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- Fracking can be found under Stimulation
- Reservoir quality has a good table of porosity types
How to do an external link: Water compressibility
How to do a Wikipedia link: viscosity
For a pdf, add http://
Definitions and/or links for future use[edit]
- acoustic impedance see impedance
- age Wikipedia:Age (geology)
- algae http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/algae
- amplitude http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Amplitude
- Amplitude anomaly http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Amplitude_anomaly
- anaerobic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anaerobic
- angular unconformity or discontinuity Wikipedia:Unconformity#Angular_unconformity
- anoxic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anoxic
- anthracite http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/27447/anthracite
- API gravity http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=API%20gravity
- aquifer http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwaquifer.html
- arenaceous http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/arenaceous
- argillaceous http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/argillaceous
- arrival time http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Arrival_time
- ash bed Wikibooks:Historical_Geology/Volcanic_ash
- asphaltene http://petrowiki.org/Asphaltenes_and_waxes
- aulacogen http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=aulacogen
- authigenic http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/authigenic
- Basalt http://geology.com/rocks/basalt.shtml
- Basic (igneous) rocks basic
- bathyal http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bathyal
- benthic http://www.thefreedictionary.com/benthic
- bioclast https://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/rocklibrary/viewglossrecord.php?gID=00000000267
- biodegradation http://www.oiltracers.com/services/exploration-geochemistry/oil-biodegradation.aspx
- bioevent Wikipedia:Bioevent
- biomass energy http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biomass.html
- blowout Wikipedia:Blowout (well drilling)
- bituminous http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Bituminous_coal.html
- bottom simulating reflector http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Bottom-simulating_reflector_%28BSR%29
- Bouguer anomaly or correction Wikipedia:Bouguer anomaly
- boundary value problem Wikipedia:Boundary value problem
- bridge (drilling) http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/b/bridge.aspx
- bulk density http://physics.about.com/od/fluidmechanics/f/density.htm
- caliche http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caliche
- Done 9-5-14
- caprock, cap rock http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/cap-rock
- Done 9-5-14
- carbonate compensation depth http://geology.about.com/od/glossaryofgeology/fl/CCD.htm
- casing http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/c/casing.aspx
- casing point http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=casing%20point
- cataclasis http://dictionary.infoplease.com/cataclasis
- Cathodoluminescence www.geology.wisc.edu/~johnf/g777/CL/Gotze-CL-2002.pdf
- cephalic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cephalic
- charge Calculating charge volume
- Done as of 9-12-14
- Charging done as of 11-17-14
- checkshot Checkshots_and_vertical_seismic_profiles#Checkshot_surveys
- chert http://geology.com/rocks/chert.shtml
- chordate http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chordate
- chronostratigraphic unit http://www.stratigraphy.org/upload/bak/chron.htm
- clastic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clastic
- clathrate see gas hydrate
- clinoform http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/6d701a3f58b3c00d852570d70052c711?OpenDocument
- closure http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=closure
- compaction [[Reservoir_quality#Compaction|
- compressional wave http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:P-wave
- condensate http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/c/condensate.aspx
- conglomerate Wikipedia:Conglomerate_(geology)
- continental shield: See shield
- coral http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/coral/
- Cracking http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/alkanes/cracking.html
- craton http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/craton
- crossline smearing http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Crossline_smearing
- curvature analysis http://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/5/help/en-us/commands/curvatureanalysis.htm
- detrital http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Detrital
- diachronous http://www.thefreedictionary.com/diachronous
- decollement http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=decollement
- density (but not density log) http://physics.about.com/od/fluidmechanics/f/density.htm
- Depositional sequence Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Depositional_cycle_vs._sequence
- downlap http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/d/downlap.aspx
- downward continuation (gravity and magnetics) http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Downward_continuation
- dry gas http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/172274/dry-gas
- elastic, elastic dformation http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Elastic_deformation
- electron microprobe wikipedia:Electron microprobe
- elecron spin resonance dating http://www.geographie.uni-koeln.de/esr.338.de.html
- Elution http://www.thefreedictionary.com/elution
- did this one 9/4/14
- epoch Wikipedia:Epoch (geology)
- equipotential Wikipedia:Equipotential
- era Wikipedia:Era (geology)
- ethane http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/chemical/ethane
- eustasy, eustatic http://www.sepmstrata.org/Terminology.aspx?id=eustatic
- Extrusive Wikipedia:Volcanic_rock
- finite element modeling http://www.me.berkeley.edu/~lwlin/me128/FEMNotes.pdf
