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Lexicon

The homepage of Macrostrat's geological lexicons, assembled from many sources including Canada's WebLex and the USGS's Geolex. They are continually updated in partnership with researchers and data providers.

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Dictionaries

Geologic names

Names of rock units, organized hierarchically, and the concepts that relate differently-named units to each other.

Lithologies

Names and hierarchies for geological materials.

Intervals

Named spans of geologic time.

Timescales

Groups of intervals used together to span time.

Lithology attributes

Names and descriptions of lithology attributes.

Environments

Depositional environments and formation mechanisms.

Economics

Economic uses of geologic materials.

Minerals

Mineral names and formulas.

Structures

Names and descriptions of geologic structures.

Sift, Macrostrat's legacy lexicon app, is still available while it is gradually brought into this framework.

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