CGI Geologic Unit Part Role vocabulary

identifier: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifierscheme/cgi/201202/geologicunitpartrole
publisher: Concept Definition Task Group of IUGS CGI Interoperability Working Group (http://www.cgi-iugs.org/tech_collaboration/interoperability_working_group.html)
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language: en
title: CGI Geologic Unit Part Role vocabulary
creator: Concept Definition Task Group of IUGS CGI Interoperability Working Group (http://www.cgi-iugs.org/tech_collaboration/interoperability_working_group.html)
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prefLabel: CGI Geologic Unit Part Role vocabulary
definition: This file contains the CGI Geologic Unit Part role vocabulary. This vocabulary includes terms to specify the role of a geologic unit as part of another geologic unit, the role of a CompositionPart in a geologic unit. These terms may be used to populate GeologicUnit.part.GeologicUnitPart.role, and GeologicUnit.composition.CompositionPart.role. There are terms in This vocabulary that only apply to one or the other of these properties, but after an effort to create two separate vocabularies, it was decided to use a single vocabulary in order to avoid having the same concept in more than one closely related vocabulary. The duplication of applicable concepts in the two contexts (GeologicUnit.part.GeologicUnitPart.role and GeologicUnit.composition.CompositionPart.role) arises because the model allows representation of complex geologic unit descriptions in more than one way. A complex geologic unit like a migmatite complex or a lithologically heterogeneous Pennsylvanian cyclothem stratigraphic unit will have many different lithologic components. The simplest approach to representing the lithologic heterogeneity is to report a single GeologicUnit element with compositionParts for each lithologic component; the role on these compositionParts provides information about what kind of parts they are and perhaps something about their relationship, along with the kinds of rock they are composed of. A more complex alternate approach is to represent the various components each as GeologicUnit elements, each with compositionPart links to the rock type(s) composing that part. These component GeologicUnit elements are aggregated by GeologicUnit.part.GeologicUnitPart elements, with roles in the aggregation for each GeologicUnit part. The benefit of the more complex approach is that additional descriptive properties provided by the GeologicUnit content model can be assigned to each part, as well as GeologicRelations between the parts. The role of the compositionParts in these more 'disaggregated' GeologicUnit elements would be a simpler 'composition' kind of role, because the heterogeneous 'whole' unit would be described in GeologicUnitParts that are more lithologically homogeneous. Its a standard trade off between simplicity and expressiveness. As far as the vocabulary for these 'role' properties, the decision to merge the compositionPart.role and GeologicUnitPart.role vocabularies into one was based on the idea that from a user point of view, one would not want to have to use terms from two different vocabularies to search for the same concept. For instance, if one wanted 'all geologicUnits that have parts whose role is 'Tectonic block', a merged vocabulary allows construction of a single xpath where "role = 'CGI....:Tectonic_block'" (or something like that). The single vocabulary also simplifies maintenance. A context column is added in the spreadsheet to distinguish terms for 'compositionPart', 'geologicUnitPart' or 'both'.

-- Bed lithosome --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/bed_lithosome
Preferred label (en) Bed lithosome
Definition () Lithosome in lithostratigraphic unit that occurs as individual beds interleaved with other constituents on the outcrop (m) scale or larger.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
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-- Blocks --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/blocks
Preferred label (en) Blocks
Definition () Geologic unit constituent is present as masses with generally sharp boundaries and block-like geometry within a matrix of some other material emplaced by processes at the earth's surface--e.g. volcanic eruption or mass wasting. Implication is that blocks were derived from the same source geologic unit and emplaced in the described unit.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Notes:

-- Concretion --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/concretion
Preferred label (en) Concretion
Definition () Hard, compact mass or aggregate of mineral matter, normally subsperical but commonly oblate, disc-shaped or irregular. Formed from precipitation from solution about a nucleus or centre. Use as a geologic unit part should be restricted to concretions that are too large to consider as constituents in the rock material that composes the unit.
Source () Neuendorf et al. 2005
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Notes:

-- Cyclic bedding package --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/cyclic_bedding_package
Preferred label (en) Cyclic bedding package
Definition () Lithosome characterized by an internal sequence of units, which is repeated in a stacked sequence; e.g. fining-upward sequence, thickening upward sequence, bouma sequence.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Notes:

-- Enclave --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/enclave
Preferred label (en) Enclave
Definition () General term for a polymineralic aggregate enclosed in a granitoid.
Source () Cobbing, 2000; Barbarin, 1991
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Notes:

-- Facies --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/facies
Preferred label (en) Facies
Definition () Represents a particular body of rock that is a lateral variant of a lithostratigraphic unit, or a variant of a lithodemic unit. Contrast with lithosome in being a particular, connected body of rock, as opposed to a kind of rock body that is repeated in many places in a unit.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of
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-- Geologic unit matrix --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/geologic_unit_matrix
Preferred label (en) Geologic unit matrix
Definition () Lithosome in a geologic unit that is generally interstitial to other constituents, e.g. in a mass wasting deposit, melange, tuff breccia.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Notes:

