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• Dolostone
  ...d '[[dolomite]]' is now recommended as the name of the rock as well as the mineral.<ref name=Glossary of Geology>American Geological Institute, 2005, Glossary
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• Carbonate
  ...aragonite are called [[limestone]]. Carbonate rocks composed mainly of the mineral dolomite are also called dolomite (formerly [[dolostone]]). When metamorpho
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• Chert
  ..., a cooperative effort between the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute. The images were featured in the "Minerals and Materi
  608 bytes (91 words) - 19:02, 11 March 2015
• The art and science of exploring for oil and gas
  Great oil, gas, and mineral finders have common characteristics that allow them to succeed. By surveyin
  765 bytes (105 words) - 13:37, 7 July 2014
• Kerogen type and quality: visual assessment
  To assess [[kerogen]] quality visually, we can separate it from the mineral matrix through acidification. We can then examine the kerogen using transmi
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• Petroleum source rock formation
  ...organic matter from destruction by oxidation and from extreme dilution by mineral input. Organic matter is preserved in oxygen-restricted sediments at depths
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• Quartz
  ...., New Mexico. Photograph courtesy of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.]] Quartz (SiO₂) is the most abundant mineral in terrigenous sedimentary rocks and is exceedingly durable (surviving mult
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• Influence of depositional environment on sandstone diagenesis
  ...size or hydraulic equivalence and consequently produces different detrital mineral suites.<ref name=Stonecipher&May1990>Stonecipher, S. A., and J. A. May, 199 ...nitially either acidic or anoxic and has a high concentration of dissolved mineral species.<ref name=ch09r7>Burley, S. D., J. D. Kantorowicz, and B. Waugh, 19
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• Dolomite
  ...are alike, containing equal numbers of calcium and magnesium ions. Such a mineral is not dolomite. Such a disordered arrangement of ions occupies more volume * [http://www.galleries.com/Dolomite Mineral Gallery article]
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• Hydrology and sandstone diagenesis
  ...caused by [[Petroleum generation|generation of hydrocarbons]], release of mineral-bound water, and/or increased heat flow. * Increasing mineral solubility due to increasing temperatures.
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• Ti in zircon geothermometer
  ...2006, Crystallization thermometers for zircon and rutile: Contributions to Mineral Petrology, vol. 151, pp. 413–433. doi:10.1007/s00410-006-0068-5</ref> In ...>)) is an [[orthosilicate]] mineral that is commonly found as an accessory mineral throughout Earth's crust.<ref name="Finch and Hanchar, structure of zircon"
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• SEM, XRD, CL, and XF methods
  *Carbonate photos often lack detail because mineral variety simpler than siliciclastics. From the recorded three-dimensional images, the morphology of mineral and nonmineral grains and matrix samples can be documented. Pore roughness
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• Geostatic and lithostatic pressure
  * ρ_m = weighted average of grain (mineral) density (sandstone and shale = 2.65 g/cm³, limestone = 2.71 g/c
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• Nature of the oil and gas lease
  ...ve rights'') who conveys leasehold rights as to oil and gas and such other mineral interests as are to be included in the property described, to a lessee, for | Louisiana || State Mineral Board
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• Land description and maps
  # Mineral ownership ...trolled offshore interests are based on a series of maps designated by the Mineral Management Service (1984) as "Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Maps" and "OC
  15 KB (2,269 words) - 19:25, 19 January 2022
• Factors that oppose hydrocarbon migration
  ...ate from the [[source rock]]. Sorption by kerogen is dominant over that of mineral phases.
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• Magnetics
  ...n minerals in the upper part of the [[crust]]. [[Magnetite]], an accessory mineral, is by far the most important. This magnetization has two parts: ''remanent ...tic field observed in magnetic surveys. Magnetite is not the only magnetic mineral, but it is the dominant cause of magnetic anomalies.<ref name=ch14r7>Nettle
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• Geochemical surface expression
  * Clay mineral alterations
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• Surficial geochemical case history 1: structural traps
  ...8r27>Meyer, W., T., Lovell, J., S., Hale, M., 1983, Detection of concealed mineral and energy resources by vapor geochemistry, in Thornton, I., Howarth, R. J.
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• Geology
  ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrology petrology] for composition, texture, and mineral content in order to establish this succession. The earliest work of the geo
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