Division 04 Earth Sciences

This division covers the earth sciences. This division has seven groups:

• 0401 Atmospheric Sciences
• 0402 Geochemistry
• 0403 Geology
• 0404 Geophysics
• 0405 Oceanography
• 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
• 0499 Other Earth Sciences

GROUP 0401 ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

This group covers atmospheric sciences, other than atmospheric chemistry. This group has nine fields:

• 040101 Atmospheric Aerosols
• 040102 Atmospheric Dynamics
• 040103 Atmospheric Radiation
• 040104 Climate Change Processes
• 040105 Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes)
• 040106 Cloud Physics
• 040107 Meteorology
• 040108 Tropospheric and Stratospheric Physics
• 040199 Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified

GROUP 0402 GEOCHEMISTRY

This group covers geochemistry. This group has five fields:

• 040201 Exploration Geochemistry
• 040202 Inorganic Geochemistry
• 040203 Isotope Geochemistry
• 040204 Organic Geochemistry
• 040299 Geochemistry not elsewhere classified

GROUP 0403 GEOLOGY

This group covers geology. It includes palaeontology, including palaeozoology, palaeobotany and palynology, other than that associated with palaeoecological studies. This group has fifteen fields:

• 040301 Basin Analysis
• 040302 Extraterrestrial Geology
• 040303 Geochronology
• 040304 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
• 040305 Marine Geoscience
• 040306 Mineralogy and Crystallography
• 040307 Ore Deposit Petrology
• 040308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
• 040309 Petroleum and Coal Geology
• 040310 Sedimentology
• 040311 Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)
• 040312 Structural Geology
• 040313 Tectonics
• 040314 Volcanology
• 040399 Geology not elsewhere classified

GROUP 0404 GEOPHYSICS

This group covers geophysics. This group has eight fields:

• 040401 Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics
• 040402 Geodynamics
• 040403 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• 040404 Geothermics and Radiometrics
• 040405 Gravimetrics
• 040406 Magnetism and Palaeomagnetism
• 040407 Seismology and Seismic Exploration
• 040499 Geophysics not elsewhere classified

GROUP 0405 OCEANOGRAPHY

This group covers oceanography. This group has four fields:

• 040501 Biological Oceanography
• 040502 Chemical Oceanography
• 040503 Physical Oceanography
• 040599 Oceanography not elsewhere classified

GROUP 0406 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE

This group covers physical geography and environmental geoscience, other than agricultural hydrology. This group has nine fields:

• 040601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution
• 040602 Glaciology
• 040603 Hydrogeology
• 040604 Natural Hazards
• 040605 Palaeoclimatology
• 040606 Quaternary Environments
• 040607 Surface Processes
• 040608 Surfacewater Hydrology
• 040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified

GROUP 0499 OTHER EARTH SCIENCES

This group covers earth sciences not elsewhere classified. This group has one field:

• 049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified