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  2. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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    MOF – marine offloading facility; MOPO – matrix of permitted operations; MOPU – mobile offshore production unit (to describe jack-up production rig, or semi-submersible production rig, or floating production, or storage ship) MOT – materials/marine offloading terminal; MOV – motor operated valve; MPA – micropalaeo analysis report

  3. Offshore geotechnical engineering - Wikipedia

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    Platforms offshore Mexico. Offshore geotechnical engineering is a sub-field of geotechnical engineering.It is concerned with foundation design, construction, maintenance and decommissioning for human-made structures in the sea. [1]

  4. Marine geology - Wikipedia

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    Marine geology or geological oceanography is the study of the history and structure of the ocean floor. It involves geophysical , geochemical , sedimentological and paleontological investigations of the ocean floor and coastal zone .

  5. Manganese nodule - Wikipedia

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    In both marine and terrestrial environments, ferromanganese nodules are composed primarily of iron and manganese oxide concretions supported by an aluminosilicate matrix and surrounding a nucleus. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Typically terrestrial nodules are more enriched in iron, while marine nodules tend to have higher manganese to iron ratios, depending on ...

  6. Glossary of geology - Wikipedia

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    Also called Indianite. A mineral from the lime-rich end of the plagioclase group of minerals. Anorthites are usually silicates of calcium and aluminium occurring in some basic igneous rocks, typically those produced by the contact metamorphism of impure calcareous sediments. anticline An arched fold in which the layers usually dip away from the fold axis. Contrast syncline. aphanic Having the ...

  7. Marine geophysics - Wikipedia

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    Marine geophysics is the scientific discipline that employs methods of geophysics to study the world's ocean basins and continental margins, particularly the solid earth beneath the ocean. It shares objectives with marine geology , which uses sedimentological , paleontological , and geochemical methods.

  8. Marine technology - Wikipedia

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    A Royal Australian Navy female marine technician from Moora, Australia taking pressure readings on a diesel generator in an enclosed operating station.. Marine technology is defined by WEGEMT (a European association of 40 universities in 17 countries) as "technologies for the safe use, exploitation, protection of, and intervention in, the marine environment."

  9. List of oceanographic institutions and programs - Wikipedia

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    Institute of Marine Environment and Resources in Haiphong, part of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. IMER; Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics in Hanoi, part of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. [27] IMGG; International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh. ICISE