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This provides geologic keyword-based access to information within InfoBank.
L:
laboratory analysis
laccolith
lagoon
lake
lake level
Lake Mead
lake water
lakebed
land
land bridge
land tie
landfill
landform
landmass
landscape
landscape evolution
landslide
landslide risk
Larderello
laser
Lassen
Late Quaternary
lateral flow
lateral moraine
lateral spread
latitude
Laurentian Upland
lava
lava flow
lava lake
lava tube
lave cave
layered crystal structure
layering
leachate
leaching
lead-207
Leaning Tower of Pisa
least-squares
least-squares fit
left lateral
left-lateral
leg
legend
levee
library catalog
life
life history
lifelines
limestone
limestone cave
limonite
linear structure
liquefaction
lithification
lithology
lithosphere
livestock
loadstone
loamy topsoil
location
loch
locked fault
loess
log forms
Loma Prieta
Loma Prieta Earthquake
long-shore current
longitude
longshore drift
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Basin
Los Gatos
Louis Agassi
Louisiana
Love wave
low frequency electromagnetic wave
lower elevation
lowland
luster
Lynn Sykes
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