economic geology

Definitions of economic geology
  1. noun
    the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials
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    types:
    petroleum geology
    the branch of economic geology that deals with the occurrence and exploitation of oil and gas fields
    mining geology
    the branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining
    type of:
    geology
    a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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