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Geographic place names and Geologic terms
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June 2024 Geo Tour
a trip undertaken by @Liz, @Julia, @Jn and @Documentalista
- AUGEN (Flattened oval or lens-shaped mineral grains )
- BERYL
- BRASH (A mass or heap of fragments; applied to loose broken rock )
- BUTTE
- CHERT (A form of amorphous silica found in several varieties eg flint)
- CLAST
- CLINT (A hard or flinty rock; a hard rock projecting on the side of a hill or river)https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3vi5qj
- DRUSE (incrustation of crystals)
- ELVAN ( in Cornwall intrusive rocks of igneous origin, so hard as to resist the pick)
- ESKER (in Ireland the elongated and often flat-topped mounds of post-glacial gravel which occur abundantly in the greater river-valleys)
- GLINT (An escarpment of almost horizontal strata formed as a result of denudation of the adjacent lower rocks
- GRIKE (A crack or slit in rock, a ravine in a hillside).
- KARST(formed by dissolution of soluble rocks)
- LAHAR (A mud-flow of volcanic ash mixed with water)
- LAPIS
- LOESS (A deposit of fine yellowish-grey loam
- OCHRE (clays colored with iron oxide)
- ONLAP (successively wedge-shaped younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks
- PLATY (flaky layers of soil or minerals)
- ROACH (A bed of white limestone in the upper Jurassic strata of southern England; a variety of Portland stone obtained from this bed)
- SALSE (A mud volcano)
- SCARP (escarpment a long steep SLOPE
- SCREE (loose stones covering a SLOPE )
- SHALE
- SILEX (silica esp. quartz or flint)
- SKARN (coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks
- TALUS (steep slopes made of rock fragments
- TRASS (= light-coloured variety of volcanic ash)
- VARVE (A pair of thin layers of clay and silt of contrasting colour and texture which represent the deposit of a single year)
- WACKE (Any of various sandstones and similar rocks containing (esp. basaltic) rock and mineral fragments of different sizes in a clayey matrix)
Geographic Components
ARBOR, BUTTE, COAST, COSTA, DALLE, FORTE, ISLES, MOUNT, MOUTH, NORTH, RIVER, SAINT, SOUTH, VILLE
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Geographic Features or Regions
ALVARFALLSDELLAFALLSMOUNTBAKERSNAKERIVERBASINGORGEGULLYDELTAHEATHKARST(A kind of topography of which the Slovenian Karst is typical, found in areas of readily dissolved rock (usually limestone)KNICKPOINT(A break of slope in a river profile, esp. one where a new curve of erosion arising from rejuvenation intersects an earlier curve)OASISPALSA(A landform of subarctic regions, consisting of a mound or ridge of peat covered with vegetation and containing a core of permanently frozen peat)PAMPAPLAINPARMA(A chain of broad, low, dome-shaped formations running parallel to the main axis of a line of fold mountains)PINGO(A broad conical or dome-shaped mound formed in regions with thin or discontinuous permafrost, consisting of a layer of soil over a large core of ice)PLUCKSIDES(The jagged lee (or downstream) side of a roche moutonnée from which rock has been plucked by a glacier)POLJE(An enclosed plain in a karstic region (esp. in Slovenia) that is larger than an uvala, usually having steep enclosing walls)PONOR(In a karstic region: a steep natural shaft which emerges at the surface of the ground, frequently as a swallow hole)RANGERIDGEROCHESEISMSELVA(A tract of densely wooded country lying in the basin of the river Amazon)SERIR(In the Sahara Desert, esp. in Libya and Tunisia: a flat area of desert strewn with rounded pebbles and boulders)SOMMA(A remnant of an older volcanic cone which partly or wholly encircles a younger cone; the rim of a caldera)STOPE(an excavation in a mine or quarry in the shape of a notch or step)TOWERKARST(A type of karst characterized by isolated steep-sided hills)TAIGAUVALA(A depression in the ground surface occurring in karstic regions)
