Marcellus Formation — Stratigraphic range: Middle Devonian … Wikipedia
Nikanassin Formation — Stratigraphic range: Portlandian to Barremian … Wikipedia
Maastrichtian — System Series Stage Age (Ma) Paleogene Paleocene Danian younger Cretaceous Upper … Wikipedia
Beacon sandstone — The Beacon sandstone is a geological formation exposed in Antarctica and deposited from the Devonian to the Triassic ( Ma|400| Ma|225Verify source|date=April 2008). The sandstone was originally described as a formation, and upgraded to group and… … Wikipedia
Environmental effects of coal — There are a number of adverse environmental effects of coal mining and burning.These effects include: * release of carbon dioxide and methane, both of which are greenhouse gases causing climate change and global warming according to the IPCC.… … Wikipedia
coal measures — Geol. 1. coal bearing strata. 2. (caps.) in Europe, a portion of the Carboniferous System, characterized by widespread coal deposits. [1655 65] * * * Major division of Upper Carboniferous (323–290 million years ago) rocks and time in Great… … Universalium
Nokrek National Park — Nokrek Biosphere Reserve national park Coordinates Country India State … Wikipedia
углекислые сланцы — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN carbonaceous shales … Справочник технического переводчика
chemical element — Introduction also called element, any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed. This article considers the… … Universalium
sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… … Universalium
Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… … Universalium