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Hardground

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-001790

A lithified seafloor surface that has been exposed to marine currents and biological activity, resulting in erosion, encrustation, and boring by organisms. Hardgrounds represent periods of non-deposition or erosion in marine sedimentary environments. They can indicate stratigraphic breaks or condensed sections within a sedimentary sequence.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-001790
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeology
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-001790",
  "term": "Hardground",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A lithified seafloor surface that has been exposed to marine currents and biological activity, resulting in erosion, encrustation, and boring by organisms. Hardgrounds represent periods of non-deposition or erosion in marine sedimentary environments. They can indicate stratigraphic breaks or condensed sections within a sedimentary sequence.",
  "subject": "Geology",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/hardground/"
}

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