Geological Features
ADOBEAGATEAMBERAUGEN(Flattened oval or lens-shaped mineral grains )BERYLBRASH(A mass or heap of fragments; applied to loose broken rock )BUTTECHERT(A form of amorphous silica found in several varieties eg flint)CLASTCLINT(A hard or flinty rock; a hard rock projecting on the side of a hill or river)CORALATOLLCRUSTDRUSE(incrustation of crystals)ELVAN( in Cornwall intrusive rocks of igneous origin, so hard as to resist the pick)ESKER(in Ireland the elongated and often flat-topped mounds of post-glacial gravel which occur abundantly in the greater river-valleys)EPOCHFAULT(seismology)FLAKY(like mica)FLINTGEESTGEODEGLINT(An escarpment of almost horizontal strata formed as a result of denudation of the adjacent lower rocks)GRAINGRIKE(A crack or slit in rock, a ravine in a hillside).HORSTKARST(formed by dissolution of soluble rocks)LAHAR(A mud-flow of volcanic ash mixed with water)LAPIS1.AZURELAYERLOESS(A deposit of fine yellowish-grey loam )MAGMAMETALOCEAN1.RIDGEOCHRE(clays colored with iron oxide)ONLAP(successively wedge-shaped younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks)PEARLPLATY(flaky layers of soil or minerals)ROACH(A bed of white limestone in the upper Jurassic strata of southern England; a variety of Portland stone obtained from this bed)ROCKYSALSE(A mud volcano)SCARP(escarpment a long steepSLOPESCREE(loose stones covering aSLOPE)SHALESHEAR1.PLANESILEX(silica esp. quartz or flint)SKARN(coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks)SLIDESLOPESTONETALUS(steep slopes made of rock fragments)TOPAZTRASS(= light-coloured variety of volcanic ash)VARVE(A pair of thin layers of clay and silt of contrasting colour and texture which represent the deposit of a single year)WACKE(Any of various sandstones and similar rocks containing (esp. basaltic) rock and mineral fragments of different sizes in a clayey matrix)
Exact Place Names
Maybe subdivide into countries vs cities/towns?
ARBOR(MO, NE, TX alsoARBORGROVE)ARLESASCOTASPENBATONROUGEBORNEMOUTH(Bournemouth if Webster had been at it)BOCCA(Bolivia)BOWIECABINCAPRICHEVY CHASE(Maryland)CHILE@Shaun 3 March 2025 for the last time](https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/45nujp)CHINACHINOCONGO@Shaun 1 March 2025 censoredCOSTA(West Virginia)COSTA,HAUTECORSE(Costa, town in Haute Corse, Corsica)DELLA(Ethiopia)DULCEGENOAGLOBE(Arizona)INDIAIVORYCOASTJAFFAJAPANMECCAMOUNTANGEL(Oregon)NEVISOLIVAPARISPARMASPAIN@ShawnS'PORE(Singapore)TANNA(Vanuatu)TEXASTONGATOURSZAIRE
@Shaun's Trip Around the 50 States
- March-April 2024*
FLORA(Indiana)PEACHBottom (Pennsylvania)DRUMS(Pennsylvania)NITROBottom (W. VirginiaWALDO(Ohio)XENIA(Ohio)ROMEO(Michigan)FLORA(Indiana)HENRY(Tennessee)HAZEL(Kentucky)FOLEY(Alabama)PEARL(MIss.RONDO(Ark)SAINT CLAIR(MIssouri)STOUT(Iowa)HARDY(Iowa)GRAND And LIttle CHUTE(WIsconsin)VESTA(MInnesota)GRAND FORKS(South Dakota)BLACK HILLS(South Dakota)WHITE HILLS(South Dakota)WAHOO(Nebraska)FLINT HILLS(Kansas)SEDAN(Kansas)PERRY MASON(Oklahoma)SUGAR LANDS(Texas)Los LUNAS(New Mexico)RIFLE(Colorado)BASIN(Wyoming)TERRY(Montana)MILES(Montana)BLUFF(Montana)HATCH(Montana)MELBA(Idaho)GLOBE(Arizona)QUEEN CREEK(Arizona)CHINO(California)CHICO(California)VEGAS(Nevada) a VEGA is a grassy plain or valley in Spain or Spanish AmericaROGUE RIVER(Oregon)ARIEL(Washington)HOMER(Alaska)LANAI(Hawaii)
Approximate Names & Nicknames
AKING(Aiken, South Carolina)CAIRN(s)CHARMCIty = (Baltimore, MD)DRINKWATER(Saskatchewan)FORTEWORTHMAGIC city(Birmingham, Ala.)MOTOR(city:CITEE?)CLEVELANDSQUEENCITEESAULTSAINTMARIAorMARRY(Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Michigan)SPANESTOKE(on Trent)STUMPTOWNS- (Vir)
GINNY(as in:CARRYmeBACKSSTEWSOLIVEVERGEGINNY;)