economic geology

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1. the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	geology,
definition	:	a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	petroleum geology,
definition	:	the branch of economic geology that deals with the occurrence and exploitation of oil and gas fields (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	mining geology,
definition	:	the branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining (noun.cognition)