The planet Vulcan (T'Khasi) is very dynamic and geologically diverse, especially in features related to vulcanism, deserts and wind erosion. Because it is an arid planet, some terms relating to water, certain types of erosion, features caused by conditions that no longer exist on the homeworld, etc., were created by geologists and/or historians to describe ancient or prehistoric features. Later exposure to watery Class M planets also caused great expansion of this terminology.
Examples of TGV/MGV vocabulary in these fields:
A-horizon -- fik-solek
Aa -- nas-zul
Ablation -- falkrashaya
Abnormal -- ritsuri|-|
Abrasion -- grashaya
Abrasive -- grashau-, grashauk (adj.); grashayek (n.)
Absorbent (adj.) -- viseshau-, viseshauk
Absorption -- viseshaya
Accretion -- fito'ovaya
Actinium -- r'dahn-tukh
Active fault -- torupik dvun-zehl
Active volcano -- torupik zul-kunel
Adit -- ek'tukh-razh
Aeolian deposit -- salan-titaya
Afforestation -- laptra-storaya
Aftershock -- pos-hutaya
Aggregate -- karf-kov (n.); karf-tor (v.)
Aggregation -- karfan
Alabaster -- tanaf-kov; halihalu
Alkali -- sovash
Alkali granite -- sovash-zasuhl
Alkaline earth metal -- sovash-solek-mokev
Allochthonous -- kitok-wilat-shidoralik
Alluvial -- nu-tin-, nu-tinik
Alluvial deposit -- nu-tin-titaya
Alluvial fan -- nu-tin-sovek
Alluvial placer -- ek'tukh-titaya t'nu-tin
Alluvial plain -- nu-tin-eiktra
Alluvium -- nu-tin |s'masu-titaya|
Altimeter -- pidek-thonek
Altitude -- pidek
Alumina -- eshu t'wan-tukh
Aluminum, Aluminium -- wan-tukh
Amazonite -- ahmuh'zan-tukh
Amber -- puhku
Amethyst -- gahv
Ammonium nitrate -- sov-reh-eshu t'skrahk-tukh
Ammonium sulfate -- vlau-keh-eshu t'skrahk-tukh
Andesite -- kraan-zul-tukh
Angle of repose -- ek'an-tuh-vulu
Anglesite -- vlau-keh-eshu t'ras-tukh
Angular unconformity -- vukharatik ri-sep-rubilau'es
Anomaly -- flekh'es
Anthodite -- svai-khush
Anthracite -- lerash-kastik-kov
Anticline -- abru-vul
Antimony -- kra-tukh
Apatite -- riyeht-kov, riyeht-tukh
Aquifer -- masu-kovtra
Aragonite -- lerash-gav-tukh
Archipelago -- vikuvtra-travek
Arenaceous -- mazhiv-lef'es-kahk
Arête -- nas-rihk-tauf
Argentite -- vlau'u t'dah-haul-tukh
Argillaceous -- pid-krizhivik
Argon -- im-tukh
Arkose -- tashuhl-mazhiv-kov
Arroyo -- pi'spathel
Arsenic -- gis-tukh
Artesian well -- sol-vihishik masu-razh
Asbestos -- slah-kov, slah-tukh
Aseismic ridge -- ri-solektra-hutauk tauf
Ash flow -- sposhan-vitush-yumaya
Asphalt -- solektra-ulm
Astatine -- dvor-tukh
Astrobleme -- skrash-kwul-razh
Atoll -- mokuv-rif |s'ne'halan-zul-vikuvtra|
Autochthonous -- nash-wilat-shidoralik
Avalanche (rock only) -- kov-skish
Avalanche (snow with or without rock) -- izh-skish
Avulsion -- sa-tres
Azurite -- plakorak
B-horizon -- dahr-solek
Backshore -- pid-shahov
Backswamp -- ne-flash
Backwash -- sayumaya
Backwash ripple -- sayumau-alakolan
Backwater -- pla-masu
Banded iron formation -- zhelal-shek-tukhik shidoraya
Barchan -- dah-stonn-sef
Barite -- vlau-keh-eshu t'zon-tukh
Barium -- zon-tukh
Barrier -- foshek
Barrier island -- foshek-vikuvtra
Barrier spit -- foshek-solharr
Basalt -- ushek
Basin -- eik-yerak
Basin and range province -- torektra t'eik-yerak-kunelaat
Basin and range topography -- ek'satin t'eik-yerak-kunelaat
Batholith -- neik-zul-kov
Bauxite -- wan|-tukh|-van
Bay (n.) -- tchol
Baymouth bar -- tchol-sharu-grumazhvek
Beach (n.) -- shahov
Beach crest -- shahov-pid-ulidar
Beach cusp -- dah-stonn-pi'sef |t'shahov|
Beach erosion -- shahov-skrashaya
Beach face -- torupik shahov
Beach placer -- ek'tukh-titaya t'shahov
Beach profile -- shahov-fna-krus
Bed (n.) -- |sol|lan-tol
Bedding -- sollan-tolak
Bedrock -- nen-kov
Bench -- pi'nef
Benzene -- kukev|-tukh|
Berm -- solk
Beryl -- dzhan|-khush|
Beryllium -- dzhan-tukh
Bioclastic rock -- ha-zarahk-kov
Biostratigraphy -- ha-tin-tal
Bioturbation -- ha-ne'ti-ertaya
Bismuth -- grok-tukh
Bitumen -- vesuhl
Bituminous coal -- vesuhl-kastik-kov
Block fault -- vihpan-dvun-zehl
Bluff (n.) -- bravul
Bolson -- pseth-eik-yerakik rilik suk'muzh
Borax -- shifeku
Boron -- rak-tukh
Boulder -- suk'kov
Brackish -- krus-alem-masupik
Breccia -- zarahk-teret-kov
Bromine -- fnek-tukh
Butte -- kunel (non-volcanic); zul-kunel (volcanic)
By-product -- po-torvauk
C-horizon -- nuk-solek
Cadmium -- stal-tukh
Calaverite -- dah-vnelu t'kin-tukh
Calcareous -- gav-, gavik
Calcite -- gav-khush-tukh
Calcium -- hinek-tukh
Calcium chloride -- lafu t'hinek-tukh
Caldera -- nush-zul-razh
Canyon -- spathel
Carbon -- nol-tukh
Carbon dioxide -- dah-eshu t'nol-tukh
Carbonate -- reh-eshu t'nol-tukh
Carbonic acid -- sash t'masu-reh-eshu
Cassiterite -- zhai|-tukh|-van, dah-eshu t'zhai-tukh
Cataclastic rock -- dvun-grazhivalik zarahk-teret-kov
Cation -- a'rak-falun-krus
Cave -- tauk
Cave pearl -- tauk-pi'dukal
Cavern -- suk'tauk
Central vent -- svitan-krau
Cerium -- pran-tukh
Cerussite -- sovnol-reh-eshu t'ras-tukh
Cesium -- zhaimasu-tukh
Chalcedony -- zhai-pla-kohv
Chalcocite -- vlau'u t'dah-khaf-tukh
Chalk -- gav
Change -- rubah (n.), rubai (v.)
