- Elongated series of
mountain peaks considered to be a part of one connected
unit, such as Appalachian Range or Sierra Nevada Range.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- a. An area in which a mineral-bearing formation crops out; e.g., the iron
range and copper range of the Lake Superior region; a mineral belt.
b. An established or well-defined line or course whose position is known
and along which soundings are taken in a hydrographic survey. AGI
c. Any series of contiguous townships (of the U.S. Public Land Survey
system) aligned north and south and numbered consecutively east and west
from a principal meridian. AGI
d. The distribution of a genus, species, or other taxonomic group of
organisms through geologic time. AGI
e. An orderly arrangement or family of diamond-drill fittings, such as
casing, core barrels, drill rods, etc., with diameters appropriately
related to each other and intended to be used together. Ranges commonly
are designated by letter names, using letters such as E, A, B, and N
individually or as the first letter in two- and three-letter names.
f. For a spherical model, the distance at which the model reaches its
maximum value, or sill. For the exponential and gaussian models, which
approach the sill asymptomatically, it means the "practical" or
"effective" range, where the function reaches approximately 95% of the
maximum. The nugget model effectively has a sill with a range of zero: the
linear model uses "sill/range" merely to define the slope.
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms