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Classification Structure - Division 260000 - Earth Sciences

	Discipline	Subject	Description
	260100		Geology
		260101	Mineralogy and Crystallography
		260102	Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
		260103	Vulcanology
		260104	Sedimentology
		260105	Petroleum Geology
		260106	Ore Deposit Petrology
		260107	Structural Geology
		260108	Geotectonics
		260109	Geochronology
		260110	Biostratigraphy
		260111	Other Stratigraphy (incl. Sequence Stratigraphy)
		260112	Palaeontology
		260113	Palynology
		260114	Geomorphology
		260115	Glaciology
		260199	Geology not elsewhere classified
	260200		Geophysics
		260201	Gravity
		260202	Geomagnetism
		260203	Electromagnetism
		260204	Petrophysics
		260205	Explosion Seismology
		260206	Earthquake Seismology
		260207	.Radiometrics
		260299	Geophysics not elsewhere classified
	260300		Geochemistry
		260301	Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry
		260302	Exploration Geochemistry
		260303	Organic Geochemistry not elsewhere classified
		260304	Inorganic Geochemistry not elsewhere classified
		260399	Geochemistry not elsewhere classified
	260400		Oceanography
		260401	Biological Oceanography
		260402	Chemical Oceanography
		260403	Physical Oceanography
		260499	Oceanography not elsewhere classified
	260500		Hydrology
		260501	Groundwater Hydrology
		260502	Surfacewater Hydrology
		260599	Hydrology not elsewhere classified
	260600		Atmospheric Sciences
		260601	Meteorology
		260602	Climatology (incl. Palaeoclimatology)
		260603	Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Physics
		260699	Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified
	269900		Other Earth Sciences
		269901	Physical Geography
		269999	Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified

Definitions

Division 260000 - Earth Sciences, covers the earth sciences. This division has seven disciplines:

260100 - Geology
260200 - Geophysics
260300 - Geochemistry
260400 - Oceanography
260500 - Hydrology
260600 - Atmospheric Sciences
269900 - Other Earth Sciences

Exclusions:


(a) Environmental and atmospheric chemistry are included in Discipline 259900 Other Chemical Sciences;

(b) mining and mineral processing are included in Discipline 290700 Resources Engineering;

(c) metallurgy is included in Discipline 291300 Metallurgy;

(d) materials engineering is included in Discipline 291400 Materials Engineering; and

(e) soil and water sciences (incl. applied hydrology) are included in Discipline 300100 Soil and Water Sciences.

Discipline 260100 - Geology

This discipline covers geology. It includes palaeontology (incl. palaeozoology and palaeobotany) and palynology (other than palynology associated with palaeoecological studies). This discipline has sixteen subjects:

260101 - Mineralogy and Crystallography
260102 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
260103 - Vulcanology
260104 - Sedimentology
260105 - Petroleum Geology
260106 - Ore Deposit Petrology
260107 - Structural Geology
260108 - Geotectonics
260109 - Geochronology
260110 - Biostratigraphy
260111 - Other Stratigraphy (incl. Sequence Stratigraphy)
260112 - Palaeontology
260113 - Palynology
260114 - Geomorphology
260115 - Glaciology
260199 - Geology not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


(a) The chemical aspects of crystallography and solid state chemistry are included in Discipline 250200 Inorganic Chemistry;

(b) palaeoclimatology is included in Discipline 260600 Atmospheric Sciences;

(c) palaeoecology and palynology associated with palaeoecological studies are included in Discipline 270700 Ecology and Evolution;

(d) palynology associated with limnological studies is also included in Discipline 270700 Ecology and Evolution;

(e) mining and mineral processing are included in Discipline 290700 Resources Engineering;

(f) metallurgy is included in Discipline 291300 Metallurgy; and

(g) materials engineering is included in Discipline 291400 Materials Engineering.

Discipline 260200 - Geophysics

This discipline covers geophysics. This discipline has eight subjects:

260201 - Gravity
260202 - Geomagnetism
260203 - Electromagnetism
260204 - Petrophysics
260205 - Explosion Seismology
260206 - Earthquake Seismology
260207 - Radiometrics
260299 - Geophysics not elsewhere classified

Discipline 260300 - Geochemistry

This discipline covers geochemistry. This discipline has five subjects:

260301 - Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry
260302 - Exploration Geochemistry
260303 - Organic Geochemistry not elsewhere classified
260304 - Inorganic Geochemistry not elsewhere classified
260399 - Geochemistry not elsewhere classified

Discipline 260400 - Oceanography

This discipline covers oceanography. This discipline has four subjects:

260401 - Biological Oceanography
260402 - Chemical Oceanography
260403 - Physical Oceanography
260499 - Oceanography not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


Marine ecology is included in Discipline 270700 Ecology and Evolution.

Discipline 260500 - Hydrology

This discipline covers hydrology, other than applied hydrology. This discipline has three subjects:

260501 - Groundwater Hydrology
260502 - Surfacewater Hydrology
260599 - Hydrology not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


Applied hydrology is included in Discipline 300100 Soil and Water Sciences.

Discipline 260600 - Atmospheric Sciences

This discipline covers atmospheric sciences, other than atmospheric chemistry. This discipline has four subjects:

260601 - Meteorology
260602 - Climatology (incl. Palaeoclimatology)
260603 - Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Physics
260699 - Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


Atmospheric chemistry is included in Discipline 259900 Other Chemical Sciences.

Discipline 269900 - Other Earth Sciences

This discipline covers earth sciences not elsewhere classified. It includes physical geography. This discipline has two subjects:

269901 - Physical Geography
269999 - Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:


(a) The physical aspects of limnology are included in Discipline 270700 Ecology and Evolution; and

(b) environmental management and rehabilitation are included in Discipline 300800 Environmental Sciences.