Channel (n.) -- mashyut
Characteristic (n.) -- noshtra
Chemical analysis -- meil-nisaya
Chemical sediment -- meil-ne'ti-tukh
Chemical weathering -- meil-igen-vashan
Chert -- kohv-mazhiv-kov
Chlorine -- laf-tukh
Chromite -- slau|-tukh|-van
Chromium -- slau-tukh
Chrysocolla -- vlakafu
Cinder cone -- vitush-kunel
Cinnabar -- masumok|-tukh|-van, vlau'u t'masumok-tukh
Cirque -- ku-li-razh
Citrine (quartz) -- kinuku
Clastic rock -- ifisal-ne'ti-kov
Clay -- krizhiv
Cliff -- menal
Coal -- kastik-kov
Cobalt -- pla-tukh
Cobaltite -- pla'utek
Column -- tsek
Composite cone -- tertin-ikun
Cone -- ikun
Confluence -- teret-yumaya
Conformity -- sep-rubilau'es
Conglomerate -- teret-kov
Consanguinity -- teret-zulan'es
Consolidated material -- lerashal-tukh
Consolidation -- lerashan
Contact metamorphism -- mestaya-ek'rubah'es
Continent -- ek'kovtra
Continental crust -- ek'kovtraik solpuhnk
Continental drift -- ek'kovtra-dvun
Continental margin -- ek'kovtra-rihkal
Continental plate -- ek'kovtra-math
Continental rise -- ek'kovtra-shen
Continental shelf -- sagefik ek'kovtra-sadvun-nef
Continental slope -- gosh-nefik ek'kovtra-sadvun-vul
Convection -- da-kuv-falekan
Conversion -- rushan
Cooling (n.) -- samuyaya
Copal -- ulef-pukhu
Copper -- khaf-tukh
Copper ore -- yar-tukh, eshu t'dah-khaf-tukh
Copper sulfate -- vlau-keh-eshu t'khaf-tukh
Core sample -- tviyan-li-fal
Corrie -- ku-li-razh
Corrosion -- meilokulan
Corundum -- yon-khush, ruh'vok
Cove -- pi'tchol
Covellite -- vlau'u t'khaf-tukh
Crack (n.) -- treshaya
Crater, Impact -- kwul-razh
Crater, Volcanic -- zul-razh
Craton -- os-tihet-solpuhnk
Crest -- dan-pid-sfek
Crevasse -- glu-treshaya
Crevice -- treshaya
Cross-bedding -- tuhs-sollan-tolaya
Crust -- solpuhnk
Crystal -- khush
Crystalline -- khushik
Crystallization -- khushaya
Cuprite -- eshu t'dah-khaf-tukh
Dacite -- dumar-tukh
Dam -- kabloh (n.); kablohau (v.)
Datum plane -- faik-pa'ashtra
Daughter element -- po-torvauk-meilak
Debris -- guhsh|-tukh|
Debris avalanche -- guhsh-skish
Debris flow -- guhsh-yumaya
Deep (adj.) -- glu|-|
Deform -- sashidau
Deformation -- sashidaya
Delta -- selk
Delta kame -- titaya-kunel s'dvun-le-sumatra
Deltaic deposit -- selk-titaya
Dendrite -- kov-gel
Dendritic drainage -- gel-smashaya
Dense (adj.) -- ihn-, ihnik
Densitometer -- ihn-thonek
Density -- ihn'es
Density current -- gendal|-masutra|-pilash
Depletion -- neis
Deposit -- titaya (n.), titau (v.)
