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  2. C: 147 terms
  1. C USE carbon
  2. Ca USE calcium
  3. cadastral and legal land descriptions
  4. cadastral maps USE cadastral and legal land descriptions
  5. cadmium
  6. caenozoic USE cenozoic
  7. calcareous nannoplankton
  8. calcium
  9. californium
  10. cambrian
  11. camera calibration
  12. camera tows USE underwater photography
  13. camping USE recreation
  14. canoeing USE recreation
  15. capturing (animals)
  16. carbon
  17. carbon cycling
  18. carbon dating USE carbon-14 analysis
  19. carbon isotope analysis
  20. carbon sequestration
  21. carbon-14 analysis
  22. careers in science USE scientific careers
  23. carnivores
  24. cartographic data (digital) USE geospatial datasets
  25. cartography
  26. catalogs and indexes
  27. catastrophes USE hazards
  28. caving USE recreation
  29. Cd USE cadmium
  30. Ce USE cerium
  31. cell biology
  32. cellular biology USE cell biology
  33. cenozoic
  34. census USE animal and plant census
  35. cerium
  36. cesium
  37. Cf USE californium
  38. charts USE maps and atlases
  39. checklists
  40. chemical analysis
  41. chemical element groups
  42. chemical elements
  43. chemical oceanography USE marine chemistry
  44. chemistry (Earth sciences) USE geochemistry
  45. chemistry (life sciences) USE biochemistry
  46. chloride concentration USE salinity
  47. chlorine
  48. chondrites USE meteorites
  49. chromatography
  50. chromium
  51. chronostratigraphy USE geologic history
  52. circulation (ocean) USE ocean circulation
  53. circulation (water) USE water circulation
  54. Cl USE chlorine
  55. clay deposits
  56. clearinghouses (USGS) USE USGS clearinghouses
  57. cleavage (rock) USE fracture (geologic)
  58. climate USE atmospheric and climatic processes
  59. climate change
  60. climate history USE climate change
  61. climate variability USE climate change
  62. climatic change USE climate change
  63. climatology
  64. climbing USE recreation
  65. clines USE ecosystems
  66. Cm USE curium
  67. Co USE cobalt
  68. coal bed methane resources USE coalbed methane resources
  69. coal resources
  70. coalbed methane resources
  71. coastal ecosystems
  72. coastal fisheries USE marine fishery resources
  73. coastal fishing USE marine fishery resources
  74. cobalt
  75. coccoliths USE calcareous nannoplankton
  76. coelenterates
  77. collection of specimens USE specimen collecting
  78. college programs (USGS) USE USGS college programs
  79. colloquia (USGS) USE USGS colloquia
  80. colonization (organisms) USE dispersal (organisms)
  81. columbium USE niobium
  82. comet impact USE impact cratering
  83. commensalism USE symbiosis
  84. commerce USE business and economics
  85. commercial fishery resources
  86. commercial water use
  87. community ecology
  88. community education (USGS) USE USGS lifelong learning programs
  89. compaction
  90. composite burn index USE fire damage
  91. computational methods
  92. computer program USE scientific software
  93. computer science
  94. conflict resolution methods USE decision support methods
  95. coniferous forests ecosystems USE forest ecosystems
  96. conodonts
  97. conservation USE natural resource management
  98. conservation genetics USE biological population management
  99. consumers (organisms)
  100. consumptive use (water) USE water use
  101. contacts (geologic) USE geologic contacts
  102. contaminant transport
  103. contamination and pollution
  104. continental drift USE tectonic processes
  105. continental lithosphere
  106. continuing education (USGS) USE USGS lifelong learning programs
  107. contour lines USE topography
  108. contracts (USGS) USE USGS contracts and grants
  109. controlled burns USE controlled fires
  110. controlled fires
  111. controlled flooding
  112. cooperative research & development agreements (CRADAs) USE USGS cooperative research & development agreements (CRADAs)
  113. cooperative research (USGS) USE USGS partnerships
  114. cooperative research and development agreements USE USGS cooperative research & development agreements (CRADAs)
  115. cooperators (USGS) USE USGS partnerships
  116. coordinate systems USE map coordinate systems
  117. copper
  118. coral reef ecosystems USE reef ecosystems
  119. corals USE coelenterates
  120. core (earth)
  121. core analysis
  122. core sampling USE drilling and coring
  123. coring USE drilling and coring
  124. correlation USE regression analysis
  125. Cr USE chromium
  126. CRADAs USE USGS cooperative research & development agreements (CRADAs)
  127. craton USE continental lithosphere
  128. creep USE mass wasting
  129. crenulation (geologic) USE folding (geologic)
  130. cretaceous
  131. crushed stone USE building stone resources
  132. crust (earth)
  133. crustaceans
  134. cryology USE glaciology
  135. cryosphere USE snow and ice cover
  136. cryptozoic USE precambrian
  137. crystallography USE mineralogy
  138. crystals USE rocks and deposits
  139. Cs USE cesium
  140. CTD measurement
  141. Cu USE copper
  142. culture and demographics
  143. culturing (specimens)
  144. Curie temperature analysis
  145. curium
  146. customer support (USGS) USE USGS customer support and user feedback
  147. cytology USE cell biology