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LOOKUP TABLES
LOCALITY TABLE SHORTCUT TERMINOLOGY
State/Province Abbreviations
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AB
AK
AL
AR
AZ
BC
BF
CA
CO
CT
DC
DE
FL
FR
GA
HI
IA
ID
IL
IN
KE
KS
KY |
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Alberta
Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
British Columbia
Baffin Island
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Franklin
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Keewatin
Kansas
Kentucky |
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LA
LB
MA
MB
MC
MD
ME
MI
MN
MO
MS
NB
NC
ND
NE
NF
NH
NJ
NM
NS
NT
NV |
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Louisiana
Labrador
Massachusetts
Manitoba
Mackenzie
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
New Brunswick
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Newfoundland
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nova Scotia
Northwest Territories
Nevada |
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NY
OH
OK
ON
OR
PA
PE
PQ
RI
SC
SD
SK
TN
TX
UT
VA
VT
WA
WI
WV
WY
YU |
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New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Ontario
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Saskatchewan
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Yukon |
Precision of Geographic Location
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E
QA
QP
QC
T |
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Exact (lat/long)
Quadrangle Approximate
Quadrangle Precise
Quad. in center of county
USGS Township Coord. |
Repository Abbreviations
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ACM
CIT
CSM
F:AM
LS
LSA
MCZ
OCPC
OMNH
SDNHM
SDSNH
USGS |
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Amherst College
California Institute of Technology
Colorado School of Mines
Frick Collections American Museum of Natural History
Ralph B. Clark Interpretive Center, Los Coyotes Regional Park, Buena Park
LSA Associates, Inc.
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Orange County Paleontological Collection
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Society of Natural History
United States Geological Survey |
FAUNAL COMMENT TABLE SHORTCUT TERMINOLOGY
ID Confidence
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Context
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Q
CF
AF |
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Confidence questioned
Probably
Affinity with |
A
AS
I
RE |
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Articulated
Associated
Intrusive
Redeposited |
AGE/DEPOSIT TABLE SHORTCUT TERMINOLOGY
Period and Archival Period
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QUAT
TERT |
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Quaternary
Tertiary |
Epoch and Archival Epoch
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HOLO
LPLE
MPLE
EPLE
LPLI
EPLI
LMIO
MMIO
EMIO
LOLI
EOLI
PLEI
PLIO
MIOC
OLIG
HOPL
PLPL
OLMI
MIPL |
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Holocene (10-0 Ka)
Late Pleistocene (300-10 Ka)
Middle Pleistocene
Early Pleistocene
Late Pliocene (3.6-1.8 Ma)
Middle Pliocene
Early Pliocene (5.3-3.6 Ma)
Late Miocene (11.2-5.3 Ma)
Middle Miocene (16.4-11.2 Ma)
Early Miocene (23.8-16.4 Ma)
Late Oligocene (28.5-23.8 Ma)
Early Oligocene (33.7-28.5 Ma)
Pleistocene (1.8 Ma-10 Ka)
Pliocene (5.3-1.8 Ma)
Miocene (23.8-5.3 Ma)
Oligocene (33.7-23.8 Ma)
Quaternary (1.8-0 Ma)
Early Holocene/Late Pleistocene
Plio-Pleistocene (5.3 Ma-10 Ka)
Oligocene-Miocene (33.7-5.3 Ma)
Miocene-Pliocene (23.8-2.0 Ma) |
Age and Archival Age
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HOLO
LHOL
MHOL
EHOL
WIHO
WISC
LWSC
MWSC
EWSC
SANG
ILLI
PRIL
EHLG
LMHO
EMHO
FULL
GLAC
HIHO
LATE
MPLE
PLEI
RANC
IRVI
BLAN
LLHP
ELHP
LEHP
EEHP
LCLA
MCLA
ECLA
LBAR
EBAR
LHMF
