Recent revisions to the North American Stratigraphic Code and suggestions for implementation by Canadian geoscientists: replacing culturally offensive unit names and utilizing Indigenous place names

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 62, Issue 9, Page 1474-1479, September 2025.There is increasing recognition and discussion in international science enquiry of the embedment of culturally offensive terminology within various classification systems. The geosciences are in the early stages of such discussions, but there is increasing awareness that some geological unit names may be offensive to Indigenous Peoples or other social groups. Recent revisions to the North American Stratigraphi