Technical
Thesaurus oil & gas
Z
Zechstein
Formations containing salt
that were laid down in the second part of the Permian Period; the salt has
risen up under or through the overlying formations in many places producing a
salt pillow and/or salt dome traps.
Zone
Term used to describe the
coverage area of a UTM area. This term is obsolete and should be replaced by
either the
Zulu time
See universal time.