ECONOMIC GEOLOGY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("economic geology" is a kind of...):

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "economic geology"):

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)