Deposition -- nutitaya
Deposition remnant magnetization -- nutitaya-fifer-seshantaya
Depth -- gluder
Desert -- eshikh
Desert pavement -- eshikh-ri'elyut
Desertification -- eshikh-storaya
Destruction -- vashaya
Detritus -- thal-tukh
Diagenesis -- ne'ti-tukh-rubitaya
Diamond (mineral, gem) -- lerash-khush
Diatom ooze -- stan t'tev-masutra-mazhuyik numo-ha-vellar
Diatomite, Diatomaceous earth -- kitek t'masutra-mazhuyik numo-ha-vel
Diatreme -- zul-krau boshal k'zarahk-teret-kov
Differentiated (adj.) -- natilal-, natilalik
Differentiated planet -- natilal-ek'tra
Differentiation -- natilaya
Dike (lava) -- zul-mev
Diorite -- uhrzhu-tukh
Dirt -- kitek
Disaster -- koshvar
Displace -- sa'dvun-tor
Displacement -- |solektra-|sa'dvun
Distort (v.) -- sazna
Distortion -- saznek
Dolomite -- desh-tukh
Dome (n.) -- ub
Dormant volcano -- yukupik zul-kunel
Drainage -- smashaya
Drainage basin -- smashau-eik-yerak
Drill core -- spital-tviyan
Drumlin -- wuval-ne'ti-kunlak |t'dvun-le-sumatra|
Dry wash -- rilik pilash-lan-tol |svi'pi'spathel il spathel|
Dune -- sef
Dune complex -- sef-travek
Dysprosium -- khreit-tukh
Earth (ground) -- solektra
Earth sciences -- ek'tra-ek'tallar
Earthflow -- solek-skish
Earthquake -- solektra-hutaya
Earthquake intensity -- solektra-hutau-flan'es
Earthquake magnitude -- solektra-hutau-pul'es
Eclogite -- nuhrguh-tukh
Effluent -- s'yumuk
Eject (v.) -- sadakh
Ejecta -- sadakh-tukh
Ejection -- sadakhat
Elastic (adj.) -- plu'vulat-, plu'vulatik
Elastic limit -- plu'vulat-grei
Elastic rebound theory -- plu'vulat-rukhaul-wihka
Elasticity -- plu'vulat'es
Element (chem.) -- meilak
Elevation -- pidek
Emerald -- yar-khush
Emission -- saya
Emit -- sau
Environment -- ek'sitra
Eolian -- salan-, salanik
Eon -- eik-wak
Epicenter -- skonn-thakau-sfek t'solektra-hutaya
Epoch -- nauf
Equator -- dahs-da-kuv
Equilibrium -- vo'ektilahr
Era -- nuhs
Erbium -- bal-tukh
Erosion -- skrashaya
Erratic (n.) -- hafau-kov s'dvun-le-sumatra
Erupt -- sposh-tor
Eruption (volcanic) -- zul-sposhan
Escarpment -- mavuluh-menal
Estuary -- masutra-riflash
Europium -- shanai-tukh
Evaporite -- na-sovau-kov
Exfoliation -- thalv-sakovaya
Expand -- sa'ovau
Expansion -- sa'ovaya
Expel -- sahaisau
Expulsion -- sahaisaya
Extrude -- hishidorau
Extrusion -- hishidoraya
Extrusive rock -- hishid-kov
Fault -- dvun-zehl
Feature -- salim
Feldspar -- tashuhl
Felsic -- tashuh-, tashuhk
Ferric oxide -- reh-eshu t'dah-shek-tukh
Filtration -- kapol-toraya
Flint -- kil-tukh
Flow -- yumaya (n.), yumau (v.)
Flowmeter -- yumau-thonek
Flowstone -- flumar
Fluorescence -- sau-ha'tanaya
Fluorine -- hosh-tukh
Focus -- wuhr-shau-sfek t'solektra-hutaya
Formation -- shidat
Fossil -- vesht-ha-kov (TGV), kovalik vesht-ha-vel (MGV)
Fossil cast -- vishizhaya t'vesht-ha-vel
Fossil fuel -- hal-tukh s'vesht-ha-vellar
Fossil impression -- fihishan t'vesht-ha-vel
Fossil mold -- kushizh-vel t'vesht-ha-vel
Fossil record -- vipladunap t'kovalik vesht-ha-vellar
Fossiliferous -- don-ka k'kovalik vesht-ha-vellar
Fossilization -- ha-kovaya
Fossilize -- ha-kovau
Fragmentation -- karfaya
Francium -- uzh-tukh
Free oscillation -- el-nawaflaya
Freshwater -- slor-masu
Friction -- tetalaya
Friction breccia -- satetalauk zarahk-teret-kov
Fringing reef -- rihkan-rif
Fumarole -- fal-pa-razh
Gabbro -- ailin-tukh
Gadolinium -- tuvar-tukh
Galena -- ras-kov
Gallium -- bral-tukh
Gap (n.) -- haf
Garnet -- kaht
Gas (oxygen, etc.) -- pa-tukh
Gastrolith -- skaun-sa'haf-kov
Geiger counter -- Gaiguhr-saya-tumek
Gem -- ek'zer
Gemstone -- ek'zer-kov
Geochemist -- solektra-meil-talsu
Geochemistry -- solektra-meil-tal
