Lacustrine

Lacustrine

Pertaining to an environment of deposition in lakes, or an area having lakes. Because deposition of sediment in lakes can occur slowly and in relatively calm conditions, organic-rich source rocks can form in lacustrine environments.

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lacustrine

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Of or pertaining to a lake or lakes, or of plants and animals growing in or inhabiting lakes.

lacustrine

Geography; Physical geography

Used to refer to waters, deposits and biota.

lacustrine

Archaeology; Human evolution

Deposits laid down in relatively still-water lakes, pertaining to a lake.

lacustrine

Oil & gas; Drilling

Pertaining to an environment of deposition in lakes, or an area having lakes. Because deposition of sediment in lakes can occur slowly and in relatively calm conditions, ...

lacustrine

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Pertaining to an environment of deposition in lakes, or an area having lakes. Because deposition of sediment in lakes can occur slowly and in relatively calm conditions, ...

lacustrine

Biology; Ecology

A very fancy way of saying: having to do with lakes ("a lacustrine wetland"). See English, Latinized.

rental payment

Oil & gas; Oilfield

An annual payment made by an oil company to a State in order to retain rights in a particular concession.

sampling

Oil & gas; Oilfield

The process of obtaining a small quantity of material which is as representative as possible of the total volume.

possible reserves

Oil & gas; Oilfield

Undeveloped oil and/or gas reserves which best engineering judgement indicates might eventually be recoverable from undrilled or untested structures.

pinch-out trap

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A trap where a bed or reservoir rock gets progressively thinner as it nears an impervious area and eventually disappears.

geosyncline

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A large sedimentary basin in which extremely deep layers of sediments have accumulated over a long period of time.

gravimetric survey

Oil & gas; Oilfield

A geological survey method in which measurements of the variations in the surface gravitational field are used to determine the nature of the underlying rocks.

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