Thesaurus Terms | GeoScienceWorld

Skip to Main Content

Close

Journals
Books
GeoRef
Publishers
OpenGeoSci
- About OpenGeoSci
- Explore OpenGeoSci
Citation Manager
Help

header search

search input Search input auto suggest

filter your search

Search

Advanced Search

Menu

Skip Nav Destination

pyrite

View GeoRef Thesaurus >

Update search

Querybuilder input 1 Querybuilder input

Filter

Abstract
Affiliation
All
Authors
Book Series
DOI
EISBN
EISSN
Full Text
GeoRef ID
ISBN
ISSN
Issue
Keyword (GeoRef Descriptor)
Meeting Information
Report #
Title
Volume

Querybuilder input 2 Querybuilder input

Filter

Abstract
Affiliation
All
Authors
Book Series
DOI
EISBN
EISSN
Full Text
GeoRef ID
ISBN
ISSN
Issue
Keyword (GeoRef Descriptor)
Meeting Information
Report #
Title
Volume

Querybuilder input 3 Querybuilder input

Filter

Abstract
Affiliation
All
Authors
Book Series
DOI
EISBN
EISSN
Full Text
GeoRef ID
ISBN
ISSN
Issue
Keyword (GeoRef Descriptor)
Meeting Information
Report #
Title
Volume

Querybuilder input 4 Querybuilder input

Filter

Abstract
Affiliation
All
Authors
Book Series
DOI
EISBN
EISSN
Full Text
GeoRef ID
ISBN
ISSN
Issue
Keyword (GeoRef Descriptor)
Meeting Information
Report #
Title
Volume

Querybuilder input 5 Querybuilder input

Filter

Abstract
Affiliation
All
Authors
Book Series
DOI
EISBN
EISSN
Full Text
GeoRef ID
ISBN
ISSN
Issue
Keyword (GeoRef Descriptor)
Meeting Information
Report #
Title
Volume

Querybuilder input 6 Querybuilder input

Filter

Abstract
Affiliation
All
Authors
Book Series
DOI
EISBN
EISSN
Full Text
GeoRef ID
ISBN
ISSN
Issue
Keyword (GeoRef Descriptor)
Meeting Information
Report #
Title
Volume

NARROW

Format

Facet list

Journal Article (1068)
Book Chapter (27)
Book (1)

Article Type

Facet list

Research Article (700)
Other (351)
Letter (7)
News (7)
Brief Report (1)
Editorial (1)
Rapid Communication (1)

Journal

Facet list

Economic Geology (271)
American Mineralogist (139)
The Canadian Mineralogist (113)
Geology (110)
Mineralogical Magazine (49)
Russian Geology and Geophysics (37)
AAPG Bulletin (34)
European Journal of Mineralogy (33)
Journal of Sedimentary Research (32)
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (27)
Journal of the Geological Society (21)
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (19)
GSA Bulletin (15)
Geological Magazine (15)
Exploration and Mining Geology (13)
Geophysics (13)
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (12)
Elements (11)
Clay Minerals (10)
Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (10)
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (9)
PALAIOS (9)
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (9)
South African Journal of Geology (9)
Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology (7)
Clays and Clay Minerals (6)
SEG Discovery (5)
Journal of Foraminiferal Research (4)
Interpretation (3)
Lithosphere (3)

Publisher

Facet list

Society of Economic Geologists (286)
Mineralogical Society of America (159)
Geological Society of America (137)
Mineralogical Association of Canada (113)
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (59)
Geological Society of London (58)
SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology (41)
Novosibirsk State University (37)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (36)
E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Science Publishers (33)

Section

Facet list

Articles (22)
Research Article (5)
Article (1)
ORIGINAL ARTICLES (1)
Original Article (1)
Papers (1)
Photographic Feature (1)
Regular Article (1)
Research Articles (1)
SPECIAL (1)

GeoRef Subject

all geography including DSDP/ODP Sites and Legs
- Africa
  - Central Africa
    - Congo Democratic Republic
      - Shaba Congo Democratic Republic (1)
  - East Africa
    - Malawi (1)
    - Tanzania (4)
    - Zambia
      - Nchanga Zambia (1)
  - Limpopo Belt (1)
  - Mozambique Belt (1)
  - North Africa
    - Egypt (1)
    - Morocco (1)
    - Tunisia (2)
  - Southern Africa
    - Barberton greenstone belt (1)
    - Kaapvaal Craton (4)
    - Namaqualand metamorphic complex (1)
    - Namibia
      - Windhoek Namibia (1)
    - South Africa
      - Bushveld Complex (2)
      - Cape Province region (1)
      - KwaZulu-Natal South Africa (1)
      - Merensky Reef (2)
      - Mpumalanga South Africa (1)
      - Transvaal region (3)
      - Witwatersrand (15)
    - Swaziland (1)
    - Zimbabwe
      - Belingwe greenstone belt (1)
      - Great Dyke (1)
  - West Africa
    - Burkina Faso (1)
    - Ghana (4)
    - Ivory Coast (1)
    - Mali (1)
    - Nigeria (1)
    - Senegal (1)
- Altiplano (2)
- Arctic Ocean
  - Barents Sea (1)
  - Beaufort Sea (1)
- Arctic region
  - Greenland
    - Isua Belt (1)
    - West Greenland (1)
  - Svalbard
    - Spitsbergen (1)
- Asia
  - Altai Mountains
    - Gorny Altai (1)
    - Kuznetsk Alatau (1)
  - Altai Russian Federation
    - Gorny Altai (1)
  - Amur region (1)
  - Arabian Peninsula
    - Oman (3)
    - Saudi Arabia (1)
  - Baikal region (2)
  - Baikal rift zone (1)
  - Central Asia
    - Kazakhstan
      - Eastern Kazakhstan
        
        Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan (1)
  - Dzhugdzhur region (1)
  - Far East
    - China
      - Anhui China (1)
      - Bohaiwan Basin (2)
      - Chongqing China (1)
      - Da Hinggan Ling (1)
      - Fujian China (1)
      - Gansu China (1)
      - Guangxi China (1)
      - Guizhou China (8)
      - Hebei China (1)
      - Hubei China (3)
      - Hunan China (2)
      - Inner Mongolia China (4)
      - Jiangsu China (1)
      - Jiangxi China (2)
      - Liaoning China (2)
      - Meishan China (1)
      - North China Platform (1)
      - Ordos Basin (1)
      - Qinling Mountains (2)
      - Shaanxi China (1)
      - Shandong China
        
        Dongying Depression (1)
        
        Jiyang Depression (2)
        
        Shandong Peninsula (4)
      - Sichuan Basin (4)
      - Sichuan China (1)
      - South China Block (3)
      - Xinjiang China
        
        Tarim Basin (1)
      - Xizang China (2)
      - Yangtze Platform (3)
      - Yangtze River (1)
      - Yangtze River valley (1)
      - Yangtze Three Gorges (1)
      - Yunnan China
        
        Ailao Shan (1)
        
        Chengjiang China (1)
    - Indonesia (2)
    - Japan
      - Hokkaido (1)
      - Honshu
        
        Abukuma Mountains (1)
        
        Akita Japan
        
        Shakanai Mine (1)
        
        Kyoto Japan (1)
        
        Tokyo Japan (1)
    - Mongolia (1)
    - Philippine Islands
      - Luzon (1)
    - Thailand (1)
    - Vietnam (1)
  - Himalayas
    - Mount Everest (1)
  - Indian Peninsula
    - Bangladesh (1)
    - India
      - Andhra Pradesh India
        
        Cuddapah Basin (1)
      - Bihar India (1)
      - Dharwar Craton (2)
      - Rajasthan India
        
        Aravalli Range (1)
    - Nepal (1)
  - Irkutsk Russian Federation
    - Slyudyanka Russian Federation (2)
  - Kamchatka Russian Federation
    - Kamchatka Peninsula (4)
  - Kemerovo Russian Federation
    - Salair Russian Federation (1)
  - Khakasiya Russian Federation (1)
  - Kolyma River basin (3)
  - Kolyma Uplift (1)
  - Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation
    - Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation
      - Norilsk region (1)
  - Kulunda Steppe (1)
  - Magadan Russian Federation (4)
  - Middle East
    - Cyprus (1)
    - Dead Sea (1)
    - Iran
      - Kerman Iran (1)
    - Israel
      - Negev (1)
    - Jordan (1)
    - Syria
      - Golan Heights (1)
    - Turkey
      - Taurus Mountains (1)
  - Novosibirsk Russian Federation (1)
  - Rudny Altai (3)
  - Russian Far East (5)
  - Russian Pacific region (4)
  - Salair Ridge (1)
  - Sayan
    - Eastern Sayan (1)
  - Siberia (9)
  - Siberian fold belt (3)
  - Siberian Platform
    - Aldan Shield (1)
    - Yenisei Ridge (4)
  - Tien Shan (2)
  - Tomsk Russian Federation (1)
  - Transbaikalia (3)
  - Tuva Russian Federation (1)
  - Tyumen Russian Federation
    - Khanty-Mansi Russian Federation
      - Salym Field (1)
  - Uzbekistan (1)
  - Verkhoyansk region (1)
  - Vindhyan Basin (1)
  - West Siberia
    - Kuznetsk Alatau (1)
  - Yakutia Russian Federation (1)
  - Yana River (1)
  - Zabaykalskiy Russian Federation (2)
- Atlantic Ocean
  - Equatorial Atlantic (1)
  - Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3)
  - North Atlantic
    - Baltic Sea (3)
    - Bay of Biscay (1)
    - Caribbean Sea
      - Cariaco Basin (3)
    - Gulf of Cadiz (2)
    - Gulf of Mexico (3)
    - Labrador Sea (1)
    - Long Island Sound (1)
    - North Sea
      - Brent Field (1)
    - Northeast Atlantic (1)
    - Northwest Atlantic
      - Demerara Rise (1)
  - South Atlantic
    - Southwest Atlantic (1)
  - West Atlantic (1)
- Australasia
  - Australia
    - Adelaide Geosyncline (2)
    - Carpentaria Basin (1)
    - Lachlan fold belt (4)
    - New South Wales Australia (6)
    - Northern Territory Australia
      - HYC Deposit (4)
    - Perth Australia (1)
    - Queensland Australia
      - Century Deposit (1)
      - Drummond Basin (1)
      - Mount Isa Australia (3)
      - Mount Isa Inlier (4)
    - South Australia
      - Gawler Craton (2)
      - Mount Gunson (1)
      - Mount Lofty Ranges (1)
      - Olympic Dam Deposit (5)
      - Roxby Downs Australia (1)
    - Surat Basin (1)
    - Tasmania Australia
      - Hellyer Deposit (1)
      - Hobart Australia (1)
    - Victoria Australia
      - Bendigo Australia (3)
      - Bendigo gold field (3)
      - Melbourne Australia (1)
      - Stawell Australia (1)
    - Western Australia
      - Eastern Goldfields (4)
      - Hamersley Province (1)
      - Kalgoorlie Australia (2)
      - Kambalda Australia (3)
      - Murchison Province (1)
      - Norseman-Wiluna Belt (1)
      - Pilbara (1)
      - Pilbara Craton (4)
      - Western Gneiss Terrain (1)
      - Yilgarn (3)
      - Yilgarn Craton (10)
  - New Zealand
    - Bay of Plenty (1)
    - Northland New Zealand (1)
    - Otago New Zealand
      - Otago Peninsula (1)
    - Otago Schist (2)
    - Southland New Zealand (1)
    - Taupo volcanic zone (1)
  - Papua (1)
  - Papua New Guinea
    - Bougainville (1)
    - Lihir Island (3)
    - New Ireland (1)
- Avalon Zone (1)
- Azerbaijan region (2)
- Baffin Bay (1)
- Bald Mountain (1)
- Bear Lake (1)
- Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin (1)
- Black Hills (1)
- Black Mesa (1)
- Black Sea region (1)
- Bowen Basin (1)
- Broken Hill (1)
- Broken Hill Mine (1)
- Caledonides (1)
- Canada
  - Amisk Lake (1)
  - Arctic Archipelago (2)
  - Eastern Canada
    - Baffin Island (2)
    - James Bay Lowlands (1)
    - Maritime Provinces
      - New Brunswick
        
        Gloucester County New Brunswick
        
        Bathurst mining district (1)
        
        Bathurst New Brunswick (2)
        
        Northumberland County New Brunswick
        
        Newcastle New Brunswick (1)
      - Nova Scotia
        
        Cape Breton Island
        
        Cape Breton County Nova Scotia
        
        Sydney Nova Scotia (1)
        
        Cape Breton Highlands (1)
        
        Inverness County Nova Scotia (1)
        
        Cumberland County Nova Scotia
        
        Joggins Fossil Cliffs (1)
    - Meguma Terrane (1)
    - Newfoundland and Labrador
      - Newfoundland
        
        Avalon Peninsula (1)
        
        Daniel's Harbour Newfoundland and Labrador (1)
    - Ontario
      - Algoma District Ontario
        
        Elliot Lake Ontario (3)
        
        Wawa Ontario (1)
      - Cochrane District Ontario
        
        Abitibi Ontario (1)
        
        Kidd Creek Mine (1)
        