Geochronology -- solektra-kinuf-tal
Geohydrologist -- nu'rak-masu-talsu
Geohydrology -- nu'rak-masu-tal
Geologic(al) map -- solektra-besan
Geologist -- solektra-talsu
Geology (study) -- solektra-tal
Geomagnetism -- solektra-seshan
Geomorphic cycle -- da-nel t'solektra-shid
Geomorphology -- solektra-shid-tal
Geophysics -- solektra-tor-tal
Geosuture -- kovtra-ragel-shal
Geosyncline -- suk'puhnk-nu-spis
Germanium -- tovek-tukh
Geyser -- |fal-|masu-pohshuk
Glacial rebound -- rukhaul s'rasath t'dvun-le-sumatra
Glacial striation -- dvun-le-sumatraik zehl-ulidar
Glacial valley -- ku-li s'dvun-le-sumatra
Glaciation -- ek'le-suma-wein
Glacier -- dvun-le-sumatra
Glacier surge -- dvun-le-sumatraik tral
Glaciologist -- le-suma-talsu
Glaciology -- le-suma-tal
Glass -- makh
Glassiness -- makh-tuhlau'es
Gneiss -- thrakh
Gold -- kin-tukh
Graben -- dvun-zehl-treshaya
Graded bedding -- tihfelal-sollan-tolak
Gradient -- vulak
Granite -- zasuhl
Granitization -- zasuhlaya
Granodiorite -- zasuhl-uhrzhu-tukh
Granulite -- sorakat-tukh
Graphite -- lerash-nol-tukh
Gravel -- krus-kov
Gravimeter -- nu-seshan-thonek
Gravity -- nu-seshan
Gravity anomaly -- nu-seshan-flekh'es
Gravity survey -- nu-seshan-skothon
Graywacke -- lutak-mazhiv-kov
Greenhouse effect -- kastik-kel-daya
Greenschist -- yar-kur-dagistuh
Grid -- vis
Ground moraine -- pa'ash-guhsh-solek s'dvun-le-suma
Groundwater -- ne'rak-masu
Gully -- pseth-masu-lanet
Guyot -- masutra-pa'ash-kunel
Gypsum -- aukh
Gyre -- danka-kharat-skonnik masutra-pilash-torektra
Hafnium -- dzhanya'an-tukh
Half-life -- ulef-ha'kiv
Halite -- alem-kov
Hammada -- salan-fleit-skonn
Hanging valley -- geldaun-ku-li
Hard (adj., not soft) -- lerash|-|
Hard water -- nolu-masu
Hardness -- lerash'es
Harmonic tremor -- kril-pi'hutaya
Heat conduction -- falek-span
Heat engine -- falek-mishu
Heat transfer -- falek-shan
Helictite -- kulan-shidat
Helium -- tahal-tukh
Hematite -- yon-shek-van
Hiatus -- tin-svi'shaya
High plain -- pid-eiktra
High-water mark -- ulidar t'pid-masu
Highland(s) -- pid-shal
Hill -- kunel
Hogback -- hag-pla'dor |ka-vla-tauf s'skrashaya|
Holmium -- te'rikh-tukh
Horizontal fault -- yutik dvun-zehl
Hornfels -- rahtek-tashuh
Horst -- dvun-zehl-shen
Hot spring -- fal-sayumak
Humus -- ha-solek
Hydraulic action -- dvun-masu-torai
Hydraulic conductivity -- dvun-masu-spa'es
Hydrocarbon -- nol-masu-tukh
Hydroclastic rock -- masu-torai-kov
Hydrodynamics (study) -- masu-dvun-tal
Hydrogen -- masu-tukh
Hydrolith -- samasu-kov
Hydrologic(al) cycle -- masu-da-nel
Hydrothermal activity -- fal-masu-toran
Hydrothermal deposit -- fal-masu-titaya
Hydrothermal vein -- kov-mev s'fal-masu-toran
Hydrothermal vent -- fal-masu-krau
Hypocenter -- glu-yeht-sfek t'solektra-hutaya
Hypsometric diagram -- besan t'skonn-natya-pidek
Ice age -- le-suma-pal
Ichnologist -- pi'lek-ha'kiv-talsu
Ichnology -- pi'lek-ha'kiv-tal
Igneous rock -- zul-kov
Ignimbrite -- klimtal-vitush-kov
Ilmenite -- reh-eshu t'shek-vau-tukh; vau|-tukh|-van
Impression (n., mark left, etc.) -- fihishan
In situ -- svi'rak
Inclination -- vulat
Index of refraction -- ha'zehl-vulaya-nakh
Indium -- nuhsh-tukh
Infiltration -- vikapolan
Influent -- vi'yumuk
Inland sea -- tvi-solektra-masutra
Inselberg -- sa'awek-koval
Interaction -- svatorai
Interbedded (adj.) -- tvi-sollan-tolalik
Interfacial angle -- tvi-limuk-vulu
Interior drainage -- tvi-smashaya
Intermittent stream -- rilik pilash
Intermontane basin -- tvi-kunel-zehlik eik-yerak
Intrusion -- vi-kwitaya
Intrusive rock -- vi-kwital-kov
Iodine -- nesh-tukh
Ion -- falun-krus
Ionic bond -- falun-krus-tel
Iridium -- ahl-tukh
Iron -- shek-tukh
