Event environment vocabulary guide
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EARTH INTERIOR SETTING
| contact metamorphic origin | ||
| crust | continental crust | collisional setting |
| foreland setting | ||
| hinterland setting | ||
| lower continental crust | ||
| middle continental crust setting | ||
| upper continental crustal setting | ||
| oceanic crust | lower oceanic crustal setting | |
| upper oceanic crustal setting | ||
| transitional crust | ||
| high pressure low temperature earth interior setting | ||
| hypabyssal setting | ||
| low pressure high temperature setting | ||
| mantle | lower mantle | |
| upper mantle | ||
| regional metamorphic origin | ||
| ultra high pressure crustal setting |
EARTH SURFACE SETTINGS
| anoxic setting | |||
| gibber plain | |||
| marginal marine sabkha setting | |||
| playa setting | |||
| sand plain | |||
| cave | |||
| glacier related setting | englacial setting | ||
| glacial outwash plain setting | |||
| glacier lateral setting | |||
| proglacial setting | glacier terminus setting | ||
| subglacial setting | |||
| supraglacial setting | |||
| hillslope setting | |||
| humid temperate climatic setting | |||
| humid tropical climatic setting | |||
| polar climatic setting | glacier related setting | englacial setting | |
| glacial outwash plain setting | |||
| glacier lateral setting | |||
| proglacial setting | glacier terminus setting | ||
| subglacial setting | |||
| supraglacial setting | |||
| shoreline settings | barrier island coastline setting | barrier beach | |
| barrier lagoon | |||
| beach | barrier beach | ||
| carbonate dominated shoreline setting | |||
| coastal plain setting | |||
| deltaic system setting | delta front | ||
| delta plain | lower delta plain | ||
| upper delta plain | |||
| distributary channel | |||
| distributary mouth | |||
| estuarine delta | |||
| interdistributary bay | |||
| lacustrine delta | |||
| prodelta | |||
| estuary setting | estuarine lagoon | ||
| lagoonal setting | barrier lagoon | ||
| estuarine lagoon | |||
| low energy shoreline setting | algal flat setting | ||
| marginal marine sabkha setting | |||
| mud flat setting | |||
| rocky coast setting | |||
| strandplain setting | |||
| supratidal | |||
| tidal setting | intertidal | ||
| lower delta plain | |||
| tidal channel | |||
| tidal flat setting | tidal marsh | ||
| subaerial setting | aeolian process setting | dunefield | coastal dune field |
| sand plain | |||
| coastal plain setting | |||
| gibber plain | |||
| piedmont slope system setting | alluvial fan | ||
| alluvial plain | |||
| pediment setting | |||
| playa setting | |||
| river plain system setting | abandoned channel | ||
| cutoff meander | |||
| floodplain | |||
| river channel | braided channel | ||
| meandering channel | |||
| strandplain setting | |||
| supratidal | |||
| subaqueous setting | interdistributary bay | ||
| intertidal | |||
| marine setting | above carbonate compensation depth setting | ||
| abyssal | |||
| basin plain setting | |||
| bathyal | lower bathyal | ||
| middle bathyal | |||
| upper bathyal | |||
| below carbonate compensation depth setting | |||
| biological reef setting | backreef | ||
| forereef | |||
| reef flat | |||
| continental borderland setting | |||
| continental rift setting | |||
| continental shelf setting | |||
| deep sea trench | |||
| epicontinental marine setting | |||
| hadal | |||
| marine carbonate platform setting | |||
| neritic | inner neritic | ||
| middle neritic | |||
| outer neritic | |||
| ocean highland setting | mid ocean ridge setting | ||
| oceanic plateau setting | |||
| seamount setting | |||
| slope rise setting | |||
| submarine fan setting | |||
| prodelta | |||
| tidal channel | |||
| terrestrial setting | aeolian process setting | dunefield | coastal dune field |
| sand plain | |||
| bog | basin bog | ||
| blanket bog | |||
| gibber plain | |||
| glacial outwash plain setting | |||
| lacustrine setting | lacustrine delta | ||
| piedmont slope system setting | alluvial fan | ||
| alluvial plain | |||
| pediment setting | |||
| playa setting | |||
| river plain system setting | abandoned channel | ||
| cutoff meander | |||
| floodplain | |||
| river channel | braided channel | ||
| meandering channel | |||
| upper delta plain | |||
| wetland setting | bog | basin bog | |
| blanket bog | |||
| swamp or marsh setting | tidal marsh |
TECTONIC SETTINGS
| back arc setting | ||
| collisional setting | ||
| crust | continental crust | collisional setting |
| foreland setting | ||
| hinterland setting | ||
| lower continental crust | ||
| middle continental crust setting | ||
| upper continental crustal setting | ||
| oceanic crust | lower oceanic crustal setting | |
| upper oceanic crustal setting | ||
| transitional crust | ||
| extended terrane | continental rift setting | |
| foreland setting | ||
| hinterland setting | ||
| hot spot setting | ||
| intraplate tectonic setting | inactive spreading center | |
| seamount setting | ||
| mantle | lower mantle | |
| upper mantle | ||
| passive continental margin setting | ||
| plate margin setting | active continental margin setting | |
| active spreading center | fast spreading center setting | |
| medium spreading center setting | ||
| slow spreading center setting | ||
| forearc setting | ||
| subduction zone setting | ||
| transform plate boundary setting | ||
| volcanic arc setting | ||
| plate spreading center | active spreading center | fast spreading center setting |
| medium spreading center setting | ||
| slow spreading center setting | ||
| inactive spreading center |