EHMF
LLAK
ELAK
LEAK
EEAK
HEMP
CLAR
BARS
HEMI
ARIK
EHMP
LHMP
LARK
EARK
HPBL
CLHP
BACL
HEBA
ARHE
WHAR
WHIT
BLAN |
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Holocene (10-0 Ka)
Late Holocene (4-0 Ka)
Middle Holocene (8-4 Ka)
Early Holocene (10-8 Ka)
Wisconsin/Holocene (120-0 Ka)
Wisconsin (120-10 Ka)
Late Wisconsin (35-10 Ka)
Middle Wisconsin (65-35 Ka)
Early Wisconsin (120-65 Ka)
Sangamon (132-120 Ka)
Illinoian (302-132 Ka)
Pre-Illinoian (›302 Ka)
Middle Pleistocene
Pleistocene
Rancholabrean (450-10 Ka)
Irvingtonian
Blancan (4.7-1.8 Ma)
Late Late Hemphillian (5.9-4.7 Ma)
Early Late Hemphillian (6.7-5.9 Ma)
Late Early Hemphillian (7.5-6.7 Ma)
Early Early Hemphillian (9-7.5 Ma)
Late Clarendonian (10-9 Ma)
Middle Clarendonian (12-10 Ma)
Early Clarendonian (12.5-12 Ma)
Late Barstovian (14.8-12.5 Ma)
Early Barstovian (15.9-14.8 Ma)
Late Hemingfordian (17.5-15.9 Ma)
Early Hemingfordian (18.8-17.5 Ma)
Late Late Arikareean (19.5-18.8 Ma)
Early Late Arikareean (23.8-19.5 Ma)
Late Early Arikareean (27.9-23.8 Ma)
Early Early Arikareean (30-27.9 Ma)
Hemphillian (9-4.7 Ma)
Clarendonian (12.5-9 Ma)
Barstovian (15.9-12.5 Ma)
Hemingfordian (18.8-15.9 Ma)
Arikareean (30-18.8 Ma)
Early Hemphillian (9-6.7)
Late Hemphillian (6.7-4.7 Ma)
Late Arikareean (23.8-18.8 Ma)
Early Arikareean (30-23.8 Ma)
Hemphillian/Blancan (9-1.7 Ma)
Clarendonian/Hemphillian (12.5-4.7 Ma)
Barstovian/Clarendonian (15.9-9 Ma)
Hemingfordian/Barstovian (18.8-12.5 Ma)
Arikareean/Hemingfordian (30-15.9 Ma)
Whitneyan/Arikareean (32.2-18.8 Ma)
Whitneyan (32.2-30 Ma)
Blancan (4.7-1.7 Ma) |
Land Mammal Age and Archival Land Mammal Age
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HOLO
RANC
IRVI
BLAN
HEMP
CLAR
BARS
HEMI
ARIK
WHIT |
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Holocene
Rancholabrean
Irvingtonian
Blancan
Hemphillian
Clarendonian
Barstovian
Hemingfordian
Arikareean
Whitneyan |
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Minimum and Maximum Age Methods
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40KA
39AR
BIOS
CORR
RBSR
14CA
14CG
14CS
14CU
230T
U234
FIST
PMAG
STRA
TEPH
URTH
AMAG
CULT
DEND
ELSR
OBHY
THER |
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40K/40AR
40AR/39AR laser fusion
Biostratigraphic
Corrected date
Rubidium/Strontium
Radiocarbon-accelerator
Radiocarbon-gas/benzene
Radiocarbon-solid carbon
Radiocarbon-unknown
230T
234U
Fission track
Paleomagnetic
Stratigraphic correlation
Tephrachronology
Uranium-Thorium
Archeomagnetic
Cultural association
Dendrochronology
Electronic spin resonance
Obsidian hydration
Thermoluminescence |
Agent of Accumulation
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DP
AH
NA
NC
RW |
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Depositional processes
Anthill
Natural attrition
Natural catastrophe
Reworked |
Recovery Method
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NOSC
CRSE
FINE
FISM
CRFI
MESE
FLOT
DONA
SASC |
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No screen-washing known to have occurred
All excavated material was coarse-screened (>1/16-inch mesh)
All excavated material was fine-screened (≤1/16-inch mesh)
Only a sample of the excavated material was fine-screened
All excavated material was coarse-screened, and a
representative sample was fine-screened
All excavated material was medium screened (1/8-inch mesh)
Excavated material was recovered from flotation sample
Material was donated, and excavation technique is unknown
Material excavated was screened, mesh size/type unknown |
Depositional System
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LC
FL
GR
AE
CV
SP
VC
MA
BI
AN |
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Lacustrine
Fluvial
Gravity
Aeolian
Cave
Spring
Volcanic
Marine
Biological
Anthropogenic |
Depositional Environment
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Facies