Isograd -- ka-ek'rubah-zehl
Isotope -- galu-dahsu
Isotope geology -- galu-dahsuyik solektra-tal
Isotopic dating -- galu-dahsu-kinufan
Isotropic substance -- ka-ek'manoshan-tukh
Island -- vikuvtra
Isthmus -- solektra-naf
Jade -- yar-kov
Joint (n.) -- lesek
Jungle -- nu'ri-masu-laptra
Juvenile gas -- saglu-pa-tukh
Kaolin -- krizhiv-tukh
Karst plain -- bogosh-eiktra
Kerogen -- halmin-rish
Kettle -- razh s'dvun-le-sumatra
Kettle lake -- razh-suk'muzh s'dvun-le-sumatra
Kimberlite -- glumerahk-tukh
Knoll -- pi'kunel
Krypton -- l'langon-tukh
Laccolith -- patam-zul-koval
Lagoon -- masutra-muzh
Lahar -- fal-vrel-yumaya
Lake -- suk'muzh
Landslide (rock and soil) -- solek-skish
Landslide (rock only) -- kov-skish
Lanthanum -- vrodak-tukh
Lapilli -- sov-zul-karf
Lateral moraine -- vla-kov-guhsh s'dvun-le-suma
Lava -- zul
Lava bomb -- zul-pohshulek
Lava flow -- zul-yumaya
Lava lake -- zul-muzh
Lava tube -- zul-ur
Layer (n.) -- tin
Lead (n.) -- ras-tukh
Left-lateral fault -- los'rak-vlaik dvun-zehl
Limestone -- vom-tukh
Limnologist -- slor-masu-talsu
Limnology -- slor-masu-tal
Limonite -- shekeku
Limy (n.) -- vomel-, vomelik
Lithification -- kovtaya
Lithium -- pim-tukh
Lithologist -- kov-talsu
Lithology -- kov-tal
Lithosphere -- kov-ek'shal
Lithostratigrapher -- kov-tin-talsu
Lithostratigraphy -- kov-tin-tal
Littoral -- mashen-shahov-shal
Loam -- makrizhiv
Loess, Löss -- salan-sal-titaya
Loose (adj.) -- thal|-|
Lopolith -- yerak-zul-koval
Low-water mark -- ulidar t'nuk-masu
Lowland(s) -- nuk-shal|tra|
Lutetium -- kern-tukh
Maar volcano -- ri'ikun-zul-razhik zul-kunel
Macrofossil -- gla-kovalik vesht-ha-vel
Mafic -- shek-wal-, shek-walik
Mafic rock -- shek-wal-kov
Magma -- tvi-zul
Magma chamber -- zul-tvi-shal
Magnesite -- sovnol-reh-eshu t'wal-tukh
Magnesium -- wal-tukh
Magnesium oxide -- eshu t'wal-tukh
Magnesium sulfate -- vlau-keh-eshu t'wal-tukh
Magnetic anomaly -- seshupik flekh'es
Magnetic field -- seshan-vunai
Magnetite -- nesh-shek-van
Magnetization -- seshantaya
Magnetometer -- seshan-thonek
Malachite -- yarkorak
Manganese -- shel-tukh
Mantle -- tvi-kovtra
Map (n.) -- besan
Mapping (n.) -- besaya
Marble (stone) -- marbuhl
Marcasite -- dah-vlau'u t'shek-tukh
Margin (n.) -- rihkal
Marine terrace -- masutra-nef
Marl -- vom-krizhiv
Melange -- suk'kov-rishtra
Mercury -- masumok-tukh
Mesa -- pa'ash-fiktra
Metal -- mokev
Metamorphic rock -- |ek'|rubah-kov
Metamorphism -- ek'rubah'es
Metamorphosis -- ek'rubah
Mica -- timazh-kov
Microfossil -- ri-gla-kovalik vesht-ha-vel
Microseism -- ri-solektra-hutaya
Mid-oceanic ridge -- sviti-masutraik kov-zehl
Millerite -- vlau'u t'orn-tukh
Mineral -- ek'tukh
Mineralization -- ek'tukhaya
Mineralogist -- ek'tukh-talsu
Mineralogy -- ek'tukh-tal
Mineshaft -- van-neyut
Mixture -- rish
Model (n.) -- rev
Mogote -- vom-kunel
Mold (n.) -- ushizh-vel
Molecule -- galutravek
Molybdenite -- dah-vlau'u t'bulom-tukh
Molybdenum -- bulom-tukh
Monadnock -- haf-kunel
Monazite -- ritsuri-tukh-van
Moraine -- kov-guhsh s'dvun-le-suma
Mountain (non-volcanic) -- suk'kunel
Mountain (volcanic) -- shi'yon (colloquial), |suk'|zul-kunel (scientific)
Mountain chain -- kunel-maat
Mountain range -- kunelaat
Mountain system -- kunel-travek
Mud -- vrel
Mud flat -- vrel-eiktra
Mudflow -- vrel-yumaya
Mudstone -- vrel-kov
Nappe -- kov-thalv
Nematath -- zul-kunel-yut
Neodymium -- dar-tukh
Neon -- min-tukh
Niccolite -- gisu t'orn-tukh
Nickel -- orn-tukh
Niobium -- lek-tukh
Nitrogen -- sov-tukh
Nodule -- kov-dukal
Nuée ardente -- zul-kunel-wan
Oasis -- shi'masu
Obisidian -- zul-makh
Oblique-slip fault -- vul-dvun-zehl
Ocean -- masutra
Oceanic crust -- masutra-solpuhnk
