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Geological Time and Petroleum Elements Quiz

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What is the most intuitive way of dating geological features?

Studying the fossil record

Looking at the relationships between geological features (correct)

Using radiometric dating techniques

Analyzing the chemical composition of the rocks

Which principle states that the older rocks are deposited first and the younger rocks are deposited last?

Superposition (correct)

Inclusion

Succession of Fauna

Lateral Continuity

What is the name of the fossil that is used to identify the Eocene time period?

Ammonites

Dinosaur bones

Nummulites Gizehnesis (correct)

Trilobites

What is the principle that states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions?

Lateral Continuity Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a relative time criterion used for age dating?

Radiometric dating Signup and view all the answers

What is the principle that states that a piece of rock that is caught up inside of another rock is younger than the rock it is caught in?

Inclusion Signup and view all the answers

What is the main source rock for hydrocarbons in the North Sea?

Devonian shale Signup and view all the answers

What are the main cap rocks of the Miocene reservoirs in the Gulf of Suez of Egypt?

Miocene evaporites and rock salts Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the majority of gas-bearing reservoirs in Saudi Arabia?

Continental Signup and view all the answers

What geological age are the major oil fields in Saudi Arabia producing from?

Mesozoic Signup and view all the answers

What is the principle that states that the present is the key to understanding the past?

Principle of uniformitarianism Signup and view all the answers

According to the uniformitarianism principle, what processes have shaped the Earth's crust throughout history?

Uniform, continuous processes that are still occurring today Signup and view all the answers