        Timmins Ontario (2)
      - Hemlo Deposit (2)
      - Leeds County Ontario (2)
      - Moose River basin (1)
      - Sudbury Basin (1)
      - Sudbury District Ontario (1)
      - Sudbury igneous complex (3)
      - Sudbury Ontario (1)
      - Thunder Bay District Ontario (1)
      - Timiskaming District Ontario
        
        Kirkland Lake Ontario (1)
    - Quebec
      - Abitibi County Quebec
        
        Val d'Or Quebec (2)
      - Horne Mine (1)
      - Noranda Quebec (4)
      - Rouville County Quebec
        
        Mont-Saint-Hilaire Quebec (1)
      - Sigma Mine (1)
      - Temiscouata County Quebec (1)
  - Mackenzie Mountains (1)
  - Nunavut
    - Baffin Island (2)
    - Devon Island (1)
    - Ellesmere Island (2)
    - Haughton impact structure (1)
    - Sverdrup Basin (3)
    - Sverdrup Islands
      - Axel Heiberg Island (2)
  - Queen Elizabeth Islands
    - Devon Island (1)
    - Ellesmere Island (2)
    - Sverdrup Basin (3)
    - Sverdrup Islands
      - Axel Heiberg Island (2)
  - Richardson Mountains (1)
  - Western Canada
    - Alberta (13)
    - Athabasca Basin (1)
    - British Columbia
      - Queen Charlotte Islands (1)
    - Canadian Cordillera (1)
    - Canadian Rocky Mountains (1)
    - Manitoba
      - Flin Flon Manitoba (3)
      - Snow Lake Manitoba (3)
    - Northwest Territories
      - Great Bear Lake (1)
      - Yellowknife Northwest Territories (1)
    - Saskatchewan
      - Regina Saskatchewan (1)
    - Selwyn Basin (3)
    - Yukon Territory
      - Blow River (1)
      - Dawson Yukon Territory (1)
- Canterbury Basin (1)
- Caribbean region
  - West Indies
    - Antilles
      - Greater Antilles
        
        Cuba (2)
        
        Hispaniola
        
        Dominican Republic (2)
        
        Puerto Rico
        
        Mayaguez Bay (1)
- Cascade Range (1)
- Central America
  - Costa Rica (1)
  - Honduras (1)
- Central Cordillera (1)
- Chalk Aquifer (1)
- Chicxulub Crater (1)
- Commonwealth of Independent States
  - Azov Sea (1)
  - Caucasus
    - Lesser Caucasus (1)
    - Northern Caucasus (1)
  - Kazakhstan
    - Eastern Kazakhstan
      - Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan (1)
  - Kulunda Steppe (1)
  - Rudny Altai (3)
  - Russian Federation
    - Altai Russian Federation
      - Gorny Altai (1)
    - Amur region (1)
    - Baikal region (2)
    - Baikal rift zone (1)
    - Dzhugdzhur region (1)
    - Irkutsk Russian Federation
      - Slyudyanka Russian Federation (2)
    - Kaliningrad Russian Federation (1)
    - Kamchatka Russian Federation
      - Kamchatka Peninsula (4)
    - Kemerovo Russian Federation
      - Salair Russian Federation (1)
    - Khakasiya Russian Federation (1)
    - Kolyma River basin (3)
    - Kolyma Uplift (1)
    - Krasnodar Russian Federation
      - Taman Peninsula (1)
    - Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation
      - Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation
        
        Norilsk region (1)
    - Kuznetsk Alatau (1)
    - Magadan Russian Federation (4)
    - Murmansk Russian Federation
      - Kola Peninsula (2)
    - Northern Caucasus (1)
    - Northern Urals (1)
    - Novosibirsk Russian Federation (1)
    - Orenburg Russian Federation (1)
    - Russian Far East (5)
    - Russian Pacific region (4)
    - Salair Ridge (1)
    - Siberian Platform
      - Aldan Shield (1)
      - Yenisei Ridge (4)
    - Stavropol Russian Federation (1)
    - Timan Ridge (1)
    - Tomsk Russian Federation (1)
    - Transbaikalia (3)
    - Tuva Russian Federation (1)
    - Tyumen Russian Federation
      - Khanty-Mansi Russian Federation
        
        Salym Field (1)
    - Verkhoyansk region (1)
    - Yakutia Russian Federation (1)
    - Yana River (1)
    - Zabaykalskiy Russian Federation (2)
  - Timan Ridge (1)
  - Ukraine
    - Crimea Ukraine
      - Kerch Peninsula (1)
  - Urals
    - Northern Urals (1)
    - Southern Urals (2)
  - Uzbekistan (1)
  - West Siberia
    - Kuznetsk Alatau (1)
- Copperbelt (1)
- Cortez Mountains (1)
- Crater Lake (1)
- DSDP Site 504 (2)
- Elba (1)
- Eurasia (1)
- Europe
  - Alps
    - Eastern Alps
      - Zillertal Alps (1)
    - Piedmont Alps
      - Dora Maira Massif (1)
    - Western Alps
      - Cottian Alps
        
        Dora Maira Massif (1)
  - Azov Sea (1)
  - Balkan Peninsula (1)
  - Baltic region (1)
  - Carpathians
    - Eastern Carpathians (2)
    - Matra Mountains (1)
    - Slovakian Carpathians
      - Low Tatra Mountains (1)
    - Western Carpathians (1)
  - Caucasus
    - Lesser Caucasus (1)
    - Northern Caucasus (1)
  - Central Europe
    - Austria
      - Carinthia Austria (1)
      - Salzburg State Austria
        
        Salzburg Austria (1)
    - Bohemian Massif (4)
    - Czech Republic
      - Bohemia
        
        Sokolov Basin (1)
        
        Teplice Czech Republic (1)
      - Moravia (1)
    - Germany
      - Bavaria Germany
        
        Spessart (1)
        
        Upper Palatinate (1)
    - Hungary
      - Borzsony Mountains (1)
      - Matra Mountains (1)
    - Poland
      - Lower Silesia (1)
      - Lubelskie Poland
        
        Lublin Poland (1)
      - Lubin Poland (1)
      - Opole Poland (1)
      - Swiety Krzyz Mountains (4)
    - Slovakia
      - Slovakian Carpathians
        
        Low Tatra Mountains (1)
    - Switzerland (1)
  - Fennoscandian Shield (2)
  - Jutland (1)
  - Kaliningrad Russian Federation (1)
  - Krasnodar Russian Federation
    - Taman Peninsula (1)
  - Lapland (1)
  - Murmansk Russian Federation
    - Kola Peninsula (2)
  - Orenburg Russian Federation (1)
  - Rhenish Schiefergebirge (2)
  - Southern Europe
    - Bulgaria (1)
    - Greece (3)
    - Iberian Peninsula
      - Gibraltar (1)
      - Iberian Massif (1)
      - Iberian pyrite belt (8)
      - Portugal (6)
      - Spain
        
