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June 2024 Geo Tour

a trip undertaken by @Liz, @Julia, @Jn and @Documentalista

  1. AUGEN (Flattened oval or lens-shaped mineral grains )
  2. BERYL
  3. BRASH (A mass or heap of fragments; applied to loose broken rock )
  4. BUTTE
  5. CHERT (A form of amorphous silica found in several varieties eg flint)
  6. CLAST
  7. CLINT (A hard or flinty rock; a hard rock projecting on the side of a hill or river)
  8. DRUSE (incrustation of crystals)
  9. ELVAN ( in Cornwall intrusive rocks of igneous origin, so hard as to resist the pick)
  10. ESKER (in Ireland the elongated and often flat-topped mounds of post-glacial gravel which occur abundantly in the greater river-valleys)
  11. GLINT (An escarpment of almost horizontal strata formed as a result of denudation of the adjacent lower rocks
  12. GRIKE (A crack or slit in rock, a ravine in a hillside).
  13. KARST(formed by dissolution of soluble rocks)
  14. LAHAR (A mud-flow of volcanic ash mixed with water)
  15. LAPIS
  16. LOESS (A deposit of fine yellowish-grey loam
  17. OCHRE (clays colored with iron oxide)
  18. ONLAP (successively wedge-shaped younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks
  19. PLATY (flaky layers of soil or minerals)
  20. ROACH (A bed of white limestone in the upper Jurassic strata of southern England; a variety of Portland stone obtained from this bed)
  21. SALSE (A mud volcano)
  22. SCARP (escarpment a long steep SLOPE
  23. SCREE (loose stones covering a SLOPE )
  24. SHALE
  25. SILEX (silica esp. quartz or flint)
  26. SKARN (coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks
  27. TALUS (steep slopes made of rock fragments
  28. TRASS (= light-coloured variety of volcanic ash)
  29. VARVE (A pair of thin layers of clay and silt of contrasting colour and texture which represent the deposit of a single year)
  30. 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

  1. ALVAR FALLS
  2. DELLA FALLS
  3. MOUNT BAKER
  4. SNAKE RIVER
  5. BASIN
  6. GORGE
  7. GULLY
  8. DELTA
  9. HEATH
  10. KARST (A kind of topography of which the Slovenian Karst is typical, found in areas of readily dissolved rock (usually limestone)
  11. KNICK POINT (A break of slope in a river profile, esp. one where a new curve of erosion arising from rejuvenation intersects an earlier curve)
  12. OASIS
  13. PALSA (A landform of subarctic regions, consisting of a mound or ridge of peat covered with vegetation and containing a core of permanently frozen peat)
  14. PAMPA
  15. PLAIN
  16. PARMA (A chain of broad, low, dome-shaped formations running parallel to the main axis of a line of fold mountains)
  17. 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)
  18. PLUCK SIDES (The jagged lee (or downstream) side of a roche moutonnée from which rock has been plucked by a glacier)
  19. POLJE (An enclosed plain in a karstic region (esp. in Slovenia) that is larger than an uvala, usually having steep enclosing walls)
  20. PONOR (In a karstic region: a steep natural shaft which emerges at the surface of the ground, frequently as a swallow hole)
  21. RANGE
  22. RIDGE
  23. ROCHE
  24. SEISM
  25. SELVA (A tract of densely wooded country lying in the basin of the river Amazon)
  26. SERIR (In the Sahara Desert, esp. in Libya and Tunisia: a flat area of desert strewn with rounded pebbles and boulders)
  27. SOMMA (A remnant of an older volcanic cone which partly or wholly encircles a younger cone; the rim of a caldera)
  28. STOPE (an excavation in a mine or quarry in the shape of a notch or step)
  29. TOWER KARST (A type of karst characterized by isolated steep-sided hills)
  30. TAIGA
  31. UVALA (A depression in the ground surface occurring in karstic regions)