- fluvial, fluviatile http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluvial
- foraminifera http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/foram/foramintro.html
- forced regression http://www.sepmstrata.org/Terminology.aspx?id=forced%20regression
- foreset http://geography_glossary.enacademic.com/578/foreset_beds
- fossil fuel https://www.udemy.com/blog/types-of-fossil-fuels/
- fracture gradient http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/f/fracture_gradient.aspx
- Done as of 11-17-14
- frequency http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Frequency
- Fresnel zone http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Fresnel_zone
- gas cap http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/g/gas_cap.aspx
- gas hydrate http://www.oilgae.com/ref/glos/gas_hydrates.html
- gas-oil ratio http://www.enggcyclopedia.com/2012/03/gas-oil-ratio-gor/
- gas stripping http://www.gazprominfo.com/terms/topping-gas/
- I linked this one throughout 9-3-14
- gaussian curvature [[Wikipedia:Gaussian curvature]
- geochronology http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/229486/geochronology
- geopressure http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/g/geopressure.aspx
- Done as of 11-15-14
- geothermal gradient http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=geothermal%20gradient
- Gondwana [[Wikipedia:Gondwana|
- GOR see gas-oil ratio
- gouge http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/gougezone.html
- Granite http://geology.about.com/od/more_igrocks/a/granite.htm
- Granodiorite https://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/rocklibrary/viewglossrecord.php?gID=00000000073
- gravity flow deposit - See sediment gravity flow
- greenhouse gas http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/1605/ggccebro/chapter1.html
- head See hydraulic head
- heave Wikipedia:Fault_(geology)#Slip.2C_heave.2C_throw
- highstand Sea_level_cycle_phase_and_systems_tracts#Highstand_systems_tracts
- hemipelagic http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-hemipelagicsediment.html
- hydraulic aperture http://www.taskgeoscience.com/glossary.asp?id=88
- hydraulic head Wikipedia:Hydrogeology#Hydraulic_head
- impedance http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Acoustic_impedance
- inertinite Wikipedia:Inertinite
- interference (seismic) http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Interference
- Interval velocity http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Interval_velocity
- Intrusive [1]
- irreducible water saturation http://petrowiki.org/Glossary%3AIrreducible_water_saturation
- isochronous http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/isochronous
- isolith map http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/isolith+map
- isostasy http://www.hko.gov.hk/education/edu06nature/ele_isostasy_e.htm
- Isotope analysis, stable isotope techniques, etc. Wikipedia:Isotope geochemistry
- I have linked this as of 8-28-14
- isotopic dating http://geology.about.com/od/geotime_dating/a/timeyardstick.htm
- kerogen http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kerogen
- isotropic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isotropic
- kinematics (in structural geology) Wikipedia:Structural_geology#Kinematics
- Kozeny equation Wikipedia:Kozeny–Carman equation
- lacustrine http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacustrine
- leakoff test http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=leakoff%20test
- lignite https://www.lignite.com/about-lignite/
- lithic http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lithic
- lithology http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lithology
- lithostratigraphic http://www.stratigraphy.org/upload/bak/litho.htm
- lowstand Sea_level_cycle_phase_and_systems_tracts#Lowstand_systems_tracts
- macroporous, macropore(s) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/macroporous
- matrix http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/369508/matrix
- mass density http://physics.about.com/od/fluidmechanics/f/density.htm
- Do not use the Wikipedia page unless it is improved (8-28-14) I have linked this as of 8-28-14
- maximum flooding surface Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Maximum_flooding_surface
- mesoporous Wikipedia:Mesoporous material linked
- 9-4-14
- metazoan http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metazoan
- methane http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/methane/methane.html
- micrite http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/88841/micrite
- micrometer http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micrometer
- micropore, microporous Wikipedia:Microporous material
- mid-Atlantic ridge https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge.html
- mollusk http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mollusk
- multiple regression http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/multiple-regression
- mylonitization http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/mylonitization
- n-alkanes Wikipedia:Alkane#Linear_alkanes
- natural gas http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/n/natural_gas.aspx
- better than link to our page in many cases
- neritic http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm
- offlap http://www.answers.com/topic/offlap
- oil biodegradation http://www.oiltracers.com/services/exploration-geochemistry/oil-biodegradation.aspx
- 9-4-14
- oil leg http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_oil_leg_reservoir
- oil wet http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/o/oil_wet.aspx
- onlap http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap
- Ophiolite http://geology.about.com/od/platetectonics/a/ophiolite.htm
- oil-based mud [[Drilling_fluid#Oil-based_muds|
- Orogen definition[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orogen
- (but I made a page for Orogeny)
- outcrop http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcrop
- overpressure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_overpressure
- oxidation see reduction
