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This provides geologic keyword-based access to information within InfoBank.
F:
facility
FACS
fan
farming
fathometer
fault
fault creep
fault gouge
fault plane
fault scarp
fault segment
fault slip
fault structure
fault trace
fault zone
fault-plane solution
fauna
faunal succession
feature
federal science policy
feldspar
felsic
ferromagnesium mineral
fertile soil
FFID
FGDC
Field Activity
field activity
Field Activity Collection System
Field Activity Overview
field notes
field survey
Fiji
fill
fine grained sediment
fine-grained
fiquifaction
firn
first motion
fish
Fiske
fissure
flamingo
flashflooding
flatland
flood
flood control channel
floodplain
floppy disk
flora
Florida Keys
flow
flow pattern
flow resistance
flow velocity
flow-rate
fluctuating current
fluid
focal depth
focal-mechanism solution
focus
fold
fold geometry
fold hinge
foliated metamorphic rock
foliation
food chain
foraminifera
forearc
foreshock
foreshocks
foreshore
forest
forester
formal metadata
format
formation
formation of the Sun
fossil
fossil dune
fossil fuel
fossil group
fracture
France
Fred Teeters
Frederick Vine
free air gravity
freeze
frequency
fresh water
friction
frictional drag
frictional heat
fuel
fumerole
funding credit
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