本教材共分3个单元63课，涵盖了地球科学概论、沉积岩与沉积相、构造地质与板块构造、油气成藏机理、油气田勘探与资源评价、油气田开发地质及煤田地质等基本内容。第一单元为地质学基础（Basic Geology），共计31课；第二单元为油气地质学（Oil&Gas Geology），共计25课；第三单元为煤田地质学（Coal Geology），共计7课。

本书作为本科生教材，在内容编写上，力求单词及词组覆盖面大，专业内容涉及面广，并反映国内外最新的油气地质研究新理论与新成果；在体系安排上，遵从专业课教学的系统性及完整性，遵循由浅人深、循序渐进的教学规律，实现专业英语教学与专业课教学相匹配。学生在学习专业英语的同时，又学习了专业知识，达到专业与外语相互促进提高的目的。

本书包括地球科学概论、沉积岩与沉积相、构造地质与板块构造、油气成藏机理、油气田勘探与资源评价、油气田开发地质及煤田地质等基本内容。全书共3个单元63课，每课由课文、词汇及难句翻译三部分组成，涵盖最新油、气、煤地质研究主要内容。

本书为高等院校资源勘查工程及地质工程本科专业英语教材，也可供相关专业的师生以及从事油气田、煤田勘探开发工作的生产和科研人员参考。

Unit 1 Basic Geology

Lesson 1 Geology

Lesson 2 The Earth

Lesson 3 Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Lesson 4 Common Minerals

Lesson 5 The Earth's Resources

Lesson 6 Geologic Time Scale

Lesson 7 Stratigraphy and Paleontology

Lesson 8 Rocks

Lesson 9 Sedimentary Rocks

Lesson 10 GeophySics and GebchEmisfry

Lesson 11 Weathering and Erosion

Lesson 12 Transportation and Sedimentation

Lesson 13 Diagenesis

Lesson 14 Classification of Sedimentary Rocks

Lesson 15 Clasfic Rocks

Lesson 16 Components of Carbonates

Lesson 17 Sedimentary Environments and Facies

Lesson 18 Continental Depositional Systems

LessOn 19 Marine Depositioiaal Environment

Lesson 20 Sequence Stratigraphy

Lesson 21 Horizontal Stratum

Lesson 22 Tilted Stratum

Lesson 23 Folds

Lesson 24 Faults

Lesson 25 Fissures

LeSson 26 Diapits

Lesson 27 Unconformities

Lesson 28 Continental Drift

Lesson 29 Plate Tectonics

Lesson 30 Tectonic Movements

Lesson 31 Geological Maps

Practice of Unit 1

Unit 2 Oil & Gas Geology

Lesson 32 Oil and Gas

Lesson 33 Oil Field Water

Lesson 34 Origin of Oil and Gas

Lesson 35 Source Rock

Lesson 36 Reservoir Rock

Lesson 37 Seal Rock

Lesson 38 Traps

Lesson 39 Migration and Accumulation

Lesson 40 Global Distribution of Oil and Gas

Lesson 41 Sedimentary Basins

Lesson 42 Petroleum Systems

Lesson 43 Play and Prospect

Lesson 44 Three Steps in Seismic Exploration

Lesson 45 Well Logs

Less0n 46 Subsurface Maps

Lesson 47 Programs of Oil & Gas Exp！oraffon

Lesson 48 Evaluation of Oil & Gas Resources

Lesson 49 Petroleum Resources Management System

Lesson 50 Development Geology

Lesson 51 Reservoir Drives

Lesson 52 Enhanced Oil Recovery

Lesson 53 Reservoir Heterogeneity

Lesson 54 Reservoir Pressure

Lesson 55 Reservoir Characterization

Lesson 56 Drilling

Practice of Unit 2

Unit 3 Coal Geology

Lesson 57 Coal

Lesson 58 Minerals in Coal

Lesson 59 Macerals of Coal

Lesson 60 Origin, of Macerals and Coal Lithotypes

Lesson 61 Outbursts of .Rock, Coal and gas

Lesson 62 Coalfield Exploration

Lesson 63 Coalification

References

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