Geological Features

  1. ADOBE
  2. AGATE
  3. AMBER
  4. AUGEN (Flattened oval or lens-shaped mineral grains )
  5. BERYL
  6. BRASH (A mass or heap of fragments; applied to loose broken rock )
  7. BUTTE
  8. CHERT (A form of amorphous silica found in several varieties eg flint)
  9. CLAST
  10. CLINT (A hard or flinty rock; a hard rock projecting on the side of a hill or river)
  11. CORAL ATOLL
  12. CRUST
  13. DRUSE (incrustation of crystals)
  14. ELVAN ( in Cornwall intrusive rocks of igneous origin, so hard as to resist the pick)
  15. ESKER(in Ireland the elongated and often flat-topped mounds of post-glacial gravel which occur abundantly in the greater river-valleys)
  16. EPOCH
  17. FAULT (seismology)
  18. FLAKY (like mica)
  19. FLINT
  20. GEEST
  21. GEODE
  22. GLINT (An escarpment of almost horizontal strata formed as a result of denudation of the adjacent lower rocks)
  23. GRAIN
  24. GRIKE (A crack or slit in rock, a ravine in a hillside).
  25. HORST
  26. KARST(formed by dissolution of soluble rocks)
  27. LAHAR (A mud-flow of volcanic ash mixed with water)
  28. LAPIS 1. AZURE
  29. LAYER
  30. LOESS (A deposit of fine yellowish-grey loam )
  31. MAGMA
  32. METAL
  33. OCEAN 1. RIDGE
  34. OCHRE (clays colored with iron oxide)
  35. ONLAP (successively wedge-shaped younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks)
  36. PEARL
  37. PLATY (flaky layers of soil or minerals)
  38. ROACH (A bed of white limestone in the upper Jurassic strata of southern England; a variety of Portland stone obtained from this bed)
  39. ROCKY
  40. SALSE (A mud volcano)
  41. SCARP (escarpment a long steep SLOPE
  42. SCREE (loose stones covering a SLOPE )
  43. SHALE
  44. SHEAR 1. PLANE
  45. SILEX (silica esp. quartz or flint)
  46. SKARN (coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks)
  47. SLIDE
  48. SLOPE
  49. STONE
  50. TALUS (steep slopes made of rock fragments)
  51. TOPAZ
  52. TRASS (= light-coloured variety of volcanic ash)
  53. VARVE (A pair of thin layers of clay and silt of contrasting colour and texture which represent the deposit of a single year)
  54. 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?

  1. ARBOR (MO, NE, TX also ARBOR GROVE)
  2. ARLES
  3. ASCOT
  4. ASPEN
  5. BATON ROUGE
  6. BORNE MOUTH (Bournemouth if Webster had been at it)
  7. BOCCA (Bolivia)
  8. BOWIE
  9. CABIN
  10. CAPRI
  11. CHEVY CHASE (Maryland)
  12. CHILE
  13. CHINA
  14. CHINO
  15. CONGO @Shaun 1 March 2025 censored
  16. COSTA (West Virginia)
  17. COSTA, HAUTE CORSE (Costa, town in Haute Corse, Corsica)
  18. DELLA (Ethiopia)
  19. DULCE
  20. GENOA
  21. GLOBE (Arizona)
  22. INDIA
  23. IVORY COAST
  24. JAFFA
  25. JAPAN
  26. MECCA
  27. MOUNT ANGEL (Oregon)
  28. NEVIS
  29. OLIVA
  30. PARIS
  31. PARMA
  32. SPAIN @Shawn
  33. S'PORE (Singapore)
  34. TANNA (Vanuatu)
  35. TEXAS
  36. TOURS

@Shaun's Trip Around the 50 States

  • March-April 2024*
  1. FLORA (Indiana)
  2. PEACH Bottom (Pennsylvania)
  3. DRUMS (Pennsylvania)
  4. NITRO Bottom (W. Virginia
  5. WALDO (Ohio)
  6. XENIA (Ohio)
  7. ROMEO (Michigan)
  8. FLORA (Indiana)
  9. HENRY (Tennessee)
  10. HAZEL (Kentucky)
  11. FOLEY (Alabama)
  12. PEARL (MIss.
  13. RONDO (Ark)
  14. SAINT CLAIR (MIssouri)
  15. STOUT (Iowa)
  16. HARDY (Iowa)
  17. GRAND And LIttle CHUTE (WIsconsin)
  18. VESTA (MInnesota)
  19. GRAND FORKS (South Dakota)
  20. BLACK HILLS (South Dakota)
  21. WHITE HILLS (South Dakota)
  22. WAHOO (Nebraska)
  23. FLINT HILLS (Kansas)
  24. SEDAN (Kansas)
  25. PERRY MASON (Oklahoma)
  26. SUGAR LANDS (Texas)
  27. Los LUNAS (New Mexico)
  28. RIFLE (Colorado)
  29. BASIN (Wyoming)
  30. TERRY (Montana)
  31. MILES (Montana)
  32. BLUFF (Montana)
  33. HATCH (Montana)
  34. MELBA (Idaho)
  35. GLOBE (Arizona)
  36. QUEEN CREEK (Arizona)
  37. CHINO (California)
  38. CHICO (California)
  39. VEGAS (Nevada) a VEGA is a grassy plain or valley in Spain or Spanish America
  40. ROGUE RIVER (Oregon)
  41. ARIEL (Washington)
  42. HOMER (Alaska)
  43. LANAI (Hawaii)

Approximate Names & Nicknames

  1. AKING (Aiken, South Carolina)
  2. CAIRN(s)
  3. CHARM CIty = (Baltimore, MD)
  4. DRINK WATER (Saskatchewan)
  5. FORTE WORTH
  6. MAGIC city (Birmingham, Ala.)
  7. MOTOR (city: CITEE?)
  8. CLEVE LANDS
  9. QUEEN CITEE
  10. SAULT SAINT MARIA or MARRY (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and Michigan)
  11. SPANE
  12. STOKE (on Trent)
  13. STUMP TOWNS
  14. (Vir)GINNY (as in: CARRY me BACKS STEWS OLIVE VERGE GINNY ;)
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Pub: 31 Oct 2023 03:08 UTC

Edit: 02 Mar 2025 16:29 UTC

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