The branch of geology that deals with the form, arrangement, and internal structure of rocks, and especially with the description, representation, and analysis of structures, chiefly on a moderate to small scale.

Micropaleontology has been used for industrial applications for centuries, becoming popular with the advent of sequence stratigraphy. As the industry moved into deeper sedimentary environments and subsalt, the methods used in deltaic and shelfal environments became the context for understanding deepwater observations.

Stratigraphy is a branch of geology that studies rock layers, or strata, and their arrangement. Stratigraphy is the foundation for understanding Earth's history and the processes that have shaped its surface. 

Although many applications of computers to exploration and mining geology had been developed prior to 1969, their use and acceptance in mining was limited, even by the technologically advanced countries. Today, most mining companies and governmental agencies concerned with natural resources apply computers extensively.

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