        Andalusia Spain
        
        Almeria Spain (1)
        
        Huelva Spain
        
        Rio Tinto Spain (2)
        
        Aragon Spain (1)
        
        Asturias Spain (1)
        
        Cantabrian Mountains (1)
        
        Ebro Basin (1)
        
        Extremadura Spain
        
        Badajoz Spain (1)
        
        Galicia Spain (2)
        
        La Rioja Spain (1)
        
        Madrid Basin (1)
        
        Murcia Spain
        
        Caravaca Spain (1)
    - Italy
      - Apennines
        
        Apuane Alps (11)
        
        Central Apennines (1)
        
        Northern Apennines (4)
      - Marches Italy (1)
      - Piemonte Italy
        
        Dora Maira Massif (1)
      - Sicily Italy (1)
      - Tuscany Italy
        
        Apuane Alps (11)
      - Umbria Italy (1)
      - Veneto Italy (1)
    - Romania
      - Apuseni Mountains (2)
      - Transylvania
        
        Maramures Romania
        
        Baia Mare Romania (1)
        
        Muntii Metalici (1)
    - Serbia (2)
    - Slovenia
      - Ljubljana Slovenia (1)
  - Stavropol Russian Federation (1)
  - Thrace (2)
  - Timan Ridge (1)
  - Ukraine
    - Crimea Ukraine
      - Kerch Peninsula (1)
  - Variscides (1)
  - Western Europe
    - Ballachulish Complex (1)
    - Cottian Alps
      - Dora Maira Massif (1)
    - France
      - Ardeche France (1)
      - Central Massif
        
        Montagne Noire (1)
      - Charentes (1)
      - Loire Valley (1)
      - Maine-et-Loire France (1)
      - Pas-de-Calais France
        
        Boulonnais (2)
    - Ireland
      - Cork Ireland (1)
      - Dublin Ireland (3)
      - Kildare Ireland (1)
      - Meath Ireland (1)
      - Wicklow Ireland (1)
    - Scandinavia
      - Denmark
        
        Stevns Klint (1)
      - Finland (2)
      - Norway
        
        Finnmark Norway (1)
        
        Nordland Norway (1)
        
        Sor-Trondelag Norway
        
        Trondheim Norway (1)
        
        Southern Norway (1)
        
        Telemark Norway (1)
      - Sulitjelma (1)
      - Sweden
        
        Bergslagen (1)
        
        Skane (1)
        
        Vasterbotten Sweden
        
        Boliden Sweden (1)
    - United Kingdom
      - Great Britain
        
        England
        
        Alston Block (1)
        
        Cambridgeshire England (1)
        
        Cumbria England (3)
        
        Derbyshire England (3)
        
        Durham England (2)
        
        Gloucestershire England (1)
        
        Hampshire England (1)
        
        Hertfordshire England (1)
        
        Isle of Wight England (2)
        
        Northumberland England (1)
        
        Nottinghamshire England (1)
        
        Pennines (1)
        
        Shropshire England (1)
        
        Wessex Basin (2)
        
        Yorkshire England
        
        Sheffield England (2)
        
        Scotland
        
        Ayrshire Scotland (1)
        
        Fife Scotland (1)
        
        Highland region Scotland
        
        Caithness Scotland (1)
        
        Sutherland Scotland (1)
        
        Moray Firth (1)
        
        Wales
        
        Glamorgan Wales (1)
        
        Welsh Basin (1)
- Front Range (2)
- Graham Island (1)
- Green Lake (1)
- Harrison Lake (1)
- Hudson Bay Basin (1)
- Indian Ocean
  - Arabian Sea (1)
  - Red Sea
    - Gulf of Aqaba (1)
- International Ocean Discovery Program (1)
- Iron Mountain (1)
- Kings Mountain (1)
- Lake District (1)
- Mackenzie River valley (1)
- Mammoth Cave (1)
- Maverick Basin (1)
- McArthur Basin (3)
- Medicine Lake (1)
- Mediterranean Sea
  - East Mediterranean
    - Black Sea (3)
- Mexico
  - Baja California (1)
  - Chihuahua Mexico (1)
  - Coahuila Mexico (1)
  - Nayarit Mexico (1)
- Mount Lyell (1)
- North America
  - Appalachian Basin (6)
  - Appalachians
    - Appalachian Plateau (1)
    - Blue Ridge Province (4)
    - Carolina slate belt (3)
    - Central Appalachians (1)
    - Southern Appalachians (2)
    - Valley and Ridge Province (1)
  - Basin and Range Province
    - Great Basin (4)
  - Belt Basin (2)
  - Canadian Shield
    - Churchill Province (1)
    - Flin Flon Belt (1)
    - Grenville Province (1)
    - Slave Province (2)
    - Superior Province
      - Abitibi Belt (9)
      - Michipicoten Belt (1)
      - Pontiac Subprovince (1)
      - Swayze greenstone belt (1)
      - Uchi Subprovince (1)
  - Glacier National Park (1)
  - Great Lakes
    - Lake Huron (1)
  - Great Lakes region (2)
  - Great Plains (1)
  - Gulf Coastal Plain (10)
  - Kootenay Arc (1)
  - Michigan Basin (1)
  - Mississippi River basin (1)
  - North American Cordillera
    - Canadian Cordillera (1)
  - Rocky Mountains
    - Canadian Rocky Mountains (1)
    - U. S. Rocky Mountains
      - San Juan Mountains (1)
  - Saint Lawrence Lowlands (1)
  - Saint Lawrence Valley (1)
  - Tintina Fault (1)
  - Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (2)
  - Western Interior
    - Western Interior Seaway (1)
- North Island (2)
- North West Shelf (1)
- Oceania
  - Melanesia
    - Bougainville (1)
    - Fiji
      - Viti Levu (1)
  - Polynesia
    - Tonga (1)
- Orcadian Basin (1)
- Oslo Rift (1)
- Pacific Ocean
  - East Pacific
    - Costa Rica Rift (1)
    - East Pacific Rise (2)
    - Galapagos Rift (1)
    - Northeast Pacific
      - Axial Seamount (1)
      - Blanco fracture zone (1)
      - Cascadia Basin (1)
      - Guatemala Basin (1)
      - Juan de Fuca Ridge (4)
      - Loihi Seamount (1)
    - Southeast Pacific
      - Lau Basin (1)
  - North Pacific
    - Northeast Pacific
      - Axial Seamount (1)
      - Blanco fracture zone (1)
      - Cascadia Basin (1)
      - Guatemala Basin (1)
      - Juan de Fuca Ridge (4)
      - Loihi Seamount (1)
    - Northwest Pacific
      - Hess Rise (1)
      - Japan Sea
        
        Ulleung Basin (1)
      - Okinawa Trough (1)
      - South China Sea
        
        Gulf of Thailand (1)
        
