
NT8
↓
mud volcanoes
NT8
↓
shield volcanoes
NT8
↓
stratovolcanoes
NT8
↓
submarine volcanoes
NT7
↓
wall-rock
Italian
strutture geologiche
Date of creation
07-Mar-2013
Accepted term
07-Mar-2013
Descendant terms
215
ARK
ark:/99152/t3n326yxvo78o4
More specific terms
170
Alternative terms
0
Related terms
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Notes
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