Oceanic ridge -- masutra-kov-zehl
Oceanic trench -- masutra-glu-spathel
Onyx -- zer-hir, neshalu
Opal -- thas-yon(-kov)
Organic rock -- ha-guhsh-kov
Orogeny -- kunel-storaya
Orpiment -- klahfemu
Osmium -- um-tukh
Outcrop -- nodahb
Outgassing -- s'pataya
Oxbow -- pilash-kes
Oxygen -- esh-tukh
P-wave -- wuhr-pral |t'solektra-hutaya|
Pahoehoe -- mos-zul
Paleoclimate -- vesht-ek'nosh
Paleogeographic map -- besan t'vesht-skonn-salim
Paleomagnetism -- vesht-seshan
Paleosol -- vesht-solek
Paleowind -- vesht-salan
Palisade -- masu-menal
Palladium -- krak-tukh
Pan -- lerakhovau-solek-tin
Parent material -- tveshu-tukh
Pebble -- pi'kov
Pedogenesis -- solek-storaya
Peneplain -- nen-eiktra
Peneplanation -- nen-eiktra-skrashaya
Perched groundwater -- abru-shitalik solektra-masu
Permafrost -- le-suma-solektra
Permeable -- sanek-yehat
Permineralization -- va'prah-kovtaya
Permissive intrusion -- vath-zul-vi'kwitaya
Petrification -- kovtaya
Petrified -- kovtulik
Petrogenesis -- kov-storaya
Petroglyph -- kov-kitaya
Petroleum -- ek'elmin
Phacolith -- zul-vulaya-koval
Phosphorus -- yon-tukh
Phreatic cycle -- da-nel t'masu-tin
Phreatic water -- ne'rak-masu
Phytolith -- kastik-guhsh-kov
Piedmont alluvial plain -- ne-tin-eiktra t'kunel-nen
Piedmont glacier -- dvun-le-sumatra t'kunel-nen
Piedmont terrace -- nef t'kunel-nen
Piezoelectric effect -- dau t'khush-raf-tepul
Piezoelectricity -- khush-raf-tepul
Pillow lava -- ku-trak-zul
Pinch-out -- tin-spoh
Pingo -- le-suma-kunel
Pinnacle -- kov-suk'fek
Pitchblende -- |nesh-|shu-kov, shu|-tukh|-van
Placer -- ek'tukh-titaya
Plain -- eiktra
Planation -- eiktra-skrashaya
Plate -- kovtra
Plate boundary -- ragel-zehl t'kovtralar
Plateau -- pasutra
Platinum -- taluhk-tukh
Playa -- eshikh-eiktra
Playa lake -- eshikh-suk'muzh
Pluton -- glu-huhtkal-zultra
Plutonic -- glu-huhtkal-zulik
Polonium -- yush-tukh
Pond -- muzh
Porphyry -- khush-zul-kov
Potassium -- spoh-tukh
Potassium chloride -- lafu t'spoh-tukh
Potassium nitrate -- sov-reh-eshu t'spoh-tukh
Potassium sulfate -- vlau-keh-eshu t'spoh-tukh
Praseodymium -- breth-tukh
Primary magma -- glu-zul
Primary mineral -- wuh'rak-ek'tukh
Promethium -- thu-tukh
Protactinium -- farek-tukh
Puddle -- pi'muzh
Pumice -- markau-zul-kov
Pyrite -- rikin-tukh, dah-vlau'u t'shek-tukh
Pyroclast -- thorshal-zul-krus
Pyroclastic flow -- sposhan-vitush-yumaya
Pyroclastic material -- thorshal-zul-tukh
Pyroclastic rock -- thorshal-zul-kov
Pyroclastic surge -- sposhan-vitush-tral
Pyrogenesis -- zul-storaya
Pyrolusite -- dah-eshu t'shel-tukh; shel|-tukh|-van
Pyroxene -- seleya-kov-tukh
Pyrrhotite -- vlau'u t'shek-tukh
Quadrant -- shalat
Quartz -- kohv|-tukh|
Quartz arenite -- kohvik mazhiv-kov
Quartz crystal -- kohv-khush
Quartzose sandstone -- ul-kohvik mazhiv-kov
Quicksand -- ne-hal-mazhiv
Radial drainage -- halek-smashaya
Radiation -- |galu-|saya
Radio-carbon dating -- nol-tukh-kinufan
Radioactive decay -- galu-sayuk nehaya
Radioactivity -- galu-sau'es
Radium -- stau-tukh
Radon -- mozh-tukh
Range (n.) -- eik'es (extent); kunelaat (mountains)
Ravine -- gluhbu
Recession -- s'trashan
Realgar -- vlau'u t'gis-tukh; naushufu
Rebound (n.) -- rukhaul
Reef -- rif
Recrystallization -- va'khushaya
Regional metamorphism -- shal-ek'rubah'es
Regolith -- nen-kov-guhsh
Replacement -- va'prahn
Resurgent dome -- va-to'ovauk-ub
Rheidity -- yumau-tehnau-yutsuplau'es
Rhenium -- ahahr-tukh
Rhodium -- seleya-tukh
Rhodochrosite -- mazhu'u t'shel-tukh
Rhodonite -- sovnol-reh-eshu t'shel-tukh
Rhyolite -- tashuhnu-tukh
Ribbon stalactite -- sai-zhelik nu-to'ovayak
Ridge -- kov-zehl
Rift basin -- soltres-eik-yerak
