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Ma

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002246

An abbreviation for mega-annum, representing one million years. This unit is used in geology to express vast spans of geological time, such as the age of rock formations, the timing of geological events, or the duration of geological periods. For example, the Cretaceous period ended approximately 66 Ma ago.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002246
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeology
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002246",
  "term": "Ma",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for mega-annum, representing one million years. This unit is used in geology to express vast spans of geological time, such as the age of rock formations, the timing of geological events, or the duration of geological periods. For example, the Cretaceous period ended approximately 66 Ma ago.",
  "subject": "Geology",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/ma/"
}

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