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Concept: petroleum geology in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6163
Preferred label petroleum geology
Definition The branch of economic geology that relates to the origin, migration and accumulation of oil and gas, and to the discovery of commercial deposits. Its practice involves the application of geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, structural geology and stratigraphy to the problems of finding hydrocarbons.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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