Rift valley -- soltres-ku-li
Right-lateral fault -- gas'rak-vlaik dvun-zehl
Rim (n.) -- rihbru
Rimstone dam -- rihbru-kov-kabloh
Ring dike -- mokuv-zul-mev
Ripple (n.) -- alakolan
River -- pilash
Rock -- kov
Rock cycle -- kov-da-nel
Rock glacier -- dvunan-koval k'le-suma
Rock mass -- koval
Rock pedestal -- patam-koval
Rock salt -- alem-kov
Rockslide -- kov-zish
Rubidium -- gol-tukh
Ruby -- yon-ek'zer
Running water -- dvunan-masu
Ruthenium -- soral-tukh
Rutile -- dah-eshu t'vau-tukh
S-wave -- dahr-pral |t'solektra-hutaya|
Sabkha -- alemtra
Saline soil -- alem-solek
Salinity -- alem'es
Salt -- alem
Salt lake -- alem-suk'muzh
Salt lick -- alem-puhsitak
Salt marsh -- alem-masu-kastra
Saltation -- spendvunan
Saltpeter -- sov-reh-eshu t'alem-tukh
Saltwater (n.) -- alem-masu
Samarium -- bali-tukh
Sand -- mazhiv
Sandstone -- mazhiv-kov
Sapphire -- pla-khush
Saturated zone -- vi-mashal-shal
Saturation -- vi-mashaya
Savannah -- yartra
Scandium -- sak-tukh
Scheelite -- lerotaf
Schist -- dagistuh
Schistosity -- dagistuh'es
Scree -- kov-guhsh
Scoria -- nala-zul-kov
Seafloor -- masutra-tol
Seafloor spreading -- masutra-tol-sakan
Seamount -- masutra-kunel
Secondary mineral -- dah'rak-ek'tukh
Sediment -- ne'ti-tukh
Sedimentary rock -- ne'ti-kov
Sedimentary structure -- ne'ti-velek
Sedimentation -- ne'ti-tukhaya
Seismic activity -- solektra-hutau-toran
Seismic discontinuity -- solektra-hutau-rifator'es
Seismic surface wave -- solektra-hutauk skonn-pral
Seismic transition zone -- solektra-hutauk rubihalan-shal
Seismicity -- solektra-hutau-sagan'es
Seismograph -- solektra-hutaya-besan
Seismometer -- solektra-hutaya-thonek
Selenium -- volak-tukh
Shale -- tin-kov
Shield (n.) -- fo-dan
Shoal -- ne'ti-hoknaya
Shore -- gef
Shoreline -- gef-zehl
Siderite -- sovnol-reh-eshu t'shek-tukh
Silica -- mazhu
Silicification -- mazhutaya
Silicified wood -- mazhutal-lapan
Silicon -- mazhiv-tukh
Sill -- shal-zul-kov
Silt -- kitek
Silver -- haul-tukh
Sink -- ne'halal-shal
Sinkhole -- ne'hal-razh
Slate -- kitau-kov
Smithsonite -- sovnol-reh-eshu t'tsau-tukh
Soapstone -- mos-kov
Soda straw stalactite -- pi'mevik nu-to'ovayak
Sodium -- alem-tukh
Sodium chloride -- lafu t'alem-tukh
Sodium nitrate -- sov-reh-eshu t'alem-tukh
Sodium sulfate -- vlau-keh-eshu t'alem-tukh
Soil -- solek
Soil horizon -- ragel-zehl t'solek
Soil profile -- solek-ek'tin
Sounding sand -- ralash-mazhiv
Speleology -- tauk-tal
Speleothem -- tauk-titaya
Sphalerite -- vlau'u t'tsau-tukh
Spinel -- kelfek
Spring (n.) -- sayumak
Stability -- fihet'es
Stagnant water -- ridvunital-masu
Stalactite -- nu-to'ovayak
Stalagmite -- abu-to'ovayak
Steatite -- grazuf
Steppe -- psethtra
Stibnite -- kra|-tukh|-van; krabuhl
Stone (n.) -- kov
Strait -- masu-naf
Stratification -- |kov-|tintaya
Stratigrapher -- ne'ti-kov-talsu
Stratigraphy -- ne'ti-kov-tal
Stratum -- kov-tin
Stream -- pilash
Streambed -- pilash-lan-tol
Stress (n.) -- hishel
Striation -- zehl-ulidar
Strike-slip fault -- yut-trelik dvun-zehl
Strontium -- psal-tukh
Subduction -- kovtra-nu-dvun
Subduction zone -- nu-dvun-shal |t'kovtra|
Sublimation -- huht-nasovaya
Submarine canyon -- nemasu-spathel
Submarine plateau -- nemasu-pasutra
Subsidence -- sol-ne'halan
Substrate -- fiha-tukh
Subtropics -- nefalu-shal
Sulfur -- vlau-tukh
Sulfur dioxide -- dah-eshu t'vlau-tukh
Summit -- dan-pid-sfek
Super-eruption (volcanic) -- ma'eik-zul-sposhan
Super-volcano -- ma'eik-zul-kunel|tra|
Superposed stream -- ma'shulal-pilash
Superposition -- ma'shulan
Supersaturation -- ma'vi-mashaya
Surf (zone) -- pral-shal
Surface (n.) -- skonn
Survey -- skothon (n.), skothon-tor (v.)
