Petroliferous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Petroliferous is an adjective meaning (geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum.
Meaning
(geology, petrology, of a rock or geologic formation) Containing or yielding petroleum.
Example Sentences
Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include petroleous, petrolic, petrogenic, petrologic, petrophysical, petrogeological.
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