- P wave http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:P-wave
- palinspastic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palinspastic
- paraffin dirt http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/paraffin+dirt
- peat http://www.peatsociety.org/peatlands-and-peat/what-peat
- pelagic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pelagic
- permafrost http://ipa.arcticportal.org/resources/what-is-permafrost
- photosynthesis http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/photosynthesis
- planktonic http://www.thefreedictionary.com/planktonic
- plastic flow http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plastic+flow
- plastic strain http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plastic+strain
- poikilotopic http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/poikilotopic
- Polarizing microscope http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/polarizing+microscope
- porcellanite http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/470558/porcellanite
- pore pressure http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/p/pore_pressure.aspx
- pressure solution http://www.erictwelker.com/pressuresolution.htm
- propanehttp://www.propanecouncil.org/council/what-is-propane/
- protists http://www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/phyla/kingdom-protista/
- provenance http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/provenance
- pyrite Wikipedia:Pyrite
- radiograph - see x radiograph
- radiometric dating http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/radiometric+dating
- receiver [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Receiver
- reduction,redox Wikipedia:Redox
- reflection http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflection
- reflector http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflector
- resting cyst, resting spore http://www.thefreedictionary.com/resting+spore
- rose diagram http://www.answers.com/topic/rose-diagram
- rudist http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/taxa/inverts/mollusca/rudists.php
- S wave http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:S-wave
- saddle dolomite http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_53/53-373-547.pdf
- sediment gravity flow http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/25729.pdf
- seismic facies http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Seismic_facies
- seismic reflection http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Reflection
- seismic trace http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Seismic_trace
- seismicity http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=seismicity
- 9-5-14
- semilog http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semilogarithmic
- Sequence boundary Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Sequence_boundaries
- shale compaction curve http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1984-85/data/pg/0069/0004/0600/0622.htm
- shear wave http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:S-wave
- shelf, continental shelf http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/continental-shelf/?ar_a=1
- shelf margin systems tract Systems_tracts_and_trap_types#Shelf_margin_systems_tract_traps
- shield http://www.merriam-webster.com/concise/continental%20shield
- silica phase transformation http://www.quartzpage.de/gen_mod.html
- Slate http://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/rocks/slate.html
- slip Wikipedia:Fault_(geology)#Slip.2C_heave.2C_throw
- slope, continental slope http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continental+slope
- species http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VADefiningSpecies.shtml
- spill point http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=spill%20point
- strain [[Wikipedia:Deformation_(mechanics)#Strain|
- stress Wikipedia:Stress (mechanics)
- stylolite http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stylolite
- subbituminous http://energy.about.com/od/Coal/a/Sub-Bituminous-Coal.htm
- substrate [[Wikipedia:Substrate (biology)
- swab http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/s/swab.aspx
- systems tracts Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Systems_tracts|
- terrane Wikipedia:Terrane
- terrigenous http://www.thefreedictionary.com/terrigenous\
- throw Wikipedia:Fault_(geology)#Slip.2C_heave.2C_throw
- tomography http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/tomography
- toplap http://homepage.ufp.pt/biblioteca/Seismic/Pages/Page22.htm
- topset http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topset%20beds
- trace http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Seismic_trace
- transgression Wikipedia:Marine transgression
- transgressive systems tracts Sea_level_cycle_phase_and_systems_tracts#Transgressive_systems_tracts
- transmitted light microscope http://www.gonda.ucla.edu/bri_core/trlight.htm
- traveltime http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Traveltime
- Ultrabasic (igneous rocks) https://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/rocklibrary/viewglossrecord.php?gID=00000000012
- underpressure http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/u/underpressure.aspx
- upward continuation (in gravity and magnetics) http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Upward_continuation
- vertical seismic profle (VSP) http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Vertical_seismic_profiling_%28VSP%29
- vitrinite http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/v/vitrinite.aspx
- volcanic flow http://geology.campus.ad.csulb.edu/people/bperry/IgneousRocksTour/VolcanoesAndLavaFlows.html
- volcanics - see extrusives
- vug http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vug
- water wet http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=water-wet
- wrench fault http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=wrench%20fault
- 9-23-14
- x radiograph, radiograph, x ray http://www.thefreedictionary.com/radiograph
- yield strength http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yield+strength