Swamp (n.) -- flash
Swash -- na-yumaya
Syncline -- nu-spis
Tableland -- pa'ash-pid-shal
Tablemount -- masutra-pa'ash-kunel
Talc -- grazh-kov, grazh-tukh
Talus -- menal-guhsh|-tukh|
Talus-creep -- menal-guhsh-dvun
Tantalite -- t'khut|-tukh|-van
Tantalum -- t'khut-tukh
Taphonomy (study) -- pavesh-tal t'vesht-ha-vellar
Tar (n.) -- leralmin
Tar pit -- leralmin-razh
Tar sand -- leralmin-mazhiv
Technicium -- saran-tukh
Tectonic plate -- solektra-dvun-math
Tectonics -- solektra-dvun-tal
Tektite -- makh-vihk
Tellurium -- vnel-tukh
Tephra -- sadakhal-zul-tukh
Terbium -- valsh-tukh
Terminal moraine -- kim-kov-guhsh s'dvun-le-suma
Terrace -- nef
Terrain -- tsovul
Terrane -- pi'kovtra
Terrestrial planet -- Terra-kahk-ek'tra
Terrestrial sediment -- abru-masutra-vokik ne'ti-tukh
Texture -- lef'es
Thallium -- yad-tukh
Thalweg -- pilash-zehl
Theory -- wihka
Thermal conductivity -- falek-spa'es
Thermal expansion -- falek-sa'ovaya
Thermoremnent magnetization -- falek-hafal-seshantaya
Thorium -- bogush-tukh
Thrust fault -- kwit-dvun-zehl
Thulium -- irhin-tukh
Tidal current -- mashen-pilash
Tidal flat -- mashen-eiktra
Till (n.) -- guhsh-solek |s'dvun-le-suma|
Tilt (n.) -- ayaya
Tilth -- sokasitau-solek-nosh
Tin -- zhai-tukh
Titanium -- vau-tukh
Titanium dioxide -- dah-eshu t'vau-tukh
Topographic map -- ek'satin-besan
Topography -- ek'satin
Topsoil -- skonn-solek
Trace element -- pi'lek-meilak
Trace fossil -- koval-pi'lek
Transform fault -- samulk-shahtlarik dvun-zehl
Transition element -- rubihalan-meilak
Transition zone -- rubihalan-shal
Transmutation -- mesurubah
Transpiration -- kas-samasu-eshan
Transport (v.) -- ifis-tor
Transportation -- ifis
Transverse dune -- mes-sef
Travertine -- flumar
Trellis drainage -- vlavla-smashaya
Trench (n.) -- zehl-razh
Tributary -- masu-yemek
Tropics -- falu-shal
Tsunami -- khrash-pral (colloquial term), solektra-hutauk masutra-pral (sci. term)
Tufa -- kefaf
Tuff -- vitush-kov
Tundra -- samek-psethtra
Tungsten -- ler-tukh
Tunnel (n.) -- ur
Turbidite -- gendal-tukh
Turbidity -- gendal'es
Turbidity current -- gendal-katrom
Turbidity flow -- gendal-yumaya
Turbulent flow -- wauk-yumaya
Ultramafic rock -- pid-shek-walik kov
Unaka -- suk'haf-kunel
Unconformity -- ri-sep-rubilau'es
Unconsolidated material -- rilerashal-tukh
Underwater (adj.) -- nemasu-, nemasuyik
Undifferentiated (adj.) -- rinatilal-, rinatilalik
Uniformitarianism -- ka-toreklar-dva
Unit cell -- kebi-nala
Unsaturated zone -- rivi-mashal-shal
Upland (n.) -- pid-shal
Uplift (n.) -- abu'aberaya
Upper mantle -- abu-tvi-kovtra
Uraninite -- dah-eshu t'shu-tukh, vath-shu-kov
Uranium -- shu-tukh
Uranium hexafluoride -- sheh-hoshu t'shu-tukh
Vadose zone -- rivi-mashal-shal
Valley -- ku-li
Valley glacier -- dvun-le-sumatra t'ku-li
Vanadium -- kaul-tukh
Vapor -- muhs
Variable (adj.) -- vuhn-, vuhnik
Variant (n.) -- vuhnaya
Variation -- vuhnaya
Varied -- vuhnal-, vuhnalik
Vegetation -- kastra
Vent -- krau (n.); sakrau-tor (v.)
Vertical fault -- abulik dvun-zehl
Volcanic arc -- zul-kunel-kes
Volcanic ash -- sposhan-vitush
Volcanic ash fall -- sposhan-vitush-tev
Volcanic ash flow -- sposhan-vitush-yumaya
Volcanic block -- sposhan-vihpan
Volcanic bomb -- sposhan-vihk
Volcanic breccia -- sposhanik zarahk-teret-kov
Volcanic chain -- zul-kunel-zehl
Volcanic cloud -- sposhan-wan
Volcanic crater -- zul-razh
Volcanic dome -- zul-ub
Volcanic dust -- sposhan-grazhiv
Volcanic ejecta -- thorshau-zul-tukh
Volcanic eruption -- zul-kunel-sposhan
Volcanic glass -- zul-makh
Volcanic pipe -- naskonn-zul-mev
Volcanic sand -- zul-mazhiv
Volcanic vent -- zul-ru'lut
Volcanism -- sazul'es
Volcano -- shi'zul (colloquial), |suk'|zul-kunel (sci.)
Vug -- kov-razh
Vulcanology (study) -- zul-kunel-tal
Wadi -- pseth-masu-lanet
Warping -- tchasan
Water (n.) -- masu
Water cycle -- masu--da-nel
Water mass -- masuvak
Water table -- masu-tin
Waterfall -- masu-nutevak
Watershed -- pilash-smashau-shal
Waterway -- masu-yut
Wave-cut terrace -- pral-neshal-nef
Weather -- igen-va (n.); igen-vasha (v.)
Weathering -- igen-vashan
Wedge (n.) -- shihvek
Wetland(s) -- masu-kas-shal
Wilderness -- shi'kwai
Willemite -- mazhu'u t'dah-tsau-tukh
Wolframite -- lerovan
Woodland -- lap-shal
World -- panu
Xenolith -- vi'kwitau-kov
Xenon -- ritsuri-tukh
Yardang -- salan-kov-zehl
Ytterbium -- sasal-tukh
Yttrium -- arlanga-tukh
Zinc -- tsau-tukh
Zinc oxide -- eshu t'tsau-tukh
Zincblende -- vlau'u t'tsau-tukh
Zincite -- eshu t'tsau-tukh
Zirconium -- t'lai-tukh
Zonation -- shalitaya
Zone -- shal
Zoned crystal -- shalal-khush
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