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economic geology

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Noun1.economic geology - the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
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

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The origins of the science revolved around two nuclei: the North American school, from which sprang the Economic Geology Publishing Company founded in 1905 (Skinner 2005), and the European school, from which the term 'metallogeny' was coined by de Launay (1913), the same year that W.
Depatie has over 30 years of national and international experience in economic geology.
What did it contribute to our knowledge of economic geology and exploration techniques?
 
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