-- Inclusion --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Preferred label (en) Inclusion
Definition () Geologic unit constituent is present as masses with generally sharp boundaries enclosed within a matrix of some other material.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/blocks
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/concretion
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/enclave
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/pendants
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/tectonic_block
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/xenolith
Notes:

-- Irregular lithosome --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/irregular_lithosome
Preferred label (en) Irregular lithosome
Definition () lithosome in a mixed/heterogeneous lithodemic unit that occurs in irregular bodies within unit
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Notes:

-- Layer lithosome --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/layer_lithosome
Preferred label (en) Layer lithosome
Definition () lithosome in igneous or metamorphic geologic unit that occurs as layers alternating with other constituents.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Notes:

-- Lenticular lithosome --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lenticular_lithosome
Preferred label (en) Lenticular lithosome
Definition () lithosome occurs as discrete lense-shaped bodies, not connected with other bodies.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Notes:

-- Lithosome --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Preferred label (en) Lithosome
Definition () A kind of rock body that has multiple occurrences in a single geologic unit. A mass of rock of uniform character, characterized by geometry, composition, and internal structure. Generally denotes rock mass that is the product of a particular rock forming process or related sequence of processes in the containing unit. Example--bouma sequence, point bar sequence. A particular lithosome may be characterized by the presence of blocks, but blocks are not treated as kinds of lithosome because the internal character of the blocks is determined by a separate genetic sequence from the described unit. This vocabulary generalizes the concept defined in Neuendorf et al 2005 to include bodies of igneous or metamorphic rock as well as sedimentary rock. NADM SLTTs (2004) used the term 'lithotope' with similar meaning for sedimentary rocks.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/bed_lithosome
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/cyclic_bedding_package
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/geologic_unit_matrix
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/irregular_lithosome
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/layer_lithosome
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lenticular_lithosome
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/vein_or_dike_lithosome
Notes:

-- Marker bed --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/marker_bed
Preferred label (en) Marker bed
Definition () Stratigraphic part that is a thin laterally continuous bed within another unit.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/stratigraphic_part
Notes:

-- Only part --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/only_part
Preferred label (en) Only part
Definition () entire described unit consists of a single part or constituent
Source (en) This vocabulary
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Notes:

-- Part of --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of
Preferred label (en) Part of
Definition () The geologic unit part role is not known in any greater detail. Inclusion of Only_part as a separate concept implies that this concept is the equivalent of 'proper part' in mereology.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/facies
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/stratigraphic_part
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/unspecified_part_role
Notes:

-- Pendants --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/pendants
Preferred label (en) Pendants
Definition () A block of wall rock material in an igneous intrusion. Pendants become xenoliths as the dimension becomes smaller than about 10 m in their longest dimension. Although term pendant has connotation of being suspended or supported from above, this is rarely demonstrable in geologic situations, and the concept here does not require connection to the wall of the containing intrusion.
Source () Base on Neuendorf et al 2005
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/rafts
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/roof_pendant
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/screen
Notes:

-- Rafts --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/rafts
Preferred label (en) Rafts
Definition () Pendants of pre-intrusive country rock in intrusive igneous matrix that have large horizontal extent relative to their thickness
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/pendants
Notes:

-- Roof pendant --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/roof_pendant
Preferred label (en) Roof pendant
Definition () Pendant that is demonstrably derived from the upper boundary of an igneous body.
Source () Neuendorf et al 2005
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/pendants
Notes:

-- Screen --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/screen
Preferred label (en) Screen
Definition () Pendant that is a vertical sheet like pendant in an intrusive igneous rock body.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/pendants
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-- Stratigraphic part --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/stratigraphic_part
Preferred label (en) Stratigraphic part
Definition () A geologic unit part that occupies a particular stratigraphic position within a geologic unit. Part is a particular body of rock.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/marker_bed
Notes:

-- Tectonic block --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/tectonic_block
Preferred label (en) Tectonic block
Definition () The geologic unit part occurs as discrete masses with faulted boundaries, emplaced into the host unit by tectonic processes inside the earth, e.g. blocks in tectonic melange
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Notes:

-- Unspecified part role --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/unspecified_part_role
Preferred label (en) Unspecified part role
Definition () Geologic unit part with unspecified role; use in normative descriptions when any role is allowed.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/part_of
Notes:

-- Vein or dike lithosome --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/vein_or_dike_lithosome
Preferred label (en) Vein or dike lithosome
Definition () Lithosome occurs as intrusive, sheet-like bodies within the unit as an essential part of the unit.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/lithosome
Notes:

-- Xenolith --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/xenolith
Preferred label (en) Xenolith
Definition () Inclusion of pre-intrusive country rock in intrusive igneous matrix, cm to about 10 meter diameter in longest dimension. Use term pendant for larger blocks.
Source () Neuendorf et al. 2005; Cobbing, 2000; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunitpartrole/inclusion
Notes: