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pre-salt layer

pre-salt layer noun: any of the strata laid down prior to a saline layer (formed from encroachment by a sea), and which hold a significant fraction of the world's oil and gas reserves.

Noun

pre-salt layer (plural pre-salt layers)

  1. Any of the strata laid down prior to a saline layer (formed from encroachment by a sea), and which hold a significant fraction of the world's oil and gas reserves.

Forms of pre-salt layer

pluralpre-salt layers

Questions about pre-salt layer

What does pre-salt layer mean?
Pre-salt layer means any of the strata laid down prior to a saline layer (formed from encroachment by a sea), and which hold a significant fraction of the world's oil and gas reserves.
What part of speech is pre-salt layer?
Pre-salt layer is a noun.
What is the plural of pre-salt layer?
The plural of pre-salt layer is pre-salt layers.

Words near pre-salt layer in the dictionary

  1. pre-revolutionary
  2. pre-rhotic
  3. pre-roll
  4. pre-Roman
  5. pre-Romanesque
  6. pre-salt layer
  7. Pre-Samnite
  8. pre-saw
  9. pre-school
  10. pre-scrutiny
  11. pre-see

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