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单词 geological survey
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Definition of geological survey in US English:

geological survey

noun
  • A detailed and systematic study of the topography, geology, and mineral resources of an area or country.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was appointed to undertake a geological survey of Otago and was asked to purchase a set of typical mineral specimens before he left London.
    • The engineer was William Smith, later known as the Father of British Geology for giving us the first geological survey of the country.
    • Fortey's book is a mosaic - part history, part travelogue and part geological survey - which moves us with him around the globe and into Earth's interior.
    • Based on old geological surveys, reserves are estimated at some 100-130 billion barrels (about 11 per cent of the world total), second only to Saudi Arabia.
    • In 1968, a U.N. geological survey raised the possibility that the seabed in the area might contain oil resources.
    • As the twenty-first century began, geological surveys were operating in every state, as well as at the federal level, a permanent but constantly changing feature of America's scientific landscape.
    • The position of the Missouri an-Virgilian boundary is less well defined in the Midcontinent region due to differing definitions by the various state geological surveys.
    • We are currently planning a proper geological survey of as many magnetic mountains as possible.
    • I demand a special prosecutor to investigate why our president was not performing geological surveys of New Orleans in the days before hurricane struck.
    • The Ministry, however, continues a series of geological surveys at the proposed site for the dam.
    • Fred said: ‘They've already got a geological survey and there's no safety problem with it as far as I'm concerned.’
    • Repeated efforts in the latter half of the nineteenth century to mount a geological survey in the colony fell foul of the prevailing popular scepticism towards geologists and the utility of their work.
    • Canadian Jim McCannell said it had been one of the biggest disappointments of his working life that the disused mines had not re-opened after he conducted a geological survey at the site between 1956-1961.
    • No one probably knows what a full geological survey of Saudi Arabia will produce there.
    • A final part of this report provides an update of where federal and provincial geological surveys are heading over the next decade.
    • The council's planning committee - who had delayed a decision for a geological survey to be carried out - will consider the application later this week, with planning officers recommending approval.
    • Pearson spent his first two years conducting geological surveys to locate top-quality wine real estate.
    • It is a different matter sending a few vehicles up there for a geological survey.
    • Scientific cruises around the Canary Islands, together with detailed geological surveys on land, have revealed a picture very similar to that painted for Hawaii.
    • The early interests revolved around geological surveys and economic evaluations of peat resources in the country.

Definition of geological survey in US English:

geological survey

noun
  • A detailed and systematic study of the topography, geology, and mineral resources of an area or country.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We are currently planning a proper geological survey of as many magnetic mountains as possible.
    • He was appointed to undertake a geological survey of Otago and was asked to purchase a set of typical mineral specimens before he left London.
    • A final part of this report provides an update of where federal and provincial geological surveys are heading over the next decade.
    • Repeated efforts in the latter half of the nineteenth century to mount a geological survey in the colony fell foul of the prevailing popular scepticism towards geologists and the utility of their work.
    • The position of the Missouri an-Virgilian boundary is less well defined in the Midcontinent region due to differing definitions by the various state geological surveys.
    • The early interests revolved around geological surveys and economic evaluations of peat resources in the country.
    • Canadian Jim McCannell said it had been one of the biggest disappointments of his working life that the disused mines had not re-opened after he conducted a geological survey at the site between 1956-1961.
    • Fred said: ‘They've already got a geological survey and there's no safety problem with it as far as I'm concerned.’
    • Scientific cruises around the Canary Islands, together with detailed geological surveys on land, have revealed a picture very similar to that painted for Hawaii.
    • I demand a special prosecutor to investigate why our president was not performing geological surveys of New Orleans in the days before hurricane struck.
    • The engineer was William Smith, later known as the Father of British Geology for giving us the first geological survey of the country.
    • As the twenty-first century began, geological surveys were operating in every state, as well as at the federal level, a permanent but constantly changing feature of America's scientific landscape.
    • The Ministry, however, continues a series of geological surveys at the proposed site for the dam.
    • No one probably knows what a full geological survey of Saudi Arabia will produce there.
    • The council's planning committee - who had delayed a decision for a geological survey to be carried out - will consider the application later this week, with planning officers recommending approval.
    • It is a different matter sending a few vehicles up there for a geological survey.
    • In 1968, a U.N. geological survey raised the possibility that the seabed in the area might contain oil resources.
    • Based on old geological surveys, reserves are estimated at some 100-130 billion barrels (about 11 per cent of the world total), second only to Saudi Arabia.
    • Pearson spent his first two years conducting geological surveys to locate top-quality wine real estate.
    • Fortey's book is a mosaic - part history, part travelogue and part geological survey - which moves us with him around the globe and into Earth's interior.
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