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AL
AF
AR
AS
BG
BI
BS
CH
CD
CF
CL
CM
CU
DB
DF
DL
DN
ES
FB
FF
FL
FM
FS
HZ
KT
LB
LF
LK
LS
LT
NA
OW
OX
PD
PL
PT
RS
SH
SL
SS
TK
WD
WP |
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Alluvial fan
Ash fall
Arroyo
Asphalt
Bog
Biological
Braided stream
Channel
Conduit
Colluvial fan
Colluvium
Coarse-grained meander belt
Cultural
Deep sea benthic
Debris fall
Deflation lag
Dune
Estuarine
Floodplain basin
Fluvial floodplain
Flow
Fine-grained meander belt
Fissure
Horizontal
Kettle
Littoral benthic
Lava flow
Lake
Loess
Lava tube
Nuee ardente
Outwash/Overbank
Oxbow lake
Pond
Playa
Pit
Rockshelter
Sinkhole
Slump
Sand sheet
Thermokarst lake
Wadi
Wave-cut platform |
AE
AL
AN
AS
BC
BD
BR
BS
BW
CG
CL
CP
CS
DC
DG
DI
DW
FG
FL
FP
HB
LC
LV
MD
ML
MN
OD
PA
PB
PD
PT
SW
TC
TE
TR
TU
UC
VR |
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Aeolian
Alluvium
Asphaltic sand
Asphaltic seep
Beach
Breakdown
Bar
Bedrock disintegration
Burrow
Coarse-grained
Channel lag
Chemical precipitates
Crevasse splay
Deltaic coarse
Dung
Diatomite
Deep water muds
Fine-grained
Fluvial
Floodplain
Burial
Lacustrine
Levee
Mound
Marl
Midden
Occupation debris
Paleosol
Point bar
Pond
Peat
Shallow water muds
Talus cone
Terrace
Travertine
Tufa
Unsorted
Varved |
Mixing of Sediments
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Y
P
N |
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Mixing present
Mixing possible
No evidence for mixing |
ABSOLUTE DATING TABLE SHORTCUT TERMINOLOGY
Dating Method
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40KA
39AR
CORR
RBSR
FIST
PMAG |
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40K/40AR
40AR/39AR laser fusion
Corrected date
Rubidium/Strontium
Fission track
Paleomagnetic |
Material Type used for Absolute Date
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BAPP
BCOL
BOMN
BONE
CARB
CHAR
CORI
CORR
DUNG
ENAM
FEAT
GYTJ
HFEA |
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Bone apatite/carbonate
Bone collagen
Bone-amino acid
Bone
Carbonate
Charcoal
Corrected isotopically
Corrected date
Dung
Enamel-tooth
Feature or structure
Gyttja
Historic feature |
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HUMT
LAVA
OBSI
ORGM
PALS
PEAT
PLNT
POTT
SHCA
SHEL
SHOR
VASH |
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Humate
Lava/basalt
Obsidian
Organic mud
Paleosol
Peat
Plant material
Pottery
Shell-carbonate
Shell
Shell-organics
Volcanic ash |
Lab Abbreviations
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ACM
CIT
DART
KL
LDEO
MCM
PITT
QUOT
UA
UCB
UCR
UF
UNE
USC
USGS
UU
YU |
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Berkeley Geochronology Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Dartmouth University
Kline Laboratory
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
McMaster University
University of Pittsburgh
Queen's University, Ontario
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Riverside
University of Florida
University of Nebraska
University of Southern California
United State Geological Survey
University of Utah
Yale University |
Absolute Date Position
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Confidence of Absolute Date
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UC
UP
MP
LP
LC |
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Upper contact of Analysis Unit
Upper portion of Analysis Unit
Middle portion of Analysis Unit
Lower portion of Analysis Unit
Lower contact of Analysis Unit |
OC
YC
YM
OM
RJ
QD
IN
YU
OU |
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Date too old, contamination probable
Date too young, contamination probable
Date too young, context disturbed
Date too old, context disturbed
Date rejected by author
Date questioned but not rejected by
author
Infinite
Too young, unknown reason
Too old, unknown reason |
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