        Zhujiangkou Basin (1)
  - South Pacific
    - Southeast Pacific
      - Lau Basin (1)
    - Southwest Pacific
      - Bismarck Sea
        
        Manus Basin
        
        PACMANUS hydrothermal field (1)
  - West Pacific
    - Northwest Pacific
      - Hess Rise (1)
      - Japan Sea
        
        Ulleung Basin (1)
      - Okinawa Trough (1)
      - South China Sea
        
        Gulf of Thailand (1)
        
        Zhujiangkou Basin (1)
    - Southwest Pacific
      - Bismarck Sea
        
        Manus Basin
        
        PACMANUS hydrothermal field (1)
- Permian Basin (2)
- Quesnellia Terrane (1)
- Red Dog Mine (2)
- Red Lake (1)
- Roberts Mountains (2)
- Russian Platform
  - Timan Ridge (1)
- San Joaquin Basin (1)
- San Juan mining district (1)
- Santa Maria Basin (1)
- Santander Massif (1)
- Sinai (1)
- Snake Range (1)
- Solomon Islands (1)
- South America
  - Amazon Basin (1)
  - Amazonian Craton (1)
  - Andes
    - Eastern Cordillera (2)
    - Subandean Belt (1)
    - Western Cordillera (1)
  - Argentina
    - Jujuy Argentina (2)
    - Neuquen Basin (1)
    - Pampean Mountains (2)
    - San Juan Argentina (2)
    - San Luis Argentina (1)
  - Bolivia
    - Potosi Bolivia (2)
  - Brazil
    - Bahia Brazil (2)
    - Brasilia Belt (1)
    - Goias Brazil (2)
    - Minas Gerais Brazil
      - Quadrilatero Ferrifero (1)
    - Rio de Janeiro Brazil (1)
    - Sao Francisco Craton (3)
    - Sao Paulo Brazil (1)
    - Sergipe-Alagoas Basin (1)
    - Tocantins River region (1)
  - Chile
    - Antofagasta Chile (1)
    - Coquimbo Chile (1)
    - Tarapaca Chile (1)
  - Colombia (4)
  - Ecuador (1)
  - French Guiana (1)
  - Guiana Shield (1)
  - Peru
    - Lima Peru (1)
    - Pasco Peru
      - Cerro de Pasco Peru (4)
  - Venezuela (2)
- South Island (3)
- South Mountain Batholith (1)
- Southern Alps (1)
- Stuart Shelf (1)
- Sullivan Mine (1)
- Sydney Basin (1)
- United States
  - Alabama
    - Washington County Alabama (1)
  - Alaska
    - Brooks Range (2)
  - Arizona
    - Greenlee County Arizona (1)
    - Pima County Arizona
      - Tucson Arizona (1)
  - Arkansas (1)
  - Arkoma Basin (1)
  - Atlantic Coastal Plain (1)
  - California
    - Alameda County California (1)
    - Kern County California (1)
    - Monterey Bay (1)
    - San Luis Obispo County California
      - Pismo Basin (1)
    - Santa Ana Mountains (1)
    - Santa Barbara County California (1)
    - Shasta County California (1)
    - Southern California (1)
    - Ventura Basin (1)
    - Ventura County California (1)
  - Catskill Delta (1)
  - Chesapeake Bay (3)
  - Coeur d'Alene mining district (1)
  - Colorado
    - Boulder County Colorado (1)
    - Denver County Colorado
      - Denver Colorado (1)
    - Garfield County Colorado (1)
    - Lake County Colorado
      - Leadville Colorado (1)
    - Mineral County Colorado
      - Creede mining district (1)
    - San Juan County Colorado (1)
    - Teller County Colorado (1)
    - Yuma County Colorado (1)
  - Connecticut (1)
  - Delaware
    - Kent County Delaware (1)
  - Delaware Basin (3)
  - Delaware River (1)
  - Denver Basin (2)
  - Eastern U.S. (1)
  - Forest City Basin (1)
  - Georgia
    - Liberty County Georgia (1)
    - Twiggs County Georgia (1)
    - Washington County Georgia (1)
    - Wilkinson County Georgia (2)
  - Great Basin (4)
  - Idaho
    - Shoshone County Idaho (1)
  - Illinois
    - McLean County Illinois (1)
  - Illinois Basin (5)
  - Indiana
    - Jackson County Indiana (1)
    - Jasper County Indiana (1)
    - Pike County Indiana (1)
  - Iowa (1)
  - Kansas (3)
  - Kentucky
    - Edmonson County Kentucky (1)
  - Louisiana
    - Atchafalaya Bay (1)
    - Atchafalaya River (1)
    - Cameron Parish Louisiana (1)
    - Saint Bernard Parish Louisiana (1)
  - Maine
    - Kennebec County Maine (1)
  - Maryland (1)
  - Michigan
    - Michigan Upper Peninsula
      - Marquette County Michigan (1)
  - Midcontinent (1)
  - Midwest (1)
  - Minnesota
    - Ramsey County Minnesota (1)
  - Mississippi (1)
  - Mississippi Delta (1)
  - Mississippi River (1)
  - Missouri
    - Clay County Missouri (1)
    - Jackson County Missouri (1)
    - Kansas City Missouri (1)
    - Saint Francois Mountains (1)
  - Montana
    - Butte mining district (2)
    - Powell County Montana (1)
  - Nevada
    - Carlin Trend (4)
    - Elko County Nevada
      - Carlin Nevada (3)
    - Eureka County Nevada
      - Eureka Nevada (1)
    - Humboldt County Nevada
      - Getchell Mine (3)
      - Osgood Mountains (2)
    - Lander County Nevada (1)
    - Nye County Nevada
      - Yucca Mountain (2)
    - Pershing County Nevada (1)
    - Storey County Nevada (1)
    - Washoe County Nevada (1)
  - New Jersey (1)
  - New Mexico
    - Eddy County New Mexico (1)
    - McKinley County New Mexico
      - Grants mining district (1)
    - Valles Caldera (1)
  - New York
    - Adirondack Mountains (2)
    - Finger Lakes
      - Seneca Lake (1)
    - Genesee County New York (1)
    - Greene County New York (1)
    - Jefferson County New York (1)
    - Livingston County New York (1)
    - New York City New York (1)
    - Onondaga County New York (1)
    - Saint Lawrence County New York
      - Balmat-Edwards mining district (2)
    - Schoharie County New York (1)
  - North Carolina
    - Cleveland County North Carolina (1)
    - Montgomery County North Carolina (1)
    - Randolph County North Carolina (1)
  - North Dakota (1)
  - Ohio
    - Columbiana County Ohio (1)
    - Portage County Ohio (1)
    - Vinton County Ohio (1)
  - Oklahoma
    - Caddo County Oklahoma (1)
    - Grady County Oklahoma (1)
  - Oregon (2)
  - Palo Duro Basin (1)
  - Pennsylvania
    - Allegheny County Pennsylvania (1)
    - Greene County Pennsylvania (2)
    - Lawrence County Pennsylvania (1)
    - Tioga County Pennsylvania (1)
  - Powder River basin (2)
  - Sabine Uplift (1)
  - South Carolina
    - Lancaster County South Carolina (1)
  - South Dakota
    - Lawrence County South Dakota (1)
  - Tennessee
    - Polk County Tennessee
      - Ducktown Tennessee (6)
  - Texas
    - Atascosa County Texas (1)
    - Culberson County Texas (1)
