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ID: 300380167
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300380167

 

Record Type: concept
geysers (hot springs, springs (bodies of water), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Hot springs that intermittently throw up jets of water and steam in a fountain-like column. Geysers result from the heating of groundwater by shallow bodies of magma; they are generally associated with areas that have been the site of volcanic activity in the past.
 
Terms:
geysers (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
geyser (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
geisers (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
geiser (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RD

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)
........ Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of landscapes (environments)
............ landscapes (environments) (G)
Hierarchy of natural landscapes
................ natural landscapes (G)
Hierarchy of bodies of water (natural)
.................... bodies of water (natural) (G)
Hierarchy of bodies of freshwater
........................ bodies of freshwater (G)
Hierarchy of <bodies of freshwater by biome>
............................ <bodies of freshwater by biome> (G)
Hierarchy of riverine bodies of water
................................ riverine bodies of water (G)
Hierarchy of springs (bodies of water)
.................................... springs (bodies of water) (G)
Hierarchy of hot springs
........................................ hot springs (G,U)
Hierarchy of geysers
............................................ geysers (G,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Heetwaterbronnen die met tussenpozen als een soort fontein stralen water en stoom uitstoten. Geisers ontstaan door de opwarming van grondwater door ondiepe poelen magma. Over het algemeen zijn ze dan ook verbonden met gebieden die in het verleden vulkanische activiteit hebben vertoond. 

Sources and Contributors:
geiser............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
geisers............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
geyser............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
geysers............  [JPGM Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (2002)
 
Subject: .....  [JPGM, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)

 

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