by Gelogia Team | Mar 26, 2025 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology
The diversified geology of various regions and stratigraphic levels within the sedimentary basin have given rise to a wide variety of minerals, more than 50 different kinds other than oil, gas, and coal, that have an existing or potential resource value. Organic...
by Gelogia Team | Mar 25, 2025 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology
The rate of chemical weathering isn’t the same everywhere—it depends on factors like climate, rock type, water flow, and biological activity. Warmer, wetter conditions speed up reactions, while fractures in rocks allow water to seep in and break them down over time....
by Gelogia Team | Mar 24, 2025 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology
Chemical weathering involves the chemical breakdown of bedrock and the formation of new mineral products. A detailed treatment of the processes in chemical weathering is found in Anderson and Anderson (2010, p. 183–202), and a very brief overview is provided here. The...
by Gelogia Team | Mar 23, 2025 | Physical Geology & Geomorphology
Sedimentary basins are morphotectonic depressions on Earth’s crust, which accumulate a considerable amount of sediments over geological time. Sedimentary basins are the repositories of a great volume of economic deposits, including hydrocarbons, coals, groundwater,...
by Gelogia Team | Mar 21, 2025 | Petrology
Petroleum evolves from organic matter through heat, pressure, and time. Initially, buried material transforms into kerogen (diagenesis). With deeper burial, kerogen breaks down into oil and gas (catagenesis). In the final stage, extreme heat converts hydrocarbons into...