    - Fort Worth Basin (1)
    - Karnes County Texas (2)
    - La Salle County Texas (1)
    - Live Oak County Texas (2)
    - Llano Uplift (2)
    - Midland Basin (4)
    - San Marcos Arch (2)
    - Sterling County Texas (1)
    - Val Verde Basin (1)
    - Webb County Texas (1)
    - West Texas (4)
  - U. S. Rocky Mountains
    - San Juan Mountains (1)
  - Uinta Basin (1)
  - Utah
    - Oquirrh Mountains (1)
    - Piute County Utah
      - Marysvale Utah (1)
    - Salt Lake County Utah (2)
    - Tintic mining district (1)
  - Virginia (1)
  - Washington
    - Midnite Mine (1)
    - Stevens County Washington (1)
  - West Virginia
    - Upshur County West Virginia (1)
    - Wetzel County West Virginia (1)
  - Wisconsin
    - Sauk County Wisconsin (1)
  - Wyoming
    - Campbell County Wyoming (1)
    - Carbon County Wyoming (2)
    - Great Divide Basin (1)
    - Hanna Basin (1)
    - Johnson County Wyoming (2)
    - Sweetwater County Wyoming (2)
  - Yavapai Province (1)
  - Yellowstone National Park (1)
- Victoria Island (1)
- West Pacific Ocean Islands
  - Kermadec Islands (1)
- White Island (1)
- Yucatan Peninsula (1)
commodities
- aggregate (6)
- barite deposits (9)
- bitumens
  - asphalt (1)
- brines (16)
- carborundum (1)
- clay deposits (1)
- coal deposits (3)
- construction materials
  - building stone (1)
  - cement materials (1)
  - crushed stone (1)
- energy sources (2)
- fluorspar deposits (1)
- gems (2)
- geothermal energy (2)
- graphite deposits (1)
- gravel deposits (1)
- kaolin deposits (2)
- magnesite deposits (1)
- metal ores
  - antimony ores (9)
  - arsenic ores (5)
  - base metals (30)
  - beryllium ores (1)
  - chromite ores (1)
  - cobalt ores (6)
  - copper ores (99)
  - gold ores (224)
  - IOCG deposits (2)
  - iron ores (23)
  - lead ores (40)
  - lead-zinc deposits (44)
  - lithium ores (1)
  - manganese ores (1)
  - mercury ores (3)
  - molybdenum ores (12)
  - nickel ores (14)
  - niobium ores (1)
  - platinum ores (5)
  - polymetallic ores (32)
  - pyrite ores (9)
  - rare earth deposits (3)
  - ruthenium ores (1)
  - silver ores (53)
  - strontium ores (1)
  - tantalum ores (1)
  - tellurium ores (1)
  - tin ores (7)
  - titanium ores (1)
  - tungsten ores (3)
  - uranium ores (22)
  - vanadium ores (1)
  - zinc ores (47)
- mineral deposits, genesis (348)
- mineral exploration (47)
- mineral resources (5)
- oil and gas fields (8)
- petroleum
  - natural gas
    - coalbed methane (1)
    - shale gas (4)
  - shale oil (1)
- phosphate deposits (2)
- placers (3)
- refractory materials (3)
- sulfur deposits (2)
- talc deposits (2)
elements, isotopes
- boron
  - B-11/B-10 (1)
- carbon
  - C-13/C-12 (46)
  - C-14 (1)
  - organic carbon (16)
- chemical elements (2)
- chemical ratios (8)
- halogens
  - bromine (1)
  - chlorine
    - chloride ion (2)
  - fluorine (1)
- hydrogen
  - D/H (12)
- isotope ratios (196)
- isotopes
  - radioactive isotopes
    - Ar-40/Ar-39 (1)
    - C-14 (1)
    - Cs-137 (1)
    - Pb-206/Pb-204 (15)
    - Pb-207/Pb-204 (17)
    - Pb-208/Pb-204 (9)
    - Pb-210 (1)
    - Re-187/Os-188 (2)
  - stable isotopes
    - Ar-40/Ar-36 (1)
    - Ar-40/Ar-39 (1)
    - B-11/B-10 (1)
    - C-13/C-12 (46)
    - D/H (12)
    - Fe-56/Fe-54 (5)
    - He-4/He-3 (2)
    - Hf-177/Hf-176 (1)
    - N-15/N-14 (2)
    - Nd-144/Nd-143 (1)
    - Ne-22/Ne-20 (1)
    - O-17/O-16 (1)
    - O-18 (1)
    - O-18/O-16 (52)
    - Os-188/Os-187 (5)
    - Pb-206/Pb-204 (15)
    - Pb-207/Pb-204 (17)
    - Pb-207/Pb-206 (4)
    - Pb-208/Pb-204 (9)
    - Pb-208/Pb-206 (2)
    - Re-187/Os-188 (2)
    - S-32 (3)
    - S-33 (4)
    - S-33/S-32 (11)
    - S-34 (4)
    - S-34/S-32 (181)
    - S-36 (2)
    - Sr-87/Sr-86 (7)
- metals
  - actinides
    - thorium (3)
    - uranium (8)
  - alkali metals
    - cesium
      - Cs-137 (1)
    - lithium (1)
    - potassium (4)
    - sodium (5)
  - alkaline earth metals
    - barium (2)
    - calcium (10)
    - magnesium (6)
    - strontium
      - Sr-87/Sr-86 (7)
  - aluminum (7)
  - antimony (15)
  - arsenic (56)
  - bismuth (6)
  - cadmium (6)
  - chromium (7)
  - cobalt (16)
  - copper (39)
  - gallium (1)
  - germanium (2)
  - gold (80)
  - hafnium
    - Hf-177/Hf-176 (1)
  - indium (1)
  - iron
    - Fe-56/Fe-54 (5)
    - ferric iron (11)
    - ferrous iron (7)
  - lead
    - Pb-206/Pb-204 (15)
    - Pb-207/Pb-204 (17)
    - Pb-207/Pb-206 (4)
    - Pb-208/Pb-204 (9)
    - Pb-208/Pb-206 (2)
    - Pb-210 (1)
  - manganese (7)
  - mercury (9)
  - molybdenum (8)
  - nickel (23)
  - niobium (2)
  - platinum group
    - iridium (5)
    - osmium
      - Os-188/Os-187 (5)
      - Re-187/Os-188 (2)
    - palladium (6)
    - platinum (7)
    - platinum ores (5)
    - rhodium (2)
    - ruthenium (2)
    - ruthenium ores (1)
  - precious metals (16)
  - rare earths
    - cerium (1)
    - lanthanum (1)
    - neodymium
      - Nd-144/Nd-143 (1)
    - yttrium (2)
  - rhenium
    - Re-187/Os-188 (2)
  - silver (41)
  - tantalum (2)
  - thallium (7)
  - tin (4)
  - titanium (4)
  - tungsten (1)
  - vanadium (5)
  - zinc (14)
  - zirconium (2)
- nitrogen
  - N-15/N-14 (2)
- noble gases
  - argon
    - Ar-40/Ar-36 (1)
    - Ar-40/Ar-39 (1)
  - helium
    - He-4/He-3 (2)
  - neon
    - Ne-22/Ne-20 (1)
  - xenon (1)
- oxygen
  - dissolved oxygen (2)
  - O-17/O-16 (1)
  - O-18 (1)
  - O-18/O-16 (52)
- phosphorus (9)
- selenium (9)
- silicon (2)
- sulfur
  - organic sulfur (1)
  - S-32 (3)
  - S-33 (4)
  - S-33/S-32 (11)
  - S-34 (4)
  - S-34/S-32 (181)
  - S-36 (2)
- tellurium (9)
- trace metals (13)
fossils
- Archaea (2)
- bacteria
  - Bacillus
    - Acidithiobacillus
      - Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (4)
  - Thiobacillus (2)
- borings (2)
- burrows (7)
- Chordata
  - Vertebrata
    - Tetrapoda
      - Mammalia (1)
- Cloudina (1)
- cyanobacteria (2)
- eukaryotes (1)
- fungi (1)
- Graptolithina
  - Graptoloidea (1)
- Hemichordata (1)
- ichnofossils
  - Arenicolites (1)
  - Chondrites ichnofossils (2)
  - Palaeophycus (2)
  - Trypanites (1)
  - Zoophycos (1)
- Invertebrata
  - Arthropoda
    - Mandibulata
      - Crustacea
        
        Ostracoda
        
        Podocopida
        
        Cytherocopina (1)
      - Insecta
        
        Pterygota
        
        Neoptera
        
        Exopterygota
        
        Perlaria (1)
    - Trilobitomorpha
      - Trilobita
        
        Odontopleurida (1)
  - Brachiopoda
    - Inarticulata
      - Lingula (1)
  - Cnidaria
    - Anthozoa (2)
  - Echinodermata
    - Crinozoa
      - Crinoidea (1)
  - Mollusca
    - Bivalvia
      - Heterodonta
        
        Veneroida
        
        Veneridae
        
        Mercenaria (1)
    - Cephalopoda
      - Ammonoidea (1)
      - Nautiloidea
        
        Nautilus (1)
    - Gastropoda (2)
  - Porifera
    - Hexactinellida (1)
  - Protista
    - Foraminifera
      - Rotaliina
        
        Globigerinacea (1)
        
        Rotaliacea
        
        Nummulitidae
        
        Nummulites (1)
    - Radiolaria (4)
    - Silicoflagellata (2)
  - Vermes
    - Annelida (1)
    - Polychaeta (1)
- Metazoa (1)
- microfossils
  - Conodonta (7)
  - problematic microfossils (1)
- palynomorphs
  - acritarchs (2)
  - Dinoflagellata (2)
  - miospores (1)
- Plantae
  - algae
    - Chlorophyta
      - Tasmanites (1)
    - Coccolithophoraceae (1)
    - diatoms (6)
    - nannofossils (6)
  - Pteridophyta
    - Sphenopsida
      - Sphenophyllum (1)
  - Spermatophyta
    - Gymnospermae
      - Glossopteridales
        
        Glossopteris (1)
- problematic fossils
  - problematic microfossils (1)
- prokaryotes (2)
- Pterobranchia (1)
- thallophytes (8)
geochronology methods
- Ar/Ar (15)
- exposure age (1)
- K/Ar (3)
- Nd/Nd (1)
- optical mineralogy (1)
- paleomagnetism (14)
- Pb/Pb (5)
- radiation damage (1)
- Rb/Sr (5)
- Re/Os (22)
- Sm/Nd (3)
- Sr/Sr (1)
- Th/U (1)
- U/Pb (20)
- U/Th/Pb (1)
geologic age
- Cenozoic
  - Bronze Age (1)
  - Quaternary
    - Holocene
      - middle Holocene (1)
      - upper Holocene (2)
    - Pleistocene
      - Champlain Sea (2)
      - Glasford Formation (1)
      - upper Pleistocene
        
        Lisan Formation (1)
        
        Wisconsinan (1)
        
        Wurm (1)
  - Tertiary
    - lower Tertiary (1)
    - Neogene
      - Miocene
        
        Crater Flat Tuff (2)
        
        lower Miocene
        
        Aquitanian (1)
        
        middle Miocene (2)
        
        Oakville Sandstone (1)
        
        Temblor Formation (1)
      - Pliocene
        
        upper Pliocene (1)
    - Paleogene
      - Eocene
        
        Green River Formation (1)
        
        lower Eocene
        
        Cuisian (1)
        
        Sparnacian (1)
        
        Ypresian
        
        London Clay (1)
        
        upper Eocene
        
        Jackson Group (3)
        
        Shubuta Member (1)
        
        Twiggs Clay (1)
        
        Yazoo Clay (1)
      - Hanna Formation (1)
      - Oligocene
        
        Creede Formation (1)
        
        Fontainebleau Sandstone (1)
        
        lower Oligocene (1)
        
        upper Oligocene (1)
      - Paleocene
        
        lower Paleocene
        
        Danian (2)
        
        upper Paleocene (1)
      - Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (1)
      - Wasatch Formation (1)
    - Shahejie Formation (2)
    - upper Tertiary (1)
- Coal Measures (1)
- Dalradian (2)
- Mesozoic
  - Cretaceous
    - Comanchean
      - Buda Limestone (1)
    - Lower Cretaceous
      - Albian
        
        upper Albian (1)
      - Aptian (1)
      - Barremian (1)
      - Berriasian (1)
      - Cupido Formation (1)
      - Hauterivian (1)
      - Valanginian (1)
    - Lower Greensand (2)
    - Upper Cretaceous
      - Buda Limestone (1)
      - Cenomanian
        
        lower Cenomanian (1)
      - Fox Hills Formation (1)
      - Gulfian
        
        Eagle Ford Formation (3)
      - Holz Shale (1)
      - Horseshoe Canyon Formation (1)
      - Ladd Formation (1)
      - Maestrichtian (1)
      - Niobrara Formation (2)
      - Pierre Shale (2)
      - Rosario Formation (1)
      - Senonian (1)
      - Smoky Hill Chalk Member (1)
      - Turonian
        
        upper Turonian (1)
      - Williams Fork Formation (1)
  - Jurassic
    - Bazhenov Formation (1)
    - Lower Jurassic
      - lower Liassic (1)
    - Middle Jurassic
      - Bajocian
        
        Brent Group (1)
    - Oxford Clay (2)
    - Upper Jurassic
      - Kimmeridge Clay (1)
      - Kimmeridgian (1)
      - Oxfordian (3)
      - Portlandian (1)
      - Tithonian (1)
  - Triassic
    - Lower Triassic
      - Griesbachian (1)
      - Permian-Triassic boundary (7)
    - Middle Triassic (3)
    - Montney Formation (1)
    - Upper Triassic (2)
  - upper Mesozoic
    - Yixian Formation (2)
  - Yanshanian (1)
- Moldanubian (3)
- Paleozoic
  - Cambrian
    - Acadian (1)
    - Lower Cambrian (6)
    - Middle Cambrian
      - Burgess Shale (2)
      - Metaline Limestone (1)
    - Mount Read Volcanics (2)
    - Upper Cambrian (1)
  - Carboniferous
    - Lower Carboniferous
      - Dinantian (1)
    - Mississippian
      - Lower Mississippian
        
        Tournaisian
        
        upper Tournaisian (1)
      - Middle Mississippian
        
        Visean
        
        upper Visean (1)
      - Upper Mississippian
        
        Serpukhovian (1)
    - Namurian (2)
    - Pennsylvanian
      - Freeport Formation (2)
      - Joggins Formation (1)
      - Kittanning Formation (1)
      - Lower Pennsylvanian
        
        New River Formation (1)
        
        Pocahontas Formation (1)
      - Middle Pennsylvanian
        
        Allegheny Group (2)
        
        Kanawha Formation (1)
      - Monongahela Group (1)
      - Pittsburgh Coal (1)
      - Upper Pennsylvanian
        
        Gzhelian (1)
    - Upper Carboniferous
      - Westphalian (2)
  - Chattanooga Shale (1)
  - Devonian
    - Genesee Group (1)
    - Lower Devonian
      - Dittonian (1)
      - Lochkovian (1)
    - Middle Devonian
      - Givetian (3)
      - Hamilton Group (1)
      - Marcellus Shale (2)
    - Old Red Sandstone (1)
    - Popovich Formation (1)
    - Slave Point Formation (1)
    - Upper Devonian
      - Famennian
        
        upper Famennian (1)
      - Frasnian (5)
      - Palliser Formation (1)
    - Waterways Formation (1)
  - Earn Group (1)
  - Exshaw Formation (1)
  - lower Paleozoic (7)
  - New Albany Shale (2)
  - Ordovician
    - Lower Ordovician
      - Beekmantown Group (1)
      - Saint George Group (1)
    - Meguma Group (1)
    - Middle Ordovician
      - Llanvirnian (1)
      - Platteville Formation (1)
      - Winnipeg Formation (2)
    - Trenton Group (1)
    - Upper Ordovician
      - Ashgillian (1)
      - Caradocian
        
        Borrowdale Volcanic Group (1)
      - Hirnantian (1)
      - Lorraine Group (1)
      - Trentonian (1)
      - Wufeng Formation (3)
    - Utica Shale (1)
  - Permian
    - Castile Formation (1)
    - Guadalupian
      - Capitanian (1)
    - Longtan Formation (1)
    - Lower Permian
      - Wolfcampian (2)
    - Lyons Sandstone (1)
    - Maokou Formation (1)
    - Upper Permian
      - Lopingian (1)
      - Permian-Triassic boundary (7)
      - Zechstein (1)
  - Silurian
    - Lower Silurian
      - Wenlock (1)
    - Middle Silurian
      - Roberts Mountains Formation (2)
    - Niagaran (1)
    - Sangerville Formation (1)
    - Upper Silurian
      - Ludlow (2)
    - Waterville Formation (1)
  - upper Paleozoic (3)
- Phanerozoic (5)
- Precambrian
  - Archean
    - Blake River Group (1)
    - Mesoarchean (1)
    - Neoarchean (10)
    - Paleoarchean (2)
    - Swaziland Supergroup (1)
    - Timiskaming Group (1)
    - Yellowknife Group (1)
  - Central Rand Group (5)
  - Fortescue Group (2)
  - Pongola Supergroup (1)
  - Transvaal Supergroup (3)
  - upper Precambrian
    - Proterozoic
      - Bambui Group (1)
      - Banxi Group (1)
      - Great Oxidation Event (7)
      - Huronian
        
        Onaping Formation (1)
      - Malmani Subgroup (1)
      - McNamara Group (1)
      - Mesoproterozoic
        
        Belt Supergroup (2)
        
        Gawler Range Volcanics (1)
        
        Newland Limestone (2)
      - Negaunee Iron Formation (1)
      - Neoproterozoic
        
        Cryogenian (2)
        
        Dengying Formation (3)
        
        Doushantuo Formation (1)
        
        Ediacaran (14)
        
        Marinoan (2)
        
        Riphean
        
        upper Riphean (1)
        
        Sturtian (2)
        
        Vendian (3)
      - Paleoproterozoic
        
        Birimian (3)
        
        Urquhart Shale (2)
      - Roan Supergroup (1)
      - Sinian
        
        Dengying Formation (3)
        
        Doushantuo Formation (1)
  - Ventersdorp Supergroup (1)
  - Witwatersrand Supergroup (4)
igneous rocks
- igneous rocks
  - carbonatites (4)
  - plutonic rocks
    - anorthosite (1)
    - diabase (3)
    - diorites
      - diorite porphyry (1)
      - plagiogranite (1)
      - quartz diorites (1)
      - tonalite (1)
    - gabbros
      - norite (2)
      - troctolite (1)
    - granites
      - alkali granites (1)
      - granite porphyry (3)
      - I-type granites (1)
      - leucogranite (2)
      - monzogranite (2)
      - two-mica granite (1)
    - granodiorites
      - granodiorite porphyry (1)
    - ijolite (1)
    - lamprophyres
      - spessartite (1)
    - monzodiorite (1)
    - monzonites (4)
    - pegmatite (6)
    - quartz monzonite (3)
    - syenites
      - albitite (2)
      - nepheline syenite (1)
    - ultramafics
      - chromitite